Special educational needs itinerant teacher to learning support teacher
A special educational needs itinerant teacher already meets 59% of what the learning support teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a learning support teacher is expected to do is already part of a special educational needs itinerant teacher’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the learning support teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A learning support teacher role treats 17 of its required skills as things a special educational needs itinerant teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A learning support teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a special educational needs itinerant teacher background worth leading with.
- already held provide teacher support communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assist children with special needs in education settings assisting and caring
- already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held primary school procedures education
- already held behavioural disorders social sciences, journalism and information
- already held special needs education education
All 27 carried skills, including the 17 the learning support teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn provide learning support required
- still to learn adapt teaching to target group required
- still to learn tutor students required
- optional, not held teach mathematics optional
- optional, not held teach writing optional
- optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
- optional, not held counsel students optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held support gifted students optional
- optional, not held teach languages optional
- optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
- still to learn encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
- still to learn identify education needs required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a learning support teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide learning support practise this
- 02 adapt teaching to target group practise this
- 03 encourage students to acknowledge their achievements practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
- already held arrange parent teacher meeting skill
- already held assist children with special needs in education settings skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held behavioural disorders knowledge
- already held keep records of attendance skill
- already held primary school procedures knowledge
- already held provide teacher support skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held special needs education knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held teach mathematics optional
- optional, not held teach writing optional
- optional, not held apply pre-teaching methods optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held counsel students optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- optional, not held support gifted students optional
- optional, not held teach languages optional
- optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
12 held skills the learning support teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on strategies for special needs students skill
- not needed by the target role assist students with their enrolment skill
- not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
- not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
- not needed by the target role education law knowledge
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role provide social counselling skill
- not needed by the target role provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
- not needed by the target role teach primary education class content skill
- not needed by the target role teach secondary education class content skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Other moves recorded from special educational needs itinerant teacher
- tutor 57% covered · moderate
- learning mentor 56% covered · moderate
- special educational needs teacher secondary school 53% covered · substantial
- university teaching assistant 51% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from special educational needs itinerant teacher
Common questions about this move
Can a special educational needs itinerant teacher become a learning support teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A special educational needs itinerant teacher already covers 59% of what a learning support teacher is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 17 of which the learning support teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a special educational needs itinerant teacher need to become a learning support teacher?
5 required skills are missing, plus 26 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is provide learning support.
How hard is the move from special educational needs itinerant teacher to learning support teacher?
Its learning distance is 48 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.