Special educational needs teacher to Montessori school teacher

• 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 assess the development of youth skill
• already held assessment processes knowledge
• already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
• already held assist students in their learning skill
• already held assist students with equipment skill
• already held curriculum objectives knowledge
• already held demonstrate when teaching skill
• already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
• already held give constructive feedback skill
• already held guarantee students' safety skill
• already held handle children's problems skill
• already held implement care programmes for children skill
• already held instructional strategies knowledge
• already held learning difficulties knowledge
• already held maintain students' discipline skill
• already held manage student relationships skill
• already held monitor children's physical development skill
• already held perform classroom management skill
• already held prepare lesson content skill
• already held provide lesson materials skill
• already held social development knowledge
• already held support children's wellbeing skill
• already held support the positiveness of youths skill
• already held teach kindergarten class content skill
• already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
• already held common children's diseases knowledge
• already held disability types knowledge
• already held escort students on a field trip skill
• already held liaise with educational support staff skill
• already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
• already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
• already held organise creative performance skill
• already held perform playground surveillance skill
• already held promote the safeguarding of young people skill
• already held work with virtual learning environments skill
• already held workplace sanitation knowledge

• optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
• optional, not held provide after school care optional
• optional, not held use pedagogic strategies for creativity optional
• optional, not held developmental psychology optional
• optional, not held first aid optional
• optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
• optional, not held pedagogy optional
• optional, not held write work-related reports optional

• not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
• not needed by the target role assist children with special needs in education settings skill
• not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
• not needed by the target role communication disorders knowledge
• not needed by the target role communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
• not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
• not needed by the target role development delays knowledge
• not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
• not needed by the target role facilitate motor skill activities skill
• not needed by the target role hearing disability knowledge
• not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
• not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
• not needed by the target role mobility disability knowledge
• not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role provide learning support skill
• not needed by the target role provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
• not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
• not needed by the target role special needs learning equipment knowledge
• not needed by the target role stimulate students' independence skill
• not needed by the target role support people with hearing impairment skill
• not needed by the target role teach braille skill
• not needed by the target role teach digital literacy 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
• not needed by the target role teach sign language skill
• not needed by the target role use learning strategies skill
• not needed by the target role visual disability knowledge

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn Montessori learning equipment required
• still to learn Montessori philosophy required
• still to learn Montessori teaching principles required
• still to learn teamwork principles required
• optional, not held developmental psychology optional
• optional, not held first aid optional
• optional, not held pedagogy optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A special educational needs teacher already covers 79% of what a Montessori school teacher is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 28 of which the Montessori school teacher role treats as required.

6 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is Montessori learning equipment.

Its learning distance is 34.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.