Special educational needs teacher to sign language teacher

• already held apply teaching strategies skill
• already held assess students skill
• already held assessment processes knowledge
• already held communication disorders knowledge
• already held communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
• already held curriculum objectives knowledge
• already held demonstrate when teaching skill
• already held give constructive feedback skill
• already held hearing disability knowledge
• already held manage student relationships skill
• already held perform classroom management skill
• already held prepare lesson content skill
• already held special needs education knowledge
• already held special needs learning equipment knowledge
• already held teach sign language skill
• already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
• already held assist children with special needs in education settings skill
• already held assist students in their learning skill
• already held disability care knowledge
• already held disability types knowledge
• already held instructional strategies knowledge
• already held learning difficulties knowledge
• already held learning needs analysis knowledge
• already held liaise with educational staff skill
• already held maintain students' discipline skill
• already held provide learning support skill
• already held provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
• already held stimulate students' independence skill
• already held support people with hearing impairment skill
• already held work with virtual learning environments skill

• optional, not held follow research on special needs education optional
• optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional

• not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
• not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
• not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
• not needed by the target role assist children in developing personal skills skill
• not needed by the target role assist students with equipment skill
• not needed by the target role attend to children's basic physical needs skill
• not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
• not needed by the target role common children's diseases 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 encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
• not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
• not needed by the target role facilitate motor skill activities skill
• not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
• not needed by the target role handle children's problems skill
• not needed by the target role implement care programmes for children skill
• not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
• not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
• not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
• not needed by the target role mobility disability knowledge
• not needed by the target role monitor children's physical development skill
• not needed by the target role organise creative performance skill
• not needed by the target role perform playground surveillance skill
• not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
• not needed by the target role provide lesson materials skill
• not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role social development knowledge
• not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
• not needed by the target role support the positiveness of youths 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 kindergarten class content 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 use learning strategies skill
• not needed by the target role visual disability knowledge
• not needed by the target role workplace sanitation knowledge

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

• still to learn hearing loss required
• still to learn language teaching methods required
• still to learn sign language required

Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A special educational needs teacher already covers 81% of what a sign language teacher is expected to do: 30 skills carry over, 15 of which the sign language teacher role treats as required.

4 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is hearing loss.

Its learning distance is 21.9 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.