Steiner school teacher to early years special educational needs teacher
A Steiner school teacher already meets 73% of what the early years special educational needs teacher role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
38.4/ 100
1 How much of what an early years special educational needs teacher is expected to do is already part of a Steiner school 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 early years special educational needs teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An early years special educational needs teacher role treats 26 of its required skills as things a Steiner school 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
- assess the development of youth
- assist children in developing personal skills
What stands in the way is 8 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 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An early years special educational needs teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a Steiner school teacher background worth leading with.
- already held organise creative performance management skills
- already held common children's diseases health and welfare
- already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
- already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
- already held implement care programmes for children assisting and caring
- already held workplace sanitation services
All 40 carried skills, including the 26 the early years special educational needs teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 instructional strategies required
- still to learn kindergarten school procedures required
- still to learn learning needs analysis required
- still to learn disability care required
- still to learn social development required
- optional, not held development delays optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held hearing disability optional
- optional, not held mobility disability optional
- optional, not held visual disability optional
- still to learn provide specialised instruction for special needs students required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- optional, not held stimulate students' independence optional
- still to learn teach kindergarten class content required
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held facilitate motor skill activities optional
- optional, not held communication disorders optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an early years special educational needs teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 disability care study this
- 02 instructional strategies study this
- 03 provide specialised instruction for special needs students 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 40 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 assess the development of youth skill
- 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 attend to children's basic physical needs skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held disability types knowledge
- 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 learning difficulties knowledge
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- 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 special needs education knowledge
- already held support the positiveness of youths skill
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held behavioural disorders knowledge
- already held common children's diseases knowledge
- already held consult students on learning content skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held organise creative performance skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
- already held workplace sanitation knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held stimulate students' independence optional
- optional, not held communication disorders optional
- optional, not held development delays optional
- optional, not held facilitate motor skill activities optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held hearing disability optional
- optional, not held mobility disability optional
- optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
- optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
- optional, not held visual disability optional
15 held skills the early years special educational needs teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Steiner principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply Steiner teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role arrange parent teacher meeting skill
- not needed by the target role assign homework skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
- not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
- not needed by the target role provide after school care skill
- not needed by the target role recognise indicators of gifted student skill
- not needed by the target role support gifted students skill
- not needed by the target role teach primary education class content skill
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn disability care required
- still to learn instructional strategies required
- still to learn social development required
- still to learn kindergarten school procedures required
- still to learn learning needs analysis required
- optional, not held communication disorders optional
- optional, not held development delays optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held hearing disability optional
- optional, not held mobility disability optional
- optional, not held visual disability optional
Common questions about this move
Can a Steiner school teacher become an early years special educational needs teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A Steiner school teacher already covers 73% of what an early years special educational needs teacher is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 26 of which the early years special educational needs teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a Steiner school teacher need to become an early years special educational needs teacher?
8 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by education. The single most important is disability care.
How hard is the move from Steiner school teacher to early years special educational needs teacher?
Its learning distance is 38.4 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.