tutortolearning support teacher
A tutor already meets 57% of what the learning support teacher role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
49.8/ 100
1 Share of the learning support teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tutor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A learning support teacher role treats 16 of its required skills as things a tutor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
- communicate with youth
What stands in the way is 6 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 tutor background worth leading with.
- already held apply pre-teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held tutor students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide teacher support communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify learning disorders information skills
- already held maintain relations with children's parents communication, collaboration and creativity
All 27 carried skills, including the 16 the learning support teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held provide learning support required
- required, not held adapt teaching to target group required
- required, not held apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- required, not held liaise with educational support staff required
- required, not held provide lesson materials required
- optional, not held teach mathematics optional
- optional, not held teach writing optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held counsel students optional
- optional, not held support gifted students optional
- optional, not held teach languages optional
- optional, not held teach reading strategies optional
- required, not held identify education needs required
- 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 recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held school psychology 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 skill · sector specific
- 02 adapt teaching to target group skill · cross sector
- 03 apply intercultural teaching strategies skill · cross sector
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 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 encourage students to acknowledge their achievements 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 prepare lesson content skill
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
- already held tutor students skill
- already held apply pre-teaching methods skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held identify learning disorders skill
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held perform playground surveillance skill
- already held provide teacher support skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings 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 arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
- optional, not held counsel students optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held language teaching methods optional
- optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
- optional, not held special needs education 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
9 held skills the learning support teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist children with homework skill
- not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role use food preparation techniques skill
10 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 behavioural disorders optional
- 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 primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held school psychology optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
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.