Tutor to special educational needs itinerant teacher
A tutor already meets 59% of what the special educational needs itinerant teacher role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
45.4/ 100
1 How much of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher is expected to do is already part of a tutor’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 special educational needs itinerant teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats 14 of its required skills as things a tutor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs itinerant 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 provide teacher support communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult student's support system communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held communicate with youth communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held secondary school procedures business, administration and law
- already held liaise with educational staff communication, collaboration and creativity
All 19 carried skills, including the 14 the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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 advise on strategies for special needs students required
- still to learn apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- still to learn liaise with educational support staff required
- still to learn provide lesson materials required
- optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
- optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held counsel clients optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- still to learn monitor student's behaviour required
- optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
- still to learn behavioural disorders required
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
- optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
- optional, not held provide social counselling optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held education law optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a special educational needs itinerant teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on strategies for special needs students practise this
- 02 apply intercultural teaching strategies practise this
- 03 behavioural disorders study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 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 assist students with equipment 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 liaise with educational staff skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held consult student's support system skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held provide teacher support skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
- optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
- optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
- optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
- optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held counsel clients optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide social counselling optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
17 held skills the special educational needs itinerant teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply pre-teaching methods skill
- not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
- not needed by the target role assist children with homework skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- 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 identify clients' needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify learning disorders skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role perform playground surveillance skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role tutor students skill
- not needed by the target role use food preparation techniques skill
4 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 behavioural disorders required
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
Common questions about this move
Can a tutor become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A tutor already covers 59% of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 14 of which the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a tutor need to become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?
6 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on strategies for special needs students.
How hard is the move from tutor to special educational needs itinerant teacher?
Its learning distance is 45.4 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.