University teaching assistant to special educational needs itinerant teacher
A university teaching assistant already meets 39% of what the special educational needs itinerant teacher role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
62.7/ 100
1 How much of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher is expected to do is already part of a university teaching assistant’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 10 of its required skills as things a university teaching assistant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- curriculum objectives
- give constructive feedback
What stands in the way is 10 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 11 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 university teaching assistant background worth leading with.
- already held liaise with educational support staff communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assist in the organisation of school events management skills
- already held assist students with equipment assisting and caring
- already held assessment processes education
- already held prepare lesson content communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide lesson materials communication, collaboration and creativity
All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 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 adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
- still to learn apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- still to learn apply teaching strategies required
- still to learn communicate with youth required
- still to learn demonstrate when teaching required
- still to learn liaise with educational staff required
- still to learn show consideration for student's situation 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 consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held counsel clients optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support 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 learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures 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 adapt teaching to student's capabilities practise this
- 03 apply intercultural teaching strategies 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 11 skills that carry over
- 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 curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
18 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 consult student's support system 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 learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide social counselling optional
- optional, not held provide teacher support optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
19 held skills the special educational needs itinerant teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role action research knowledge
- not needed by the target role assign homework skill
- not needed by the target role assist scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role assist students with their dissertation skill
- not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
- not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
- not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role provide assistance to lecturer skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise practical courses skill
- not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
6 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 learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
Other moves recorded from university teaching assistant
Common questions about this move
Can a university teaching assistant become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A university teaching assistant already covers 39% of what a special educational needs itinerant teacher is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the special educational needs itinerant teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a university teaching assistant need to become a special educational needs itinerant teacher?
10 required skills are missing, plus 18 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 university teaching assistant to special educational needs itinerant teacher?
Its learning distance is 62.7 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.