From early years teaching assistant to early years special educational needs teacher
15 of the 34 essential skills of a early years special educational needs teacher are already essential for a early years teaching assistant — about 44% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 19
- would be new
- 44%
- of the target job covered
- 34
- essential skills of a early years special educational needs teacher
What a early years special educational needs teacher does
Early years special educational needs teachers provide specially-designed instruction to students with a variety of disabilities on a kindergarten level and ensure they reach their learning potential. Some early years special educational needs teachers work with children who have mild to moderate disabilities, implementing a modified curriculum to fit each student's specific needs. Other early years special educational needs teachers assist and instruct students with intellectual disabilities and autism, focusing on teaching them basic literacy and life skills. All teachers assess the students' progress, taking into account their strengths and weaknesses, and communicate their findings to parents, counselors, administrators and other parties involved.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- assess the development of youth
- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- handle children's problems
- implement care programmes for children
- kindergarten school procedures
- maintain students' discipline
- monitor children's physical development
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
What would be new
19 skillsEssential for a early years special educational needs teacher and not for a early years teaching assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- curriculum objectives
- demonstrate when teaching
- disability care
- disability types
- instructional strategies
- learning difficulties
- learning needs analysis
- maintain relations with children's parents
- manage student relationships
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- provide specialised instruction for special needs students
- social development
- special needs education
- teach kindergarten class content
Other moves from early years teaching assistant
2 roles- special educational needs assistant16 skills in common
- primary school teaching assistant15 skills in common
← early years teaching assistantearly years special educational needs teacher →The other way round
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How far are you from being a early years special educational needs teacher?
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