Skills
58 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
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Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
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Overview
Learning support teachers help students with general learning difficulties, often focusing on basic literacy, numeracy, writing, reading, mathematics and languages in primary or secondary education.
In job descriptions, look for learning needs analysis, individual learning plans, lesson preparation, reading strategies, student progress checks, safety, classroom support and cooperation with other teachers or support staff.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
The work is focused on pupils who need extra support with basic learning. A day can include small-group teaching, one-to-one help, lesson adaptation, progress notes, meetings with classroom teachers and contact with support staff.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include identifying learning disorders, analysing learning needs, preparing lesson content, teaching writing and reading strategies, constructing individual learning plans and noticing both difficulties and stronger abilities in pupils.
Salary context
Salary context depends on school level, class responsibility, number of pupils supported, planning duties, cooperation with specialist staff, assessment work and whether the teacher leads a class or works as an additional support teacher.
Career paths
Experience can develop from classroom teaching, tutoring, teaching assistance or special needs support into learning support teaching, special education coordination, literacy or numeracy support and school support leadership.
Good to know
Read adverts for the pupil age group, subjects, class size, individual-plan work, assessment duties, cooperation with families, behaviour support and whether the role replaces or supports the main classroom teacher.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for learning support teacher work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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Occupation group
special educational needs teacher (2352.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/114c5a6c-1869-4a67-8ec0-660ec303f8cc |
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| ESCO code | 2352.1.3 |
| ISCO group | 2352 |
| Concept type | Occupation |