From sports coach to early years teacher
13 of the 29 essential skills of a early years teacher are already essential for a sports coach — about 45% 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.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 45%
- of the target job covered
- 29
- essential skills of a early years teacher
What a early years teacher does
Early years teachers instruct students, primarily young children, in basic subjects and creative play with the aim of developing their social and intellectual skills in an informal way in preparation for future formal learning. They create lesson plans, possibly in accordance with a fixed curriculum, for an entire class or smaller groups and test the students on the content. These lesson plans, based on basic subjects, can include the instruction of number, letter, and colour recognition, days of the week, categorisation of animals and transport vehicles etc. Early years teachers also supervise students outside the classroom on school grounds and enforce rules of behaviour there as well.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- demonstrate when teaching
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- manage student relationships
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- teamwork principles
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a early years teacher and not for a sports coach. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- assess students
- assess the development of youth
- assist children in developing personal skills
- curriculum objectives
- facilitate teamwork between students
- handle children's problems
- implement care programmes for children
- instructional strategies
- kindergarten school procedures
- learning difficulties
- maintain students' discipline
- monitor children's physical development
- social development
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
- teach kindergarten class content
Other moves from sports coach
2 roles- physical education teacher secondary school16 skills in common
- Montessori school teacher13 skills in common
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How far are you from being a early years teacher?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.