Occupation Atlasadult literacy teacher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/02f1ae71-f89c-47b7-af2c-50d7ab1d9b8a
adult literacy teacher
Adult literacy teachers instruct adult students, including recent immigrants and early school leavers, in basic reading and writing skills, usually on primary school level. Adult literacy teachers involve the students in the planning and executing of their reading activities, and assess and evaluate them individually through assignments and examinations.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SACSocial · Artistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social7.00
- A Artistic3.91
- C Conventional3.38
- I Investigative3.14
- E Enterprising2.85
- R Realistic2.32
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors (25-3011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (27)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- adapt teaching to target group
- adult education
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
- consult students on learning content
- curriculum objectives
- demonstrate when teaching
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- instructional strategies
- learning difficulties
- liaise with educational support staff
- manage student relationships
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- provide lesson materials
- show consideration for student's situation
- teach basic numeracy skills
- teach literacy as a social practice
- teach reading strategies
- teach writing
- use pedagogic strategies for creativity
Optional (15)
- Computer Assisted Language Learning
- advise on lesson plans
- assign homework
- assist in the organisation of school events
- assist students with equipment
- construct individual learning plans
- develop learning curriculum
- facilitate teamwork between students
- manage resources for educational purposes
- mathematics
- provide immigration advice
- teach digital literacy
- teach speed reading
- teamwork principles
- work with virtual learning environments
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 27 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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secondary school teacher
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