Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

admissions coordinatortoheadteacher

A admissions coordinator already meets 29% of what the headteacher role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From admissions coordinator
29%
Overlap1
To headteacher
15 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
74.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.5/ 100

1 Share of the headteacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the admissions coordinator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A headteacher role treats 8 of its required skills as things a admissions coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess students
  • communicate with youth
  • education administration
  • education law
  • electronic communication
  • office software

What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A headteacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a admissions coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on school services assisting and caring
  • already held manage student admissions management skills
  • already held provide education management support management skills
  • already held kindergarten school procedures education
  • already held education administration business, administration and law

All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the headteacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 38 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 7 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage enrolment required
  • required, not held manage school budget required
  • required, not held supervise educational staff required
  • required, not held develop organisational policies required
  • required, not held handle financial transactions required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
  • optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
02 business, administration and law 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held accounting required
  • required, not held accounting techniques required
  • required, not held financial management required
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held cooperate with education professionals required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held liaise with board members optional
  • optional, not held prepare examinations for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held work in vocational school optional
  • optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held build trust optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
04 information skills 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain records of financial transactions required
  • required, not held trace financial transactions required
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held analyse curriculum optional
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
  • optional, not held evaluate education programmes optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
05 education 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a headteacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess students skill
  • already held communicate with youth skill
  • already held education administration knowledge
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held electronic communication knowledge
  • already held office software knowledge
  • already held provide education management support skill
  • already held provide information on education financing skill
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
  • already held manage student admissions skill
  • already held primary school procedures knowledge
  • already held provide information on school services skill
  • already held secondary school procedures knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held liaise with board members optional
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held prepare examinations for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held work in vocational school optional
  • optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held analyse curriculum optional
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
  • optional, not held build trust optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
  • optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
  • optional, not held evaluate education programmes optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
10 held skills the headteacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • not needed by the target role assist students with their enrolment skill
  • not needed by the target role communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role counsel students skill
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage educational institution's administration skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • not needed by the target role student financial aid programmes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held accounting required
  • required, not held accounting techniques required
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • required, not held financial management required
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from admissions coordinator

Full index of moves from admissions coordinator

Note

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.