Dean of faculty to further education principal
A dean of faculty already meets 49% of what the further education principal role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
54.5/ 100
1 How much of what a further education principal is expected to do is already part of a dean of faculty’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the further education principal role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A further education principal role treats 10 of its required skills as things a dean of faculty already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- guarantee students' safety
- monitor educational developments
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A further education principal role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dean of faculty background worth leading with.
- already held education administration business, administration and law
- already held assess employees' capability levels management skills
- already held curriculum standards education
- already held evaluate education programmes information skills
- already held identify education needs management skills
- already held create a financial report information skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 10 the further education principal role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn lead board meetings required
- still to learn manage school budget required
- still to learn analyse staff capacity required
- still to learn develop organisational policies required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held manage space utilisation optional
- optional, not held manage student admissions optional
- optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- still to learn liaise with board members required
- still to learn liaise with educational staff required
- optional, not held administer exams optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- still to learn education law required
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- still to learn post-secondary school procedures required
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held apply for government funding optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a further education principal role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 lead board meetings practise this
- 02 liaise with board members practise this
- 03 manage school budget practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held cooperate with education professionals skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held curriculum standards knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held assess employees' capability levels skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held education administration knowledge
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held university procedures knowledge
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held administer exams optional
- optional, not held manage space utilisation optional
- optional, not held manage student admissions optional
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held apply for government funding optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
- optional, not held promote education programmes optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
16 held skills the further education principal role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods skill
- not needed by the target role assess students skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
- not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage educational institution's administration skill
- not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote education course skill
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
- not needed by the target role provide feedback to teachers skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role use office systems skill
- not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn post-secondary school procedures required
- still to learn education law required
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Common questions about this move
Can a dean of faculty become a further education principal?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A dean of faculty already covers 49% of what a further education principal is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 10 of which the further education principal role treats as required.
What skills does a dean of faculty need to become a further education principal?
9 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is lead board meetings.
How hard is the move from dean of faculty to further education principal?
Its learning distance is 54.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.