further education principaltoprimary school head teacher
A further education principal already meets 66% of what the primary school head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
42.3/ 100
1 Share of the primary school head teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the further education principal 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 this move works
A primary school head teacher role treats 17 of its required skills as things a further education principal already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse staff capacity
- apply for government funding
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
What stands in the way is 8 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 34 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A primary school head teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a further education principal background worth leading with.
- already held administer exams communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held lead board meetings management skills
- already held manage school budget management skills
- already held manage space utilisation management skills
- already held trade union regulations services
- already held liaise with board members communication, collaboration and creativity
All 34 carried skills, including the 17 the primary school head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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.
- required, not held manage enrolment required
- required, not held supervise educational staff required
- required, not held assess students required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held maintain students' discipline optional
- optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
- required, not held instructional strategies required
- required, not held pedagogy required
- required, not held primary school procedures required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- required, not held liaise with educational support staff required
- required, not held liaise with shareholders required
- optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held provide feedback to teachers optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a primary school head teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 instructional strategies knowledge · sector specific
- 02 manage enrolment skill · sector specific
- 03 supervise educational staff skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 34 skills that carry over
- already held analyse staff capacity skill
- already held apply for government funding skill
- 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 develop organisational policies skill
- already held education law knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held manage school budget skill
- already held manage staff 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 administer exams skill
- already held assess employees' capability levels skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held lead board meetings skill
- already held liaise with board members skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held manage space utilisation skill
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held trade union regulations knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held maintain students' discipline optional
- optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
- optional, not held provide feedback to teachers optional
7 held skills the primary school head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
- not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held instructional strategies required
- required, not held pedagogy required
- required, not held primary school procedures required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
Other moves recorded from further education principal
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.