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

further education principaltosecondary school head teacher

A further education principal already meets 70% of what the secondary school head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From further education principal
70%
Overlap1
To secondary school head teacher
36 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
38.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 38.2

This move: 38.2 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the secondary 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 36 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secondary 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 36 carried skills, including the 18 the secondary school head teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 7 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage enrolment required
  • required, not held supervise educational staff required
  • required, not held assess students required
  • required, not held maintain students' discipline required
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
02 education 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held instructional strategies required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • optional, not held learning technologies optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held secondary school procedures required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 supplementary
  • 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 prepare youths for adulthood optional
  • optional, not held provide feedback to teachers optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a secondary school head teacher 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 36 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 board members 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 learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held manage government-funded programmes skill
  • already held manage space utilisation skill
  • already held promote education programmes skill
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held trade union regulations knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held learning technologies optional
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour 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 manage maintenance operations optional
  • optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
  • optional, not held provide feedback to teachers optional
5 held skills the secondary school head teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
  • 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
5 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 instructional strategies required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • required, not held secondary school procedures required
  • optional, not held learning technologies optional
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
Index

Other moves recorded from further education principal

Full index of moves from further education principal

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.