Head of higher education institutions to primary school head teacher
A head of higher education institutions already meets 67% of what the primary school head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.3/ 100
1 How much of what a primary school head teacher is expected to do is already part of a head of higher education institutions’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 primary school head teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A primary school head teacher role treats 18 of its required skills as things a head of higher education institutions already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse staff capacity
- apply for government funding
- assess students
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
What stands in the way is 7 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 33 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 head of higher education institutions background worth leading with.
- 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
- already held apply for government funding information skills
All 33 carried skills, including the 18 the primary school head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 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 instructional strategies required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- still to learn primary school procedures required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- still to learn manage enrolment required
- still to learn supervise educational staff 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
- still to learn liaise with shareholders required
- optional, not held administer exams optional
- 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
- still to learn project management required
- optional, not held create a financial report optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip 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 study this
- 02 manage enrolment practise this
- 03 project management study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 33 skills that carry over
- already held analyse staff capacity skill
- already held apply for government funding skill
- already held assess students 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 liaise with educational support 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 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 contract law knowledge
- 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
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held administer exams optional
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held create a financial report 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
10 held skills the primary school head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse curriculum skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role green space strategies 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 promote education course skill
- 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.
- still to learn instructional strategies required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- still to learn primary school procedures required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
Other moves recorded from head of higher education institutions
- secondary school head teacher 68% covered · moderate
- deputy head teacher 55% covered · moderate
- nursery school head teacher 54% covered · moderate
- university department head 54% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from head of higher education institutions
Common questions about this move
Can a head of higher education institutions become a primary school head teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A head of higher education institutions already covers 67% of what a primary school head teacher is expected to do: 33 skills carry over, 18 of which the primary school head teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a head of higher education institutions need to become a primary school head teacher?
7 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by education. The single most important is instructional strategies.
How hard is the move from head of higher education institutions to primary school head teacher?
Its learning distance is 42.3 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.