Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Music teacher to music teacher secondary school

A music teacher already meets 58% of what the music teacher secondary school role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From music teacher
58 % overlap
Partial match
To music teacher secondary school
31 You already bring
12 Still to learn
59 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.4/ 100

1 How much of what a music teacher secondary school is expected to do is already part of a music teacher’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 music teacher secondary school role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A music teacher secondary school role treats 20 of its required skills as things a music teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities
  • apply teaching strategies
  • assess students
  • assist students in their learning
  • curriculum objectives
  • demonstrate a technical foundation in musical instruments

What stands in the way is 12 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 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A music teacher secondary school role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a music teacher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held demonstrate a technical foundation in musical instruments handling and moving
  • already held teach music principles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held improvise music communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held orchestrate music communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held musical notation arts and humanities
  • already held subject of music coaching education

All 31 carried skills, including the 20 the music teacher secondary school role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 9 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn use pedagogic strategies for creativity required
  • still to learn apply intercultural teaching strategies required
  • still to learn compile course material required
  • still to learn liaise with educational staff required
  • still to learn liaise with educational support staff required
  • optional, not held identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas optional
  • optional, not held read musical score optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held consult student's support system optional
  • optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
02 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn assign homework required
  • still to learn develop course outline required
  • still to learn maintain students' discipline required
  • still to learn monitor student's behaviour required
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn monitor developments in field of expertise required
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • still to learn secondary school procedures required
05 education 1 required
  • still to learn post-secondary school procedures required
06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a music teacher secondary school 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 31 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
  • already held apply teaching strategies skill
  • already held assess students skill
  • already held assist students in their learning skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held demonstrate a technical foundation in musical instruments skill
  • already held demonstrate when teaching skill
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held manage student relationships skill
  • already held musical genres knowledge
  • already held musical instruments knowledge
  • already held musical notation knowledge
  • already held musical theory knowledge
  • already held perform classroom management skill
  • already held play musical instruments skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held subject of music coaching knowledge
  • already held teach music principles skill
  • already held assist students with equipment skill
  • already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
  • already held history of musical instruments knowledge
  • already held improvise music skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held maintain musical instruments skill
  • already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • already held music literature knowledge
  • already held orchestrate music skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held supervise music groups skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held disability types optional
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
09 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas optional
  • optional, not held read musical score optional
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held consult student's support system optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
  • optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
24 held skills the music teacher secondary school role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role balance participants' personal needs with group needs skill
  • not needed by the target role breathing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role bring out performers’ artistic potential skill
  • not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate music components of the work skill
  • not needed by the target role create a work environment where performers can develop their potential skill
  • not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
  • not needed by the target role develop learning curriculum skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
  • not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain safe working conditions in performing arts skill
  • not needed by the target role movement techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise musical events skill
  • not needed by the target role perform exercises for artistic performance skill
  • not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role transpose music skill
  • not needed by the target role vocal techniques 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn post-secondary school procedures required
  • still to learn secondary school procedures required
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a music teacher become a music teacher secondary school?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A music teacher already covers 58% of what a music teacher secondary school is expected to do: 31 skills carry over, 20 of which the music teacher secondary school role treats as required.

What skills does a music teacher need to become a music teacher secondary school?

12 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assign homework.

How hard is the move from music teacher to music teacher secondary school?

Its learning distance is 52.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.