Secondary school department head to nursery school head teacher
A secondary school department head already meets 61% of what the nursery school head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
46.1/ 100
1 How much of what a nursery school head teacher is expected to do is already part of a secondary school department head’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 nursery school head teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A nursery school head teacher role treats 14 of its required skills as things a secondary school department head already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess the development of youth
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- develop organisational policies
What stands in the way is 10 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nursery school head teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a secondary school department head background worth leading with.
- already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held learning technologies education
- already held promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess employees' capability levels management skills
- already held maintain contract administration information skills
All 32 carried skills, including the 14 the nursery school head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 supervise educational staff required
- still to learn analyse staff capacity required
- still to learn assess students required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held manage enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- still to learn implement care programmes for children required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- still to learn kindergarten school procedures required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- still to learn education law required
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- still to learn apply for government funding required
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held build trust optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a nursery school head teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 supervise educational staff practise this
- 02 analyse staff capacity practise this
- 03 apply for government funding 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 32 skills that carry over
- already held assess the development of youth 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 guarantee students' safety skill
- already held identify process improvements skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held advise on teaching methods 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 escort students on a field trip skill
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held learning technologies knowledge
- already held maintain contract administration skill
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held provide feedback to teachers skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held build trust optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
12 held skills the nursery school head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent socialisation behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role arrange parent teacher meeting skill
- not needed by the target role develop course outline skill
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage secondary school department skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
- not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach secondary education class content skill
- not needed by the target role use office systems skill
6 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 education law required
- still to learn kindergarten school procedures required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Other moves recorded from secondary school department head
Common questions about this move
Can a secondary school department head become a nursery school head teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A secondary school department head already covers 61% of what a nursery school head teacher is expected to do: 32 skills carry over, 14 of which the nursery school head teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a secondary school department head need to become a nursery school head teacher?
10 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is supervise educational staff.
How hard is the move from secondary school department head to nursery school head teacher?
Its learning distance is 46.1 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.