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

secondary school department headtonursery 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.

From secondary school department head
61%
Overlap1
To nursery school head teacher
32 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
46.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46.1/ 100

1 Share of the nursery school head teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the secondary school department head 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

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. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held supervise educational staff required
  • required, not held analyse staff capacity required
  • required, not held assess students required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held manage enrolment optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held implement care programmes for children required
  • required, not held support children's wellbeing required
  • optional, not held provide after school care optional
03 education 2 required
  • required, not held kindergarten school procedures required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held education law required
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held apply for government funding required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • 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

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 32 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held trade union regulations optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held education law required
  • required, not held kindergarten school procedures required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Index
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.