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

secondary school head teachertosecondary school department head

A secondary school head teacher already meets 75% of what the secondary school department head role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From secondary school head teacher
75%
Overlap1
To secondary school department head
32 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
32.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 32.6

This move: 32.6 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the secondary school department head role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the secondary school head teacher 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secondary school department head role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a secondary school head teacher 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 curriculum standards education

All 32 carried skills, including the 17 the secondary school department head role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 4 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 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage secondary school department required
  • required, not held assess the development of youth required
  • required, not held identify process improvements required
  • required, not held provide education management support required
  • required, not held use office systems required
  • optional, not held develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
03 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
04 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a secondary school department head 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 advise on teaching methods skill
  • already held assess employees' capability levels skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • 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 guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held lead inspections skill
  • already held learning technologies knowledge
  • already held liaise with educational staff skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held provide feedback to teachers skill
  • already held secondary school procedures knowledge
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • already held adolescent socialisation behaviour knowledge
  • already held arrange parent teacher meeting skill
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held develop organisational policies 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 learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held monitor educational developments skill
  • already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • already held promote education programmes skill
  • already held recruit employees skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
21 held skills the secondary school department head role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer exams skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse staff capacity skill
  • not needed by the target role apply for government funding skill
  • not needed by the target role assess students skill
  • not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role education law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead board meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain students' discipline skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage enrolment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage maintenance operations skill
  • not needed by the target role manage school budget skill
  • not needed by the target role manage space utilisation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise educational staff skill
  • not needed by the target role trade union regulations knowledge
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.