secondary school head teachertouniversity department head
A secondary school head teacher already meets 68% of what the university department head role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
38.5/ 100
1 Share of the university 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.
Why this move works
A university department head role treats 15 of its required skills as things a secondary school head teacher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on teaching methods
- assess employees' capability levels
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A university 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.
- already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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
- already held evaluate education programmes information skills
All 28 carried skills, including the 15 the university department head role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held manage university department 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 manage budgets optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- required, not held university procedures required
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- required, not held provide information on study programmes required
- required, not held advise on lesson plans required
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a university department head role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage university department skill · occupation specific
- 02 identify process improvements skill · sector specific
- 03 provide education management support skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held advise on teaching methods skill
- already held assess employees' capability levels skill
- already held assess students 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 lead inspections skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held provide feedback to teachers skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held adolescent socialisation behaviour knowledge
- 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 monitor educational developments skill
- already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held represent the organisation skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held human resource management 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
25 held skills the university department head role does not ask for
- 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 arrange parent teacher meeting 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 instructional strategies 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 learning technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents 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 secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role trade union regulations knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held university procedures required
- optional, not held education administration optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
Other moves recorded from secondary school head teacher
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.