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

special educational needs coordinatortosecondary school department head

A special educational needs coordinator already meets 55% of what the secondary school department head role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From special educational needs coordinator
55%
Overlap1
To secondary school department head
24 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
51.5 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 51.5

This move: 51.5 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the secondary school department head role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the special educational needs coordinator 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 24 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 special educational needs coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide education management support management skills
  • 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 curriculum standards education
  • already held evaluate education programmes information skills

All 24 carried skills, including the 12 the secondary school department head role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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.

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 assess employees' capability levels required
  • required, not held use office systems required
  • optional, not held develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with educational staff required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held lead inspections required
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held secondary school procedures required
05 education 1 required
  • required, not held learning technologies required
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on teaching methods 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 present reports skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held provide education management support skill
  • already held provide feedback to teachers skill
  • already held advise on lesson plans skill
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held develop organisational policies 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 manage budgets skill
  • already held monitor educational developments skill
  • already held promote education programmes skill
  • already held work with virtual learning environments skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held teach secondary education class content optional
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
19 held skills the secondary school department head role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply for government funding skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communication disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role development delays knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role education law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow research on special needs education skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
  • not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
  • not needed by the target role provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
  • not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
  • not needed by the target role special needs education 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held learning technologies required
  • required, not held secondary school procedures required
  • optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour 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.