Special educational needs coordinator to special educational needs head teacher
A special educational needs coordinator already meets 67% of what the special educational needs head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.4/ 100
1 How much of what a special educational needs head teacher is expected to do is already part of a special educational needs coordinator’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 special educational needs head teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A special educational needs head teacher role treats 19 of its required skills as things a special educational needs coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply for government funding
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- develop organisational policies
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 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs head teacher 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.
- already held development delays health and welfare
- already held manage student admissions management skills
- already held provide specialised instruction for special needs students assisting and caring
- already held communication disorders social sciences, journalism and information
- already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held learning needs analysis education
All 35 carried skills, including the 19 the special educational needs head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 6 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 manage staff required
- still to learn use office systems required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- still to learn pedagogy required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- still to learn assess financial viability required
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a special educational needs 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 assess financial viability 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 35 skills that carry over
- already held apply for government funding 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 disability care knowledge
- already held disability types knowledge
- already held education law knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held learning needs analysis knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held provide feedback to teachers skill
- already held special needs education knowledge
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held advise on teaching methods skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held behavioural disorders knowledge
- already held communication disorders knowledge
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held development delays knowledge
- 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 manage government-funded programmes skill
- already held manage student admissions skill
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
8 held skills the special educational needs head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role education administration 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 manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
- not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
8 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 pedagogy required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Other moves recorded from special educational needs coordinator
- assistive technologist 62% covered · moderate
- deputy head teacher 61% covered · moderate
- university department head 59% covered · moderate
- secondary school department head 55% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from special educational needs coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can a special educational needs coordinator become a special educational needs head teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A special educational needs coordinator already covers 67% of what a special educational needs head teacher is expected to do: 35 skills carry over, 19 of which the special educational needs head teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a special educational needs coordinator need to become a special educational needs head teacher?
7 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is supervise educational staff.
How hard is the move from special educational needs coordinator to special educational needs head teacher?
Its learning distance is 40.4 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.