Special educational needs head teacher to deputy head teacher
A special educational needs head teacher already meets 80% of what the deputy head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a deputy head teacher is expected to do is already part of a special educational needs head teacher’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 deputy head teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A deputy head teacher role treats 13 of its required skills as things a special educational needs head teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- education law
- guarantee students' safety
What stands in the way is 4 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 36 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A deputy 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 head teacher background worth leading with.
- already held manage student admissions management skills
- already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held learning technologies education
- already held manage government-funded programmes management skills
- already held apply for government funding information skills
- already held kindergarten school procedures education
All 36 carried skills, including the 13 the deputy head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 3 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 provide education management support required
- still to learn maintain students' discipline required
- optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
- still to learn communicate with youth required
- optional, not held liaise with board members optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- still to learn education administration required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a deputy head teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide education management support practise this
- 02 communicate with youth practise this
- 03 education administration study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 36 skills that carry over
- 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 education law knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held provide feedback to teachers skill
- already held supervise educational staff skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held advise on teaching methods skill
- already held analyse staff capacity skill
- already held apply for government funding skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held learning technologies knowledge
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held manage government-funded programmes skill
- already held manage student admissions skill
- already held primary school procedures knowledge
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held liaise with board members optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
20 held skills the deputy head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess employees' capability levels skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability 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 develop organisational policies 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 identify education needs skill
- not needed by the target role instructional strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
- not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
- not needed by the target role trade union regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role use office systems skill
- not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
1 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 education administration required
Other moves recorded from special educational needs head teacher
- secondary school department head 78% covered · adjacent
- secondary school head teacher 71% covered · moderate
- university department head 71% covered · moderate
- primary school head teacher 70% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from special educational needs head teacher
Common questions about this move
Can a special educational needs head teacher become a deputy head teacher?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A special educational needs head teacher already covers 80% of what a deputy head teacher is expected to do: 36 skills carry over, 13 of which the deputy head teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a special educational needs head teacher need to become a deputy head teacher?
4 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is provide education management support.
How hard is the move from special educational needs head teacher to deputy head teacher?
Its learning distance is 24 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.