Visual arts teacher to art teacher secondary school
A visual arts teacher already meets 53% of what the art teacher secondary school role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
54.4/ 100
1 How much of what an art teacher secondary school is expected to do is already part of a visual arts 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 art teacher secondary school role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An art teacher secondary school role treats 16 of its required skills as things a visual arts teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assist students in their learning
- curriculum objectives
- define creative components
What stands in the way is 12 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. An art teacher secondary school role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a visual arts teacher background worth leading with.
- already held supervise craft production handling and moving
- already held teach arts principles communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor art scene developments information skills
- already held use artistic materials for drawing communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use painting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held define creative components communication, collaboration and creativity
All 28 carried skills, including the 16 the art teacher secondary school role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 10 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 apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- still to learn compile course material required
- still to learn liaise with educational staff required
- still to learn liaise with educational support staff required
- optional, not held identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- still to learn assign homework required
- still to learn develop course outline required
- still to learn maintain students' discipline required
- still to learn monitor student's behaviour required
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- still to learn monitor developments in field of expertise required
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
- still to learn post-secondary school procedures required
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- still to learn fine arts required
- still to learn secondary school procedures required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an art teacher secondary school role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assign homework practise this
- 02 post-secondary school procedures study this
- 03 apply intercultural teaching strategies 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 28 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held define creative components skill
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held select artistic materials to create artworks skill
- already held supervise craft production skill
- already held teach arts principles skill
- already held art history knowledge
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
- already held graphic design knowledge
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held monitor art scene developments skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held types of paint knowledge
- already held use artistic materials for drawing skill
- already held use painting techniques skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas optional
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held consult student's support system optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held identify learning disorders optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
- optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
- optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
- optional, not held recognise indicators of gifted student optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
27 held skills the art teacher secondary school role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
- not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
- not needed by the target role create artwork skill
- not needed by the target role create craft prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role create sculptures skill
- not needed by the target role create sketches skill
- not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop learning curriculum skill
- not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- not needed by the target role gather reference materials skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage different ceramic firing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role operate a ceramics kiln skill
- not needed by the target role paint sets skill
- not needed by the target role participate in artistic mediation activities skill
- not needed by the target role perform image editing skill
- not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role select illustration styles skill
- not needed by the target role select subject matter skill
- not needed by the target role stimulate creativity in the team skill
- not needed by the target role types of pottery material knowledge
- not needed by the target role use digital illustration techniques skill
6 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 post-secondary school procedures required
- still to learn fine arts required
- still to learn secondary school procedures required
- optional, not held adolescent socialisation behaviour optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held learning difficulties optional
Common questions about this move
Can a visual arts teacher become an art teacher secondary school?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A visual arts teacher already covers 53% of what an art teacher secondary school is expected to do: 28 skills carry over, 16 of which the art teacher secondary school role treats as required.
What skills does a visual arts teacher need to become an art teacher secondary school?
12 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assign homework.
How hard is the move from visual arts teacher to art teacher secondary school?
Its learning distance is 54.4 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.