assistive technologisttospecial educational needs head teacher
A assistive technologist already meets 56% of what the special educational needs head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
51.7/ 100
1 Share of the special educational needs head teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the assistive technologist 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 special educational needs head teacher role treats 16 of its required skills as things a assistive technologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply for government funding
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- develop organisational policies
- disability care
What stands in the way is 10 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 29 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 assistive technologist background worth leading with.
- already held development delays health and welfare
- 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
- already held manage government-funded programmes management skills
All 29 carried skills, including the 16 the special educational needs head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 7 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 supervise educational staff required
- required, not held analyse staff capacity required
- required, not held assist in the organisation of school events required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held use office systems required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held manage student admissions optional
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- required, not held instructional strategies required
- required, not held pedagogy required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- required, not held assess financial viability required
- optional, not held create a financial report optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- required, not held guarantee students' safety required
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 instructional strategies knowledge · sector specific
- 02 supervise educational staff skill · sector specific
- 03 analyse staff capacity skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held apply for government funding 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 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 development delays knowledge
- 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 promote education programmes skill
- already held provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
- already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held create a financial report optional
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- optional, not held manage student admissions optional
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip 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
26 held skills the special educational needs head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess users' interaction with ICT applications skill
- not needed by the target role assist children with special needs in education settings skill
- not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role assistive technology in education knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role domotic systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- 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 guide learners in using assistive technologies skill
- not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role measure software usability skill
- not needed by the target role online moderation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
- not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
- not needed by the target role provide assistive technology skill
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
- not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
- not needed by the target role special needs learning equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role stimulate students' independence skill
9 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 instructional strategies required
- required, not held 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
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.