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

education administratortoheadteacher

A education administrator already meets 46% of what the headteacher role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From education administrator
46%
Overlap1
To headteacher
21 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
60.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.9/ 100

1 Share of the headteacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the education administrator 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

Why this move works

A headteacher role treats 14 of its required skills as things a education administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accounting
  • accounting techniques
  • budgetary principles
  • cooperate with education professionals
  • education administration
  • electronic communication

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A headteacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a education administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage school budget management skills
  • already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on school services assisting and caring
  • already held evaluate budgets management skills
  • already held kindergarten school procedures education
  • already held education administration business, administration and law

All 21 carried skills, including the 14 the headteacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 5 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 6 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage enrolment required
  • required, not held provide education management support required
  • required, not held supervise educational staff required
  • required, not held assess students required
  • required, not held develop organisational policies required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held manage student admissions optional
  • optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
  • optional, not held identify education needs optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate with youth required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held liaise with board members optional
  • optional, not held prepare examinations for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held work in vocational school optional
  • optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held build trust optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held education law required
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
04 education 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
05 information skills 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held analyse curriculum optional
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
  • optional, not held evaluate education programmes optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a headteacher 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 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accounting knowledge
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held budgetary principles knowledge
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held education administration knowledge
  • already held electronic communication knowledge
  • already held financial management knowledge
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held maintain records of financial transactions skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage school budget skill
  • already held office software knowledge
  • already held provide information on education financing skill
  • already held trace financial transactions skill
  • already held evaluate budgets skill
  • already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
  • already held maintain contract administration skill
  • already held primary school procedures knowledge
  • already held provide information on school services skill
  • already held secondary school procedures knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held liaise with board members optional
  • optional, not held manage student admissions optional
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held prepare examinations for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses optional
  • optional, not held work in vocational school optional
  • optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
  • optional, not held analyse curriculum optional
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
  • optional, not held build trust optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
  • optional, not held evaluate education programmes optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held identify education needs optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
11 held skills the headteacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
  • not needed by the target role handle mail skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage educational institution's administration skill
  • not needed by the target role manage office facility systems skill
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role student financial aid programmes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
8 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 project management required
  • required, not held curriculum objectives required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • required, not held education law required
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from education administrator

Full index of moves from education administrator

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.