further education principaltonursery school head teacher
A further education principal already meets 55% of what the nursery school head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
52.2/ 100
1 Share of the nursery school head teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the further education principal 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 nursery school head teacher role treats 14 of its required skills as things a further education principal already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse staff capacity
- apply for government funding
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nursery school head teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a further education principal background worth leading with.
- already held trade union regulations services
- already held apply for government funding information skills
- already held promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse staff capacity management skills
- already held assess employees' capability levels management skills
- already held curriculum standards education
All 27 carried skills, including the 14 the nursery school head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 6 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 assess the development of youth required
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- required, not held supervise educational staff required
- required, not held assess students required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- optional, not held manage enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- required, not held instructional strategies required
- required, not held kindergarten school procedures required
- required, not held pedagogy required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- required, not held implement care programmes for children required
- required, not held support children's wellbeing required
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
- optional, not held build trust optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held provide feedback to teachers optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a nursery school head teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess the development of youth skill · sector specific
- 02 identify process improvements skill · sector specific
- 03 instructional strategies knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held analyse staff capacity skill
- 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 education law knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held assess employees' capability levels skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held identify education needs skill
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held trade union regulations knowledge
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
- optional, not held manage enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
- optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
- optional, not held build trust optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip 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 provide feedback to teachers optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
14 held skills the nursery school head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer exams skill
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead board meetings skill
- not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage school budget skill
- not needed by the target role manage space utilisation skill
- not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
- not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
- not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge
4 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 kindergarten school procedures required
- required, not held pedagogy required
- optional, not held learning technologies optional
Other moves recorded from further education principal
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.