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

primary school teachertomusic teacher

A primary school teacher already meets 66% of what the music teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From primary school teacher
66%
Overlap1
To music teacher
30 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
43.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.8/ 100

1 Share of the music teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the primary school teacher 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 music teacher role treats 20 of its required skills as things a primary school teacher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities
  • apply teaching strategies
  • assess students
  • assist students in their learning
  • bring out performers’ artistic potential
  • consult students on learning content

What stands in the way is 5 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A music teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a primary school teacher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held teach music principles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held improvise music communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held bring out performers’ artistic potential management skills
  • already held musical notation arts and humanities
  • already held maintain musical instruments handling and moving
  • already held musical theory arts and humanities

All 30 carried skills, including the 20 the music teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 1 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held create a work environment where performers can develop their potential required
  • optional, not held balance participants' personal needs with group needs optional
  • optional, not held coordinate artistic production optional
  • optional, not held coordinate music components of the work optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held organise musical events optional
  • optional, not held supervise music groups optional
  • optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held develop a coaching style required
  • optional, not held define artistic approach optional
  • optional, not held develop drama production process optional
  • optional, not held orchestrate music optional
  • optional, not held perform exercises for artistic performance optional
  • optional, not held transpose music optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain safe working conditions in performing arts required
  • optional, not held develop artistic project budgets optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
04 education 1 required
  • required, not held subject of music coaching required
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held demonstrate a technical foundation in musical instruments required
06 arts and humanities 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held music literature optional
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held history of musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a music teacher 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 30 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 bring out performers’ artistic potential skill
  • already held consult students on learning content skill
  • already held demonstrate when teaching skill
  • already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements 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 musical genres knowledge
  • already held musical instruments knowledge
  • already held musical notation knowledge
  • already held musical theory knowledge
  • already held play musical instruments skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held teach music principles skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held assist students with equipment skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
  • already held improvise music skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held maintain musical instruments skill
  • already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • already held perform classroom management skill
  • already held teamwork principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held movement techniques optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held balance participants' personal needs with group needs optional
  • optional, not held coordinate artistic production optional
  • optional, not held coordinate music components of the work optional
  • optional, not held define artistic approach optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic project budgets optional
  • optional, not held develop drama production process optional
  • optional, not held music literature optional
  • optional, not held orchestrate music optional
  • optional, not held organise musical events optional
  • optional, not held perform exercises for artistic performance optional
  • optional, not held supervise music groups optional
  • optional, not held transpose music optional
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held develop learning curriculum optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held history of musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held movement techniques optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
41 held skills the music teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange parent teacher meeting skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
  • not needed by the target role assign homework skill
  • not needed by the target role assist children in developing personal skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to children's basic physical needs skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role common children's diseases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create craft prototypes skill
  • not needed by the target role define creative components skill
  • not needed by the target role develop course outline skill
  • not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
  • not needed by the target role handle children's problems skill
  • not needed by the target role implement care programmes for children skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of attendance skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain students' discipline skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor children's physical development skill
  • not needed by the target role organise creative performance skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • not needed by the target role perform playground surveillance skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide after school care skill
  • not needed by the target role recognise indicators of gifted student skill
  • not needed by the target role select artistic materials to create artworks skill
  • not needed by the target role social development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise craft production skill
  • not needed by the target role support gifted students skill
  • not needed by the target role support the positiveness of youths skill
  • not needed by the target role teach arts principles skill
  • not needed by the target role teach primary education class content skill
  • not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
  • not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill

1 further entry not listed here

6 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 subject of music coaching required
  • optional, not held music literature optional
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held history of musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held movement techniques optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from primary school teacher

Full index of moves from primary school teacher

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.