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

secondary school department headtospecial educational needs coordinator

A secondary school department head already meets 61% of what the special educational needs coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From secondary school department head
61%
Overlap1
To special educational needs coordinator
24 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
44.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

44.1/ 100

1 Share of the special educational needs coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the secondary school department head 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 special educational needs coordinator role treats 14 of its required skills as things a secondary school department head already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assist in the organisation of school events
  • cooperate with education professionals
  • curriculum objectives
  • curriculum standards
  • evaluate education programmes
  • guarantee students' safety

What stands in the way is 7 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a secondary school department head background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide education management support management skills
  • already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held curriculum standards education
  • already held evaluate education programmes information skills

All 24 carried skills, including the 14 the special educational needs coordinator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage government-funded programmes required
  • required, not held organise projects to fill education needs required
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held manage student admissions optional
  • optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
02 health and welfare 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held disability care required
  • required, not held disability types required
  • optional, not held development delays optional
03 education 2 required
  • required, not held learning needs analysis required
  • required, not held special needs education required
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow research on special needs education required
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held communication disorders optional
  • optional, not held government policy optional
06 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held education administration optional
  • optional, not held education law optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a special educational needs coordinator 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 evaluate education programmes skill
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held monitor educational developments skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held promote education programmes skill
  • already held provide education management support skill
  • already held advise on lesson plans skill
  • already held advise on teaching methods skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held develop organisational policies skill
  • already held escort students on a field trip skill
  • already held funding methods knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held provide feedback to teachers skill
  • already held work with virtual learning environments skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held screen reader optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held manage student admissions optional
  • optional, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students optional
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held communication disorders optional
  • optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held education administration optional
  • optional, not held education law optional
  • optional, not held government policy optional
  • optional, not held screen reader optional
20 held skills the special educational needs coordinator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adolescent socialisation behaviour knowledge
  • not needed by the target role arrange parent teacher meeting skill
  • not needed by the target role assess employees' capability levels skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
  • not needed by the target role develop course outline skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role learning technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage secondary school department skill
  • not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role teach secondary education class content skill
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
11 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 disability care required
  • required, not held disability types required
  • required, not held learning needs analysis required
  • required, not held special needs education required
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held communication disorders optional
  • optional, not held development delays optional
  • optional, not held education administration optional
  • optional, not held education law optional
  • optional, not held government policy optional
  • optional, not held screen reader optional
Index

Other moves recorded from secondary school department head

Full index of moves from secondary school department head

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.