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

special educational needs coordinatortodeputy head teacher

A special educational needs coordinator already meets 61% of what the deputy head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From special educational needs coordinator
61%
Overlap1
To deputy head teacher
24 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
42.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.4/ 100

1 Share of the deputy head teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the special educational needs coordinator 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 deputy head teacher role treats 12 of its required skills as things a special educational needs coordinator 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
  • education administration
  • education law

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage student admissions management skills
  • already held provide education management support management skills
  • already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage government-funded programmes management skills
  • already held apply for government funding information skills
  • already held promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity

All 24 carried skills, including the 12 the deputy head teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 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 develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held supervise educational staff required
  • required, not held maintain students' discipline required
  • optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
  • optional, not held analyse staff capacity optional
  • optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
03 education 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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
04 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a deputy head 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 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 education administration knowledge
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held monitor educational developments skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held provide education management support skill
  • already held provide feedback to teachers skill
  • already held advise on lesson plans skill
  • already held advise on teaching methods skill
  • already held apply for government funding skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held escort students on a field trip skill
  • already held evaluate education programmes skill
  • already held funding methods knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage government-funded programmes skill
  • already held manage student admissions skill
  • already held promote education programmes skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
  • optional, not held learning technologies optional
  • optional, not held liaise with board members optional
  • optional, not held analyse staff capacity optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
  • optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
19 held skills the deputy head teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communication disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role development delays knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
  • 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 identify education needs skill
  • not needed by the target role instructional strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role learning difficulties knowledge
  • not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
  • not needed by the target role provide specialised instruction for special needs students skill
  • not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
  • not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
7 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 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
Index
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.