From university department head to secondary school department head
16 of the 22 essential skills of a secondary school department head are already essential for a university department head — about 73% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from university department head in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 6
- would be new
- 73%
- of the target job covered
- 22
- essential skills of a secondary school department head
What a secondary school department head does
Secondary school department heads manage and supervise their assigned departments to ensure that students are instructed and supported in a safe learning environment. They work closely with the secondary school principal to lead and assist school staff and to optimise communication between school management and teachers, parents, and other districts and schools. They facilitating meetings, develop and review curriculum programmes, observe staff when the principal delegates this work, and assume shared responsibility with the principal for financial resource management.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- advise on teaching methods
- assess employees' capability levels
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- guarantee students' safety
- identify process improvements
- lead inspections
- present reports
- project management
- provide education management support
- provide feedback to teachers
- use office systems
- write work-related reports
What would be new
6 skillsEssential for a secondary school department head and not for a university department head. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from university department head
2 roles- dean of faculty11 skills in common
- special educational needs head teacher11 skills in common
← university department headsecondary school department head →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a secondary school department head?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.