Occupation Atlassecondary school head teacher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/53db8c0d-7aed-47aa-a339-eb9d485d25dc
secondary school head teacher
Secondary school head teachers are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which facilitate academic development for the students. They manage staff, working closely with the different department heads, and evaluate the subject teachers in a timely manner in order to secure optimal class performance. They also ensure the school meets the national education requirements set by law and cooperate with local communities and governments. They may also work in vocational schools.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SECSocial · Enterprising · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.72
- E Enterprising5.34
- C Conventional4.68
- I Investigative3.06
- A Artistic2.84
- R Realistic1.31
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary (11-9032.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse staff capacity
- apply for government funding
- assess students
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- develop organisational policies
- education law
- guarantee students' safety
- instructional strategies
- liaise with board members
- liaise with educational staff
- maintain students' discipline
- manage enrolment
- manage school budget
- manage staff
- monitor educational developments
- pedagogy
- present reports
- project management
- represent the organisation
- secondary school procedures
- supervise educational staff
- write work-related reports
Optional (28)
- administer exams
- adolescent socialisation behaviour
- advise on teaching methods
- arrange parent teacher meeting
- assess employees' capability levels
- assessment processes
- contract law
- create a financial report
- develop professional network
- escort students on a field trip
- evaluate education programmes
- funding methods
- identify education needs
- labour legislation
- lead board meetings
- lead inspections
- learning difficulties
- learning technologies
- maintain relations with children's parents
- manage contracts
- manage government-funded programmes
- manage maintenance operations
- manage space utilisation
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote education programmes
- provide feedback to teachers
- recruit employees
- trade union regulations
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 25 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
primary school head teacher
22 shared · 3 more of its ownmanage enrolment, manage school budget, apply for government funding, analyse staff capacity
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nursery school head teacher
18 shared · 6 more of its ownapply for government funding, analyse staff capacity, curriculum standards, education law
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further education principal
17 shared · 2 more of its ownmanage school budget, liaise with board members, analyse staff capacity, curriculum standards
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head of higher education institutions
17 shared · 2 more of its ownmanage school budget, liaise with board members, analyse staff capacity, curriculum standards
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special educational needs head teacher
17 shared · 9 more of its ownapply for government funding, analyse staff capacity, curriculum standards, education law
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deputy head teacher
13 shared · 4 more of its owncurriculum standards, education law, cooperate with education professionals, supervise educational staff
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headteacher
12 shared · 14 more of its ownmanage enrolment, manage school budget, curriculum standards, education law
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secondary school department head
11 shared · 11 more of its owncurriculum standards, cooperate with education professionals, secondary school procedures, instructional strategies
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