From deputy head teacher to nursery school head teacher
12 of the 24 essential skills of a nursery school head teacher are already essential for a deputy head teacher — about 50% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 12
- would be new
- 50%
- of the target job covered
- 24
- essential skills of a nursery school head teacher
What a nursery school head teacher does
Nursery school head teachers manage the day-to-day activities of a kindergarten or nursery school. They manage staff, make decisions concerning admissions and are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which are age-appropriate for kindergarten students and facilitate social and behavioural development education. They also ensure the school meets the national education requirements set by law.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
12 skillsEssential for a nursery school head teacher and not for a deputy head teacher. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse staff capacity
- apply for government funding
- assess students
- assess the development of youth
- develop organisational policies
- identify process improvements
- implement care programmes for children
- instructional strategies
- kindergarten school procedures
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- support children's wellbeing
Other moves from deputy head teacher
2 roles- special educational needs head teacher13 skills in common
- secondary school head teacher13 skills in common
← deputy head teachernursery school head teacher →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a nursery school head teacher?
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.