Occupation Atlasprimary school head teacher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c9d89e09-d57f-4980-9164-880e60711e97
primary school head teacher
Primary school head teachers manage the day-to-day activities of a primary school or elementary school. They manage staff, make decisions concerning admissions and are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which are age-appropriate for primary school students and facilitate social and academic development education. They also ensure the school meets the national education requirements set by law.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SECSocial · Enterprising · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.46
- E Enterprising4.85
- C Conventional4.53
- I Investigative2.90
- A Artistic2.78
- R Realistic1.20
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 and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare (11-9031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, 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 educational staff
- liaise with educational support staff
- liaise with shareholders
- manage enrolment
- manage school budget
- manage staff
- monitor educational developments
- pedagogy
- present reports
- primary school procedures
- project management
- represent the organisation
- supervise educational staff
- write work-related reports
Optional (28)
- administer exams
- advise on teaching methods
- arrange parent teacher meeting
- assess employees' capability levels
- assess the development of youth
- 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 technologies
- liaise with board members
- maintain relations with children's parents
- maintain students' discipline
- manage contracts
- manage maintenance operations
- manage resources for educational purposes
- manage space utilisation
- 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.
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deputy head teacher
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