If you want to qualify professionally to work with children and young people, then training as an educator is just right for you!
The need for social education professionals is high, whether in childcare or youth welfare facilities. Training or retraining as an early childhood educator is therefore a fantastic opportunity for qualified employment. Our state-accredited, work-integrated program provides you with all the necessary skills to enjoy working in settings such as nurseries, kindergartens, all-day schools, or residential child and youth care facilities.
Information about the subsequent professional internship (state recognition year) can be found here.
Further information and registration
Requirements for participation
You can participate in the training/retraining program…
- if you have a secondary school leaving certificate (Realschule) and three years of relevant professional experience (working with children or young people) or
- if you have a secondary school leaving certificate (Realschule), vocational training and at least one year (or 900 hours) of relevant professional experience or
- if you have an equivalent school leaving certificate from another country, proof of German language skills at level B2 and three years of relevant professional experience
- if you have a secondary school leaving certificate (Realschule) and at least two years of relevant vocational training (e.g. social education assistant) or
- if you have a university entrance qualification and at least one year (or 900 hours) of relevant professional experience.
If you do not meet the participation requirements, special admission is possible in justified individual cases.
Contents
- German and Communication
- Society and Politics
- Shaping pedagogical relationships
- pedagogical work with groups
- Design of socio-educational processes
- holistic promotion of health development
- Recognizing connections between nature and environmental education, ecological action
- legal and administrative foundations of social work
- Developing educational partnerships with parents and caregivers
- Team development
- Cooperation with institutions and networks
The content is based on the learning fields of the training to become an educator.
Coaching and advanced lessons, optionally:
- Specialized language training in pedagogy
- School in-depth study
- Deepening Inclusion
