Experts Split – career changers planned for German support classes

The German government has identified the German language as the key to successful integration. This is exactly what the money is held here, which is currently not really present in the Red-White-Red State Treasury. No less than 182 million euros will flow in the coming school year in the increase in teachers’ plan positions for German support classes from 577 to 1324.

Lateral participants as “Schummler”
Accordingly, much is increased according to the need in Vienna, upper and lower Austria. However, it remains open where the educators of tomorrow should be found. “It will not be easy, we are still in times of a lack of teachers,” says the responsible Neos Minister of Education Christoph Return. As staff “Schummler”, career changers must be reused in the education sector, which must be prepared for their work as educators in fast courses.

Values ​​must be transferred
On Wednesday, entering into positions must be determined by the circulation in the government. However, as the “Kroon” learned, however, it is still struggling with the career changers – and their required profiles. “It is important that the training provides insight into common values ​​in our society,” says the councilor of the Lower Austria of Education Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister. According to the council member, all measures that promote integration must be welcomed. The current measure of orientation classes must “accurately evaluate” – also with regard to the feasibility in the federal states.

“In Lower Austria we are already planning a new training program for teachers together with the University of Education from autumn, which is intended to promote respectful and value-oriented school community to better prevent radical tendencies,” adds the ÖVP politician.

Split experts
The educational experts are already divided into terms of career changers. “Lending to career changers is not only risky, but also a fatal signal for anyone who has prepared for this demanding work for years. Nobody would think of the idea in medicine:” I was once a patient, so I could operate, “said teaching expert Susanne Schwab in orf. Diagnosted processes and the best understanding of language development and the best concept of language development Qualified educators.

“Learning takes place through relationships”
“I have no problem with lateral participants,” says educational expert Andreas Salcher. It is important that the candidates are subjected to “selective assessment” “and that they themselves manage the German language well”. In addition to acquiring pedagogical skills, social skills are also crucial. “Learning takes place through relationships. In many cases it is about involving the living environments of the children in the learning process and to use it, for example to practice grammar,” Salcher said. He is considering teaching all this until the beginning of the next school year.