Office for Teacher Education

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Hessian Office for Teacher Education (AfL) was founded on January 3rd, 2005 and merged into the newly established " State School Office and Teaching Academy " on January 1st, 2013 .

The former office for teacher training was directly assigned to the Hessian Ministry of Culture and had branches all over Hesse . The head office was the Erwin-Stein-Haus in Frankfurt .

The office for teacher education should network study, preparatory service and further training. It oriented its work across phases and referred to academic training at universities, preparatory service in schools and study seminars, and further and advanced training for teachers during their professional lives.

history

Predecessor institutions were the Office for Teacher Training , the Hessian State Institute for Education , the academic examination offices at universities and the study seminars for teaching positions.

The legal basis was the “Third Law on Quality Assurance in Hessian Schools”, which introduced an organizational reform of teacher training in Hesse . The law, which also included the Hessian Teacher Education Act, came into force on January 1, 2005.

The European framework of reference ( Bologna process ) and the standards of teacher training for learning experts developed by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs served as further orientation .

With the standards for teacher training, the Standing Conference defines requirements that teachers should meet. The Standing Conference refers to the educational goals formulated in the school laws of the federal states. The goals of schools described there correspond to the teachers 'model, which was described in the joint declaration of the President of the Conference of Ministers of Education and the Chairpersons of the Teachers' Associations of October 2000.

Act

The office promoted the qualification of future Hessian teachers and supported their further development in their professional practice in schools and lessons .

Priorities were

  • Career choice, career and qualification advice and prospecting
  • Information events and materials for first-year students
  • Clarification aids for self-assessment of professional suitability
  • Implementation of first and second state examinations as well as additional and extension exams and special programs to attract teachers
  • Recognition of study and examination achievements and implementation of state examinations, e.g. for interpreters
  • Further training courses and advice on additional and extension exams
  • Qualification in subject didactic and general pedagogical competencies, in advice, assessment and diagnosis as well as in the area of ​​helping to shape and develop schools in the preparatory service
  • Orientation aids for career entry, coaching, collegial advice
  • Nationwide and regional advanced training for teachers in the subjects and in media education
  • Coordination of the work of the Hessian media centers; Advice, selection and procurement of media for the media centers
  • Projects for the use of new media in specialist teaching as part of the Schule @ Zukunft program
  • Development and operation of the Hessian education and school server
  • Support of schools and school bodies with educational school networks
  • Accompaniment of teaching development processes
  • Orientation, clarification and decision-making aids for teachers who are interested in new tasks: development assessments, Hessian leadership college
  • Qualification for teachers who are preparing for new professional roles or who are new to functions: preparation for management positions, introductory training
  • Seminars for officials to cope with new requirements: process consulting, new management tasks, promotion of young talent
  • quality-tested teaching and course materials
  • Further development of basic and advanced training concepts
  • Specialist conferences and symposia on central pedagogical topics

The conference facilities of the former AfL in North, Central and South Hesse are also located in the state school office and teaching staff academy; they have 50 seminar and group rooms. The AfL published series of pedagogical publications and teaching materials, which can still be ordered from the central e-mail address "publications@lsa.hessen.de". Other services include media services and support, the establishment and supervision of learning platforms, material databases, media education concepts, school networks, Hessian education servers, services for the Hessian media centers.

organization

The office was divided into six departments.

  • Legal and personal matters in the preparatory service
  • Department I processed and regulated the admission and employment in the preparatory service for all teaching posts. She was also responsible for assigning trainee lawyers and candidate subject teachers for work-related subjects to the study seminars.
  • Coordination of pedagogical training. Departments II to IV are based on the teaching posts of “elementary, secondary and secondary schools and special schools”, “grammar schools” and “vocational schools”. They coordinated and supervised the work of the study seminars, carried out the second state examinations and developed offers for advanced training.
  • Cooperation with university teacher training. Department V was responsible for the first state examinations, coordinated cooperation with universities, organized further training for teachers and projects for teacher training.
  • Personnel development for schools and educational administration. Department VI promoted personnel development in schools and educational administration. The school management qualification formed a special focus.