Remedial teacher

This article describes a job in the Bavarian school system. For the profession of special needs teacher, sometimes also called special needs teacher , see special needs education .

Remedial teachers are specially trained teachers in the Bavarian school system. Through their use, differences between the students in terms of learning history, learning path, ability and learning goal are to be balanced out by means of individualizing measures for individual students and student groups. Outside Bavaria, special needs teachers are neither trained nor deployed. Since 1970 special needs teachers have supported the work in elementary schools , middle schools and special needs schools . They are part of the individual student support and the differentiation of the lessons.

tasks

The tasks of the remedial teacher are regulated in Article 60, Paragraph 1 of the Bavarian Law on Education . According to this, the remedial teacher supports "... the lessons and contributes to securing the success of the lessons by working with groups of students ... He takes on special tasks of looking after students independently and on his own responsibility and participates in other school events and administrative activities". In contrast to special education teachers , he works at regular schools .

One of the main tasks of the remedial teachers is to support the learning of the German language as a second language, the acquisition of mathematical skills, the development of the ability to learn and personal development in general.

education

The training takes place at the Bavarian State Institute for the training of special needs teachers in Bayreuth and Freising . It is divided into a three-year training course at the institute and a subsequent two-year preparatory service. An entrance exam takes place before the training begins.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Career information on the website of the State Institute for the Training of Remedial Teachers
2. ↑ Bavarian Law on Education and Instruction (BayEUG) at www.gesetze-bayern.de, accessed on October 21, 2013
3. ↑ Job description on the website of the State Institute for the Training of Remedial Teachers, accessed on October 21, 2013 ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Description of the job profile at the employment agency, accessed on October 21, 2013
• Curriculum for the training of remedial teachers. Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, June 30, 2008 (PDF file; 350 kB) - foerderlehrer.de