Health teacher
The qualification as a qualified health teacher (Dipl.-Ghl.) Is achieved through a degree in health science at a university .
Studies and further training
The compulsory study areas include: health sciences, vocational and business education with didactics and business administration as well as a subject as an elective such as English / English, German / German, mathematics, physics, biology, Protestant or Catholic theology and sport as well as other subjects upon request. Training and graduation are regulated by study and examination regulations.
The course is completed with the examination of the first state examination and the title of the university diploma and therefore entitles the holder to use the academic degree of diploma health teacher (Dipl.-Ghl.).
The course is practice-oriented and enables graduates to work in schools (vocational schools / secondary level II) as well as in higher education and in the private sector.
The greater part of the qualified health teachers have so far chosen the school sector and are primarily employed at vocational schools in the health and business sector as well as in technical high schools / vocational high schools. You teach primarily in health-related subjects such as health studies, business administration, accounting (bookkeeping with cost and performance accounting) and training-specific content.
In the private sector, qualified health teachers are often employed in dual training to impart background knowledge to the trainees. Today's internationalization and globalization also offer qualified health teachers good career opportunities in internationally active companies in the health or medical field, especially if they have sound foreign language and advanced knowledge as well as professional experience because of the wide range of study contents.
Before the professional assignment at a public school can begin, depending on the federal state, a 1.5 or 2-year legal traineeship has to be completed after completing the degree, which ends with the second state examination and the title of assessor for the teaching post at vocational schools becomes.
After the legal traineeship, the graduate has two professional titles: graduate health teacher and assessor for teaching at vocational schools.
After the legal traineeship, depending on the needs of the school, you are usually employed as a student councilor with a probationary civil service for two to a maximum of five years, which can be followed by a permanent civil service. In a few federal states, teachers are only employed on a salaried basis, which, however, is the exception in view of the nationwide development. The entry office is remunerated at grade A 13 + general job allowance. Further promotion options exist to the senior student council (A 14) and director of studies (A 15) and director of studies (A 16).