Educational emergency: lack of teachers and new career changer strategies!

Educational emergency: lack of teachers and new career changer strategies!

In Cologne, there is talk of a pressing topic: the lack of teachers. More and more schools are forced to make lessons out because there are simply not enough teachers. A current report by Antenne Brandenburg shows that the space is increasingly being trained. The new state budget, which provides for more money for education, still throws shadows - a total of 345 full -time positions are eliminated, and teachers even have to teach an additional compulsory lesson. Many concerns about the effects on the teachers and the timetables, especially with regard to the role of representative teachers.

In a current discussion on the subject, well -known participants came together: Hendrik Fischer, State Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Julius Domke from the district student council Cottbus and Mario Kaun, chairman of the city's education committee, to name just a few. The event was also accessible as a live stream, so that interested people were interested in the debates.

New ways to acquire teacher

Politics has set itself an ambitious goal of specifically dealing with the shortage of teachers. Christine Streichert-Clivot, President of the Conference of Ministers of Education, announces that the federal states want to open new ground to the teaching position. ZDF today that a dual teaching degree should be introduced to enable you to find out practical experience and you to bind. In addition, teachers can also teach with just one subject in the future, which will loosen up the previous rules that only allowed a transverse entry into the legal clerkship with two subjects.

In addition, the teaching degree is made more practical and job-oriented by the study and legal clerkship more closely linked. This should also make it easier for teachers from abroad. In particular, the area of ​​scientific and technical subjects is affected by a high shortage of teachers, as is an analysis of Süddeutscher Zeitung

The number of lateral entrants grows

Reality in schools, however, is alarming. Around 10.5 percent of teachers at general education schools teach without recognized teaching examination, which corresponds to around 77,600 teachers in numbers. In the past nine years, the proportion of transverse and side entrants has almost doubled. This proportion is even 16.6 percent in vocational schools. Many of these teachers do not have the necessary pedagogical training, which raises questions about the quality of the lesson.

As a survey shows, 60 percent of the headmaster are concerned about the increase in long -term illnesses. In addition, 71 percent of the school management does not feel able to actively promote the health of their teachers. Despite everything, there are also voices that support the new models. Education scientist Harm Kuper sees the need for academic training for teachers and calls for an improved cost-benefit analysis to prevent future deficiency situations.

It remains to be seen how effective the new measures will be to meet the teaching lack in the country and maintain quality standards. However, it is clear that the political changes and programmatic approaches will affect the educational landscape in Cologne and elsewhere.