Educational assistants are an integral part of elementary school in Lower Saxony and are established alongside the regular teaching staff. They plan and implement supplementary teaching activities, supervise classes in the event of substitutions and help with accompanying measures in everyday school life.
The eight-month course focused on basic knowledge in the areas of pedagogy, methodology and didactics, communication and conversation. In addition, the course content included supplementary teaching as well as the organizational and legal framework of Lower Saxony's school law. A 160-hour work placement and vocational German rounded off the theory.
All participants successfully presented what they had learned in a two-day colloquium and received their certificate.
Some of them will now start their training as socio-educational assistants at the vocational schools (BBS) in Fredenberg in order to work in the nursery sector later on; others plan to remain in the school sector.
Information: New course starts in November
The next course starts on November 3, 2025 and ends in June 2026.
The Volkshochschule welcomes interested parties who would like to work with children and young people, have pedagogical knowledge and can imagine working in a school or daycare center.
Participants with a migration background who have already worked in the educational sector in their country of origin and have at least B2 level language skills (listening: understand most television programs in standard language; speaking: take part in a discussion relatively easily and express their views, reading: Understand articles and reports on current issues and current affairs; and Writing: write detailed texts).
Registration is only possible after a personal consultation at the Volkshochschule.
Information is available from Kerstin Breshler-Moser, telephone: 05341/839-2204 or kerstin.breshler-moserstadt.salzgitterde or vhsstadt.salzgitterde
Further information on the requirements can be found on the Volkshochschule website ( www.vhs-salzgitter.de, keyword pedagogical cooperation)
The measure is financed by the job center or the employment agency.