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Career Paths in Education
University Teaching, Adult Education, Human Resources Development, Cultural and Political Education
Possible Tasks
- As an education specialist, you are responsible for organizing and designing educational events, for example.
- You develop educational and teaching approaches tailored to specific target groups.
- In adult continuing education, you give communication seminars, for example.
- You select suitable teaching materials and trial new learning and teaching methods.
- You support course participants with their questions, assignments, and learning difficulties.
- As an institute or department manager, you identify educational needs and determine the course and event program. You are also responsible for recruiting, supervising, and guiding teaching staff.
- You advise customers and those interested in education about the educational opportunities available.
- You create teaching materials and research various current and historical sources from the respective language and cultural area, e.g. novels, reports, films, or recordings of spoken language.
- For companies, you give a wide variety of workshops on language and communication.
Industries and Occupations
- Adult continuing education centers
- Religious educational institutions
- Institutes offering e-learning
- Volunteer service providers
- Educational institutions of political parties, trade unions, and other organizations
- Language schools and adult continuing education centers, private and company courses
- Higher, vocational, and technical education institutions
- Religious communities
- Public sector administration, e.g. Federal Language Office
- Publishing houses
- Software and database companies, e.g. educational software
Job Boards and Professional Associations
- Stellenangebote WiLa-Arbeitmarkt
- Deutscher Bildungsserver
- Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten e.V.
- Deutscher Museumsbund
- Jobbörse - Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
- KULTweet - Der Stellenmarkt für Geistes-, Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftler/innen
- The Linguist List
- Freiwilligendienste Kultur und Bildung
- Stellenbörse der Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung (BKJ) e.V.
- Institut für Internationale Zusammenarbeit des Deutschen Volkshochschulverbandes (dvv international)
- Hueber - Sprachunterricht in der Erwachsenenbildung
