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Career Paths in Adult Continuing Education
Possible Tasks
-You develop educational and teaching concepts tailored to specific target groups, which includes selecting suitable teaching materials and testing new learning and teaching methods.
-You conduct courses, seminars, and individual events on topics such as language, regional studies, culture, and the environment, or you teach foreign languages. You also organize events to accompany the lessons, such as excursions and museum visits.
-You are the point of contact for course participants when it comes to questions, assignments, and learning difficulties.
-You broker knowledge and skills that enable people to reflect on their individual, societal, and ecological situations, make their own decisions, and influence societal processes in a constructive manner.
-In corporate training and continuing education, you determine where staff training is needed, plan the training itself (both organizational and pedagogical), and support the learning processes of trainees and employees.
-As the head of a department or division, you identify training needs and plan the curriculum of classes and activities accordingly. You are also responsible for recruiting, supervising, and directing teaching staff, as well as advising staff interested in pursuing further training.
-As an education coordinator, you coordinate the educational activities of a local government, provide input for new offerings, and network with education stakeholders.Industries and Occupations
-Large and medium-sized companies in nearly every sector
-Chambers of industry and commerce, chambers of crafts
-City or municipal government
-Adult education institutions, family and environmental education institutions
-Memorial sites, foundations, museums, archives
-Institutes that offer e-learning
-Education centers, educational institutions, and providers of volunteer services
-Religious educational institutions, foundations, educational institutions of political parties and trade unionsJob Boards and Professional Associations
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-Deutscher Bildungsserver
-Öffentlicher Dienst
-Jobbörse diversity-jobs.de
-Inklusive Jobs
-Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten e.V.
-Stellenmarkt Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen
-Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung Leibniz-Institut für Lebenslanges Lernen e.V.
-Stellenbörse der Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung (BKJ) e.V.
-Institut für Internationale Zusammenarbeit des Deutschen Volkshochschulverbandes (dvv international)
-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung Bundesverband e.V. (ANU)
