Recruiting immigrants to the teaching profession
Would you like to be a teacher? Do you enjoy interacting with people from very different cultures? Are you interested in sharing your additional skills in language and cultural knowledge by becoming a teacher?
Then you will find some important information here about schools as a multicultural working environment:
- In many German classrooms there are more pupils with foreign roots than “locals”. Many influences from other cultures are increasingly making their mark on school life in Germany.
- Because of the rising number of pupils with an immigrant background, there is an urgent need for more teachers with an immigrant background.
Opportunities for teachers with an immigrant background
As a teacher with an immigrant background you can·
- support the promotion of multilingualism in schools
- help to make key improvements to cooperation with parents with an immigrant background
- introduce multiculturalism to the staff room by making an important contribution to the understanding of different cultures amongst your colleagues
- be an important role model for successful education careers for migrants above and beyond your teaching capacity.
Job description and education
The following video gives you an impression of just how interesting and varied the career of a teacher can be:
To the video "Das Berufsbild Lehrer: Kompetenzen und Bedeutung"
Training to be a teacher is characterised by many different subjects and requirements. The following video will introduce you to this course of study and presents advisory and support programmes.
To the video "Lehramtsstudium"
So that your introduction into professional life is successful, trainees and new teachers report on their experiences in the following video and give tips for those who are starting out in the teaching profession.
To the video "Referendariat und Berufseinstieg"
Having your qualifications recognised
If you have already trained as a teacher abroad and you would like to have your qualifications recognised so that you can teach here in Germany, you will find important information in the following information brochure produced by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
