Practice-integrated training as an educator (f/m/d) - previously OptiPrax

For variant 1:
Applicants (f/m/d) with completed training as a state-certified nursery nurse (f/m/d)

• a successful secondary school diploma or higher
• a completed vocational training as a state-certified nursery nurse (f/m/d)
• good German language skills = at least language level C 1 CEFR (for foreign school or. Vocational training)
• health suitability
• an extended certificate of good conduct without entries

For variant 2:
Applicants (f/m/d) with (Fach-)Abitur

• a successful unrestricted Fachhochschulreife, Fachgebundene Hochschulreife or general university entrance qualification
• good German language skills = at least language level C 1 CEFR (in the case of foreign school or Vocational education)
• Proof of a five-week internship (200 hrs.) in an institution of social pedagogical practice*
• health suitability
• an extended certificate of good conduct without entries

For variant 3:
Applicants (f/m/d) with non-specialized vocational training

• a successful intermediate school leaving certificate or. higher qualification
• a minimum of two years completed non-specialized vocational training under the Vocational Training Act, technical school training or other equivalent professional qualification
• good German language skills = at least language level C 1 CEFR (in the case of foreign school or Vocational training)
• Proof of a five-week internship (200 hours) in an institution of social pedagogical practice*
• health suitability
• an extended certificate of good conduct without entries

* If necessary, you can still do this preliminary internship after your application as a paid internship in the Youth Welfare Office of the City of Erlangen.

In addition, you should bring a high degree of empathy, motivation and commitment. Respectful and appreciative interaction with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians as well as acceptance towards diversity, individuality and difference of all people is a matter of course for you. You like to work flexibly and independently, and are also characterized by a high degree of determination as well as good organizational skills. In addition, you have the competence to reflect on yourself and your own actions and to deal with your own learning and teaching fields. You enjoy working in a team and appreciate an appreciative and constructive exchange with your colleagues.

The practice-integrated training as an educator (f/m/d), which is completed in a dual system, takes place full-time, lasts three years and begins on September 1 of each year. You are both a trainee with the city of Erlangen and a student at the Fachakademie B10 in Nuremberg.
In the course of training, you will get to know the pedagogical work in three different municipal facilities and three age groups and thus also the diversity of the profession educator (f/m/d). There is an annual change of the training practice place. The coordinator for the practice-integrated training is available as a contact person, who assigns the trainees to the practice centers. In alternation, you will receive theoretical subject content from the specialist academy and can then try this out directly in your practice center.
During the Bavarian school vacations, you will be deployed continuously in the practice centers, provided you do not apply for leave. In addition, you will have weekly time for guidance and reflection meetings with a pedagogical specialist and preparation time. In addition, there are regular exchange meetings of the trainees with the coordinator.

During the training, you will have the opportunity to develop methods and skills that will enable you to be a strong and reliable companion for the children and adolescents and a competent as well as empathetic support for the parents/guardians. In addition, you will be integrated as a reliable and cooperative team member in the individual day care centers.
 

Theoretical training

For the theoretical part of the training, the city of Erlangen cooperates with the Fachakademie für Sozialpädagogik, Nuremberg, Am Fernmeldeturm 3. There you will have classes on three weekdays in the first two years of training. In the third year of training, there are two days of theory classes.
 

Contents of the training

Educators*innen are deployed in various socio-educational fields of work. They work in multi-professional teams and are contact persons for parents. They plan and design educational and training programs for children and adolescents. The basis for this range of tasks is laid by the theoretical lessons at the Fachakademie für Sozialpädagogik with the following subjects:

• Pedagogy/Psychology/Heilpädagogik
• Social Studies/Sociology
• Mathematical and Scientific Education
• Ecology/Health Education
• Law and Organization
• Literature and Media Education
• English
• German
• Theology/Religious Education (by denomination or. Ethics)
• Practice and method teaching with conversation
• Art and work education
• Music and movement education
• Exercises / elective subjects
• Additional subject mathematics

Certificates of achievement at the specialized academy are made in particular through examinations, presentations, written elaborations of offers and reflections, documentations. In addition, in the second year of training, a technical paper must be prepared. At the end of the third year of training, the written and practical final examination takes place.
 

Practical training

During the practical assignment, you will test and reflect on theoretically acquired methods and skills in the first and second year of training on two days, in the third year of training on three days in your practical facility. The daily working time is 7 hours 30 minutes, or 7 hours 40 minutes in the final year of training. During vacation periods, you will work 39 hours full-time. Your vacation entitlement must be taken during the instruction-free period.
The city of Erlangen provides facilities in the following fields of work:

• Crib
• Kindergarten
• Playroom
• After-school care
• Learning room
• Youth learning room
• Children's house
  
  Two times a year there is a practical visit from the supervising teacher of the specialized academy. This must be prepared, written out and reflected upon. The practice visits are graded.
  
  

We offer:

• a varied and responsible activity,
• the opportunity to get to know the pedagogical work with different age groups and in different facilities         learning,
• a close link between theoretical expertise and practical testing in everyday educational life with children and in       the work with their parents / guardians,
• regular, professionally sound practice guidance by trained professionals,
• Reflection of their own professional role,
• Offer of supervision,
• motivated and supportive colleagues
• participation in team meetings and collegial case consultations.

During your training, you will be a student at the academy and at the same time a trainee with the city of Erlangen. You will conclude a training contract with the city of Erlangen in accordance with the collective agreement for trainees in the public service - special part of care (TVAöD-BT-Pflege).

Already during the training you will receive a monthly training allowance

• in the first year: 1,165.69 euros
• in the second year: 1,227.07 euros
• in the third year: 1,328.38 euros

plus capital-forming benefits and a special payment (Christmas bonus).
The training allowance is based on the collective agreement for trainees in the public service - special part nursing (TVAöD-BT-Pflege).
If you successfully pass the final examination, you will receive a graduation bonus of € 400.
We also offer 30 vacation days and an attractive company pension plan.

(Status: 01.06.2021)

All the social benefits that the Erlangen city administration offers its employees* naturally also apply to our junior staff.

Whoever regularly travels to work by public transport receives a travel allowance.
For trips by public transport, it is possible to purchase the "365-day ticket" during training, which is also subsidized by the city of Erlangen.

As part of the company health management, regular sports courses and other health-promoting offers are held in which you can participate.

After three years of dual training, you will receive the professional title of "state-certified educator" (f/m/d) after successfully passing the practical and theoretical final examination.
In addition, you can take a supplementary examination in English to obtain the subject-specific university entrance qualification. If you would also like to acquire the general university entrance qualification, you must take the additional subject of mathematics. A grade point average of 1.5 or better in the final examination and in the supplementary examination confers the subject-linked university entrance qualification.

With the city administration as an employer, you can help shape the education and care of children from crèche age to adolescence. In addition, the city of Erlangen has established the concept of play and learning centers for children and families with special needs for assistance and support. The expansion of child day care leads to a continuing need for well-qualified professionals.
The payment is based on TVöD-SuE and is currently about 2,880, - Euro gross for career starters* after training (as of 01.04.2021). In addition, you will also receive capital-forming benefits and a special payment (Christmas bonus).

The application period begins around the beginning of November of the respective year before the start of training and ends in mid-January of the year of recruitment.
For the exact date, please refer to the annual job advertisement.
Of course, recognized foreign educational qualifications will be taken into account.
Severely disabled people will be given priority in case of equal suitability. The City of Erlangen pursues a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes applications from interested parties regardless of nationality and origin.