Example of Best Practice: Refugee Teachers at the University of Potsdam. A Requalification Program for Newly Arrived Teachers in Germany

Autor/inn/en	Niesta Kayser, Daniela; Vock, Miriam; Wojciechowicz, Anna Aleksandra
Titel	Example of Best Practice: Refugee Teachers at the University of Potsdam. A Requalification Program for Newly Arrived Teachers in Germany
Quelle	In: Intercultural Education, 32 (2021) 1, S.108-118 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-5986
DOI	10.1080/14675986.2021.1851513
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Program Descriptions; Universities; Teacher Education Programs; Immigrants; Teaching Experience; Teacher Aides; Barriers; Employment; Foreign Countries; Best Practices; Teacher Certification; Teacher Placement; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; University; Universität; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Handreichung; Lehrerhilfe; Dienstverhältnis; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	The Refugee Teachers Program, established at the University of Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 2016, represents a successful model for training and integrating individuals with foreign teaching qualifications through an 18-month teaching and language course. Initially created to help meet the demand for teachers in Germany, the Refugee Teachers Program has been further refined over the course of the last three years in the light of expert meetings, theoretical considerations, and negotiations with the Brandenburg Ministry of Education. This was the first program of its kind in Germany, following an influx of people being forced to migrate from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq in 2015. The program responded to these international events by providing training, work, and refuge for migrants who already had teaching experience in their home countries. More than 85 participants successfully completed the program and many have taken up newly created positions as teachers and pedagogical assistants in German schools. However, a number of hurdles still remain before most of the program's graduates can be granted full employment as teachers in Germany. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01