Innovative Ways of Handling Staff Shortages in ECEC? Increasing Flexibility in the Regulatory Frameworks for Non-Traditional and Non-German Professional Staff Qualifications

Autor/inn/en	Grgic, Mariana; Friederich, Tina
Titel	Innovative Ways of Handling Staff Shortages in ECEC? Increasing Flexibility in the Regulatory Frameworks for Non-Traditional and Non-German Professional Staff Qualifications
Quelle	In: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 17 (2023), Artikel 22 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Grgic, Mariana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1976-5681
DOI	10.1186/s40723-023-00126-3
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Child Care; Professional Personnel; Supply and Demand; Legislation; Certification; Foreign Countries; Employment Qualifications; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Personalbestand; Bedarfsplanung; Gesetzgebungslehre; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Ausland; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Deutschland
Abstract	The staff shortages in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in Germany are an important issue. They impact centres that are forced to close earlier, shut down entire groups or are unable to open at all due to the lack of pedagogical staff. However, the federal states have been making efforts to address this problem. This article discusses innovative ways of handling staff shortages based on qualitative analyses of current regulations regarding qualification requirements for the ECEC sector in Germany. Our analysis focused on the question concerning the degree to which a multi-professional orientation is already widespread in the 16 licensing laws of the federal states and what other conditions have to be met by individuals wishing to work in the ECEC sector who have no pedagogical qualifications. The second focus regarding the handling of staff shortages was on the formal recognition of migrant pedagogical staff with non-German qualifications. The results revealed first a tendency to open the labour market to individuals with non-pedagogical qualifications in the majority of the federal states. Second, most of the federal states have created ways of recognising non-German qualifications and of putting in place special regulations for Ukrainian pedagogues. In summary, it can be said that despite the relaxing of the licensing laws, no major changes in team composition could be observed. This is a positive sign given the unchanged division of tasks and positions in the teams, as there are currently no structures in place to adequately support team members with non-pedagogical qualifications. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01