Dominique Weißenberger
Sports teacher / After-school activities educator
element-i Technido school
"I consider my work as an educator in an after-school activity centre at the element-i primary school to be something wonderful. It’s great to discover the work together with the children and to discover that each child is unique. I love the challenge of finding out how diverse the children’s interests are and exploring these together with them. As a qualified sports teacher, I especially enjoy doing sport with the children and seeing how they improve and gain in ambition."
Karolin Schindler
Educator
element-i Technido community school
„Helping children to discover the world, to pursue their own interests, to challenge themselves, to develop their personal strengths and accept responsibility for themselves and their environment is an exciting and inspiring task through which I have the opportunity to develop along with the children. Working with the element-i concept offers me both a context and the necessary freedom.“
Katharina Baumann
Headteacher
element-i Bildungshaus Karlsruhe
„I have been working for element-i for ten years. At the start I was able to identify with the basic principles of this unique educational concept very quickly, and today my conviction has never been stronger that element-i is the best way to help children develop as people. My experience has been that principles and character are essential for working here successfully.“
Magdalena Graf
Former educator
element-i Forscherzwerge child care centre
„The sophisticated and high-grade element-i educational philosophy offers not only children the opportunity to develop freely. I too as an educator have had the feeling of developing as a person and of having the opportunity to leverage my strengths appropriately. The work our team does is always appreciated. I like that very much.“
Nico Miloloza
Educator and graduate of the FDFP - Freie Duale Fachakademie für Pädagogik
„Accompanying and supporting children as they develop is a great responsibility, because it means actively contributing towards a positive, caring society. Being a part of enabling children to gain more and more skills and competencies, to becoming ever more confident and take pleasure in everything is a real booster for me! When working with children, it’s important to enjoy your work, to be aware of your personal value and to have and radiate a positive image of the world and humanity.“
Niko Stern
After-school activities educator
element-i Technido school
“I am convinced that school education in Germany is in urgent need of change to account for the changes in society. Working in small mixed-age groups and the extensive project-based learning allows both technical skills and social competencies to be conveyed in equal measure and for children to be individually supported in their learning."
Career
Career prospects at element-i
In addition to the position as a conventional educator we also offer vacancies for team leaders, assistants, bilingual educators and more. We also seek to support new generations of professionals and are always on the look-out for students in vocational education, university students and students in dual work/study courses.
Outside of educational activities, we also offer opportunities in fields such as marketing, IT, facility management and organisation.
If you feel the need to apply your own ideas and thoughts and care about the future of children, this is the right place for you! Find your perfect job here!
Further training
Konzept-e Academy
The Konzept-e Academy offers a diverse range of further training opportunities based on the element-i educational concept. The professional seminars and workshops are based on the latest scientific knowledge. These opportunities are aimed at educators, parents and anyone else who wishes to educate themselves and expand their horizons.
The academy offers seminars, workshops and qualifications in four main areas. “Education and family” is geared mainly towards educators and parents and covers topics such as how we engage with one another in social settings and the relationship between parents and educators. The topic “Work and career” includes courses on leadership and speaking as well as stress management and personal management. “Activities and leisure” encompasses interesting opportunities to develop creatively – whether in music, art or crafts.
The field “Training” provides educational professionals with additional skills. Further qualification opportunities, career-changer courses and training courses for becoming qualified educators are offered.
The FDFP – Freie Duale Fachakademie für Pädagogik
The FDFP – Freie Duale Fachakademie für Pädagogik, an independent teacher training academy, trains students to become educators at its Stuttgart and Karlsruhe facilities. Potential students have a choice of two courses: social pedagogy and youth education & foster care (only in Stuttgart). The course content is based on an educational concept that focuses on the strengths of each individual. The academy aims to produce educators who act with an acute awareness of the responsibilities placed upon them and who are ready to make decisions and stand by these decisions.
Closely linked topical blocks that alternate between theory and practice ensure that the acquired knowledge can be directly applied, allowing it to be durably retained by the students. The course lasts for three years and is full-time. Students receive a salary throughout the entire course period.
All information on the training courses of the FDFP and the ability to apply online are provided on the academy’s website.