AcadeMedia GmbH is part of the leading North European education group AcadeMedia and operates high-quality daycare centers in six federal states with four different pedagogical concepts: Espira, Joki, Kita Luna and Stepke. We owe our success to our employees, who put the high quality standards into practice every day. The AcadeMedia Campus supports the process with further education and training. We attach great importance to practice-oriented knowledge transfer, an inspiring exchange among the participants and a trusting atmosphere throughout the event.

We are now looking for experienced pedagogues to develop and conduct practice-oriented (online) workshops as a

Trainer, Speaker, Initiator on subjects related to early childhood education as a freelancer.

Your assignment:

  • Develop the concept and implement dynamic live online and face-to-face workshops for educators and supplementary staff on the following topics (selection):
  • Pedagogical everyday life in daycare centres, daily routine, transitions
  • Developmental psychology
  • Dealing with challenging behaviour
  • Inclusion
  • Movement, motor skills, psychomotricity
  • Language education, language development, literacy, communication
  • Coordinate content and appointments with our project management
  • Provide workshop-accompanying documents in our virtual rooms for registered participants only
  • Planning and delivering content for e-learning units on the above topics
  • Provide the necessary theoretical basics using concrete case studies from daycare practice, focus on moderating amongst participants and inviting them to share their experiences instead of lecturing them, create an atmosphere of collegial advice and peer consulting, give impulses and help for self-help

Your profile:

  • Practical experience in the socio-educational topics that you would enjoy conveying
  • Experience in a German daycare centre is mandatory
  • Facilitator, enabler, initiator, advisor, moderator
  • Knowledge of different (digital) methods and their application in adult education
  • Studies in social pedagogy, childhood pedagogy, early childhood pedagogy or similar or completed vocational training as an educator is desirable
  • Child-centred attitude
  • Native English level or Level C2 (CEFR)

We see ourselves as a service provider for our pedagogical and supplementary staff. If you would like to develop the talents of our participants so that they can let the children discover the world with joy and curiosity and encourage them individually, then we look forward to receiving your cover letter with a short CV and details of your desired topics and the methods used to:

campus@academedia.de 

You can find more information at: www.academedia.de/academedia-campus/