Managing Director and Secondary Level 2 Lectureship

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• Ensuring the executive management of teacher education for teaching at grammar schools (secondary level 2, combined teaching diploma secondary level 1 & 2) in coordination with the other directorates
• Representing the education and the department in commissions and networks internally and externally
• Promoting and developing the team
• Coordinating subject didactics meetings and maintaining contact with schools
• Coordinating and managing the practical vocational training
• Teaching within the framework of teacher education
• Supervising project and in-depth work

• Teaching diploma for secondary level and experience in the school context (preferably secondary level 2)
• Doctorate in educational sciences, didactics, or a related field
• Skills in interpersonal relationships and leadership qualities
• Enjoyment in conceptually co-designing a high-quality and innovative practical vocational training
• Knowledge of the context of teaching at grammar schools and its challenges
• Proficiency in German with good knowledge of French

Prof. Dr Claudia Leopold, claudia.leopold@unifr.ch, T +41 26 300 75 14