Certificate Bildungsmanagement und Leadership in der Kindertageseinrichtung at PH Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Education

A one-year, part-time university certificate programme for Kita (day-care centre) managers, offered by PH Schwäbisch Gmünd's ZQM in cooperation with aim and pädquis. It links research, management and day-care practice, building on the aim leadership training formats with a deeper engagement with early-childhood theory and empirical research.

Faculty: Faculty II  |  Department: Institut für Kindheitspädagogik (Sozialpädagogik und berufliche Bildung); Zentrum für Qualitätsforschung und Monitoring in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe (ZQM)  |  Duration: 1 year (part-time, February to November, followed by a thesis period until the following February)  |  Intake: February each year  |  Study mode: part-time; German-taught  |  Location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Seven modules of 1.5 in-person training days each plus eight online meetings, running February to November. Module topics include Kitas and social change, early-childhood educational theory and research, leadership in the Kita, internal quality development, family-oriented leadership, the Kita as a training and continuing-education site, and community-oriented leadership. Students write a 15-20 page final thesis within three months.

Career pathways

Strengthens current practice as a Kita manager and provides a basis for moving into continuing education and training or taking on greater responsibility in early childhood education.

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