Internships

Unterrichtssituation im Praktikum

Internships are a central element of professional qualification in the first university training phase of future teachers.

The internship concept of the Erfurt teacher training programme provides for a continuous interlinking of theoretical and practical study components. This begins in the bachelor's programmes, primarily with observation, exploration and observation internships, and continues in the master's programmes with internships that focus on specific educational science and didactic issues. All internships are mandatory components of modules and are theoretically prepared, accompanied and followed up in these.

The following overview shows which internships must be completed by students with the respective career goal in the Bachelor's and Master's programmes. All internships are compulsory elements of the programme.

It should be noted that internships completed on the bachelor's programme are an admission requirement for the subsequent Master of Education programmes.

Internships in the bachelor's programme

Career goal SPS BWG
Teaching profession primary schools x x
Teaching profession secondary schools x x
Teaching profession Special Needs Pedagogy x x
Teaching profession vocational school x x

Internships in the master's programme

FD BW01&BW02 SOP KSP
x x   x
x x   x
x x x  
x x    

Information on the Measles Protection Act (Masernschutzgesetz) for the execution of school internships

The Measles Protection Act came into force in Germany on 1 March 2020. The law is intended to help protect against measles and strengthen vaccination prevention. As a student teacher (born in 1970 or later), you are obliged to provide proof of sufficient vaccination protection (at least 2 measles vaccinations) or sufficient immunisation against measles before starting an internship.

You can provide the school management with the following documents as proof of immunisation:

  • Vaccination documentation (vaccination card) or a medical certificate of sufficient immunisation against measles
  • medical certificate of immunity against measles
  • a medical certificate confirming an existing medical contraindication to measles vaccination
  • Confirmation from a government agency that corresponding proof has already been provided (e.g. confirmation from the management of another institution)

In principle, anyone who does not provide proof of existing immunisation, immunity or contraindication may neither be supervised nor work in the institution. In this case, the school management will issue a ban from the premises.

Further information on how to deal with the Measles Protection Act can be found on the website of the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (TMBJS)

Downloads

All documents can be found in the download area.