Practice guidance in the Kita – self-study course: guiding trainees, PiA trainees and students on placement with confidence – with methods, feedback, the legal framework and planning.
Online self-study course for educators (Erzieher:innen) and childhood education specialists (Kindheitspädagog:innen) who guide trainees (vocational college, practice-integrated training (PiA), social assistance/childcare assistance), students on a practice semester or students on placement in the Kita, or who induct new colleagues and career changers; also for Kita managers who organise practice guidance. – 8 modules, approx. 8 hours, at your own pace, with a confirmation of participation after working through all modules. Sources in APA 7, legal status September 2026.
The modules:
- Practice guidance in the Kita: role, responsibilities and the placement as a place of learning
- Training routes: educator, PiA, social assistance and university studies
- Legal framework: protection, health and working conditions
- Induction and training planning: arriving well, setting goals
- Guidance methods in everyday Kita life: showing, accompanying, reflecting
- Conducting guidance conversations and giving feedback in an appreciative way
- Appraising, documenting and cooperating with the vocational college
- Difficult situations and safeguarding the quality of practice guidance
📘 Background reading (in German): Praxisanleitung in der Kita: Aufgaben, Recht, Methoden
Self-study without supervision, assignments or evaluation of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.