Please note: The training now runs under the job title "Childhood Educator CHE".

As the course does not build on existing specialist knowledge, we could speak of training.

However, the childhood education (formerly: child education) course is a course at a College of Higher Education (CHE) and therefore a course in the field of higher vocational education and training. This requires an apprenticeship qualification with Federal VET Diploma, a high school diploma or a degree from an EDK-recognized secondary school. It is therefore not initial training, but continuing education, further training in this sense.

Initial training, i.e. training leading to an apprenticeship qualification, could be, for example, an apprenticeship as a childcare specialist (FaBe) Federal VET Diploma specializing in children, which can serve as a good basis for later continuing education, further training as a childhood educator CHE.

Please note: The CHE Childhood Education degree program has been revised; the subject has been called "Childhood Education" since 2021 and leads to the degrees "Dipl. Kindheitspädagoge CHE" or "dipl. Kindheitspädagogin CHE".

The CHE course in Childhood Education imparts extensive skills to be able to carry out specialist and management activities in family or supplementary school care. This means that graduates are able to provide children with comprehensive professional care, promote child development at all levels, observe and document child development, develop and implement pedagogical concepts and lead a team. Prospective childhood educators (formerly: child educators) also learn to carry out individual and comprehensive reflection, accompany and work with parents, maintain and work with external networks, comply with professional laws and regulations and carry out administrative and organizational tasks.