Making the Teaching Profession More Attractive: The “Future Bus” at Steinmühle

To further promote teacher recruitment, the Hessian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs’ “Future Bus” stopped by the Q1 and Q3 upper-level classes at Steinmühle on Monday, September 11.

As part of the initiative“The Future Needs You! Become a Teacher in Hesse,”the bus is touring more than 100 schools in Hesse this year—and it also stopped at Steinmühle. Also on board: a new, innovative motivational video in virtual reality style. The goal of the video is to provide insight into the work of a teacher. The approximately 3-minute, 270-degree short film becomes an immersive experience when viewed with VR goggles. After watching the VR film, there was even a chance to find out just how much teaching potential the Steinmühle high school students have. The “Teacher Test” could be taken digitally on-site, with results appearing immediately afterward. And who knows—maybe a few of tomorrow’s teachers are already in the starting blocks.

The event at the Steinmühle was organized by Dr. Claudia Röder, who is in charge of academic and career guidance at our school.

On the recruitment of teachers in Hesse:

In addition to increasing the number of spots in elementary school teacher training programs, various career-change programs and opportunities for further training have already been established. The starting salary for elementary school teachers has also been raised. According to the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, 2,500 teachers are hired into the teaching profession each year.