Job shadowing and teaching assignment at other schools
Get to know new teaching methods, improve your foreign language skills, and make new contacts: teachers, school principals, and other school staff can experience all this by doing a job shadowing or by teaching at a host school - in Switzerland or abroad.
What it's all about
As a teacher, school principal or a member of the school staff, you will gain insights into the school practice in another language region of Switzerland or abroad during job shadowing stays or teaching assignments. This exchange experience allows you to engage in a dialogue with colleagues and school experts elsewehere, practice a foreign language, and get to know new perspectives.
For teachers, school principals, and other school staff
From compulsory school to upper secondary level (baccalaureate, specialised secondary schools and vocational schools)
In another language region of Switzerland (incl. Swiss schools abroad) or abroad
National: 2 days to 4 weeks / International: 2 to 365 days
Organisation by the school
Application deadlines: National ongoing / International in spring and autumn
Added value
For participants:
- You exchange experiences and knowledge about school practices.
- You discover other teaching methods.
- You improve your language skills.
- You expand your professional network.
- The exchange brings inspiration to everyday work life.
For schools:
- You establish a network with other schools - both nationally and internationally.
- The exchange experiences enhances the quality of teaching at your institution.
- You position your institution as an attractive employer.
- You provide the basis for long-term exchange partnerships.