Supervision of Hauptschulen

The specialist supervision ensures that high-quality and legally secure teaching takes place at Hauptschulen. It supports the schools in their pedagogical work and assists in the further development of teaching, school profile and organization.

Responsibilities

The main responsibility lies with the education authority for the city of Bochum. The district government also assumes an overarching supervisory function. This two-tier structure ensures that both the proximity to the school and the state-wide perspective are taken into account.

Tasks at a glance

• Advice and support for school management and teachers

• Support in the implementation of curricula and educational standards

• Promotion of school and teaching development

• Quality assurance through school visits, discussions and training opportunities

• Participation in personnel decisions and conflict resolution

Special features of the Hauptschule at a glance

Hauptschulen place particular emphasis on practice-oriented learning, individual support and vocational orientation. The subject supervisor ensures that these focal points are anchored in everyday school life and are developed further. It supports the schools in establishing and maintaining cooperation with companies, Berufskollegs and extracurricular partners.

Support with challenges

Hauptschulen often face special challenges, e.g. in the areas of heterogeneity, language support or social integration. The subject supervisor helps to develop and implement suitable concepts in order to give all pupils fair educational opportunities.

Cooperation at eye level

The subject supervisors see themselves as partners of the schools. It works in an advisory, supportive and solution-oriented manner - always with the aim of ensuring and further developing the quality of school work.