- Hubig wants more language officers in the Kitas
The Minister of Education in Rhineland-Palatinate, Stefanie Hubig, is pushing for more language coordinators in kindergartens. Currently, about half of the approximately 2,700 facilities have these specialists, with the rest to follow gradually, she said during a visit to a kindergarten in Mainz.
Language coordinators are educators who are specially trained in the use of so-called everyday integrated language and provide impulses on this topic to the entire kindergarten team. Additionally, there is expert consultation from the kindergarten providers. These "super-professionals" advise the language coordinators, as well as the entire team, and bring in new impulses regularly.
"Singing songs together or listening to and telling stories, painting and crafting while expressing thoughts and feelings, discussing the events during lunch": This is how children learn language playfully and lively, said Hubig. This everyday integrated language promotion is based on a scientific concept and also promotes equal opportunities and educational justice.
Stefanie Hubig emphasized that the implementation of more language coordinators in kindergartens contributes to educational justice. With the addition of these specialists, the children will benefit from enhanced language learning opportunities in an engaging and enjoyable manner.
