§ 02 — Become Pedagogical assistant
Overview
As an educational assistant you help support and develop people in daily life. You work with children young people or adults with special needs and help them thrive learn and unfold. The training makes you a skilled professional who can create safe frameworks and see the individual.
What do you do in everyday life?
Your day is filled with presence and activities. You play do creative projects help with practical things and are a safe adult to turn to. You support children in their development or help adults manage everyday life as independently as possible. You keep an eye on wellbeing cooperate with colleagues and parents and adjust the day based on what the people around you need.
- 01You learn to support children and adults in their development.
- 02You become good at creating safe and motivating settings
- 03You learn to plan and lead educational activities.
- 04You understand how people thrive and learn
- 05You become strong in communication and collaboration
- 06You learn to observe and document well-being.
How do you get started?
You start with a basic course at a vocational school and then find a practical placement at, for example, a day care facility, a school, or a residential facility, where you enter an education agreement. The course alternates between school stays and practice, and you get paid while you train.
The way forward
As an educational assistant you can work in daycare centres schools residential facilities or nursing homes. You can specialise in for example special education and you have a good foundation if you later want to study further to become an educator or another education in the educational and social field.
“The most important thing you give a person is the feeling of being seen and understood.”
Specialisations & levels
- 01Pedagogical assistant
Schools here that offer it
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Where can you read it?
§ — Where can you read about Pedagogical assistant?
Pedagogical assistant is offered at 2 places in the country. The list is informational — always check the latest and complete offering on the Education Guide's vocational education map.
Hovedstaden
01- SOSU H — København
Sjælland
01- ZBC (Zealand Business College) — Næstved
Mentioned in the programme overview
Names taken from the programme's own overview. We do not yet have all of them as schools here, so those appear without a map or link — always check the individual school for current classes, admission and entry requirements.
- SOSU H, Greater Copenhagen Region (including Copenhagen, Hillerød, Brøndby)
- SOSU Nord, Aalborg
- SOSU East Jutland, Aarhus
- SOSU Fyn, Odense (among other departments)
- SOSU Esbjerg, Esbjerg
- SOSU MV, Herning and Holstebro
- ZBC, Zealand (Roskilde, Køge, Næstved, Slagelse, Holbæk)
- Bornholm Health and Nursing School, Rønne
- m.fl.