Training commissions

Commission for Continuing Education

According to its statutes, one of the goals of the GDCh is to promote chemistry-oriented scientific training. To this end, a large number of scientific courses and information events for professional vocational training are organized and offered every year.
The purpose of the commission's work is to promote the quality and acceptance of the GDCh's continuing education offerings.
The Commission for Continuing Education has an advisory function to the Continuing Education Department of the GDCh office and actively supports the office in the development of strategic objectives in the area of ​​continuing education, in the specific content design of the continuing education program (topic acquisition and program selection) and in ensuring course quality.
The Commission for Continuing Education is appointed by the GDCh Board.

members of the Commission for Further Education

Dr. Gesa Behnken, Essen (Chair)

Prof. Dr. Jens Brockmeyer, Stuttgart
Dr. Stefan Güssregen, Wiesbaden
Thorsten Junk, Essen
Dr. Felix Müller, Velbert
Dr. Britta Pfeffer, Landau in der Pfalz
Prof. Dr. Stefan Schwarzer, Tübingen
Dr. Matthias Urmann, Frankfurt
Dr. Ursula Westphal, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jörn Wochnowski, Lübeck

Dr. Elisabeth Kapatsina, Frankfurt/Main (GDCh Office)
Maike Bundschuh, Frankfurt/Main (GDCh Office)

Commission for Teacher Training

To manage, monitor and further develop teacher training activities, the GDCh GDCh Board sets up a Commission for Teacher Training as part of the GDCh's commission work. The members are elected on the recommendation of the chemical education Division and appointed for a period of four years; they can be reappointed. The members should work in the chemical education Division or be members of the GDCh Training Commission or partner organizations involved in the training program.
The members of the Commission for Teacher Training elect a Chair, who automatically becomes a member of the GDCh Training Commission. The commission meets at least once a year.

The Commission for Teacher Training carries out the following tasks:

- Selection of training centres and proposal for their establishment to the GDCh Board
- Regular definition and publication of framework topics that should be addressed as priorities in regional and supra-regional teacher training
- Annual selection of suitable events and speakers for the supra-regional training events
- Active commitment to the goals of the GDCh teacher training, acquisition of additional partners (e.g. state ministries, regional and supra-regional educational institutions)
- Representation of the interests of teacher training to the GDCh Board
- Quality control of individual events in consultation with the GDCh Office
- Periodic evaluation of the training centers
- Audit of the financial budget of the training centres

members of the Commission for Teacher Training

Prof. Dr. Stefan Schwarzer, Tübingen (Chair)

Prof. Claudia Bohrmann-Linde, Wuppertal
Dr. Michael Dreyer, Spardorf
Dr. Thomas Eberle, Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Richard Göttlich, Gießen
Dr. Christa Jansen, Friesenheim
Prof. Dr. Anne Staubitz, Kiel
StD Carsten Tittel, Tübingen
Dr. Tom Wagner, Potsdam
Dr. Verena Weidmann, Frankfurt/Main

Dr. Elisabeth Kapatsina, Frankfurt/Main (GDCh Office)