Lutz Blum has been a member of the school management team at Humboldt-Gymnasium Potsdam since 2010, initially as deputy headmaster and since March 2020 as headmaster.

Dr Heike Helene Brauer has been a school development consultant at the Regional State Office for Schools and Education in Osnabrück since 2006. As a school development consultant, she works in areas such as all-day school development.

Prof Dr Heinz Günter Holtappels (retired) has been an educational scientist in school development and school effectiveness research since 1980. Most recently, he was Professor of Educational Science with a focus on educational management, school development and evaluation at the Institute for School Development Research at TU Dortmund University from 2001 to 2020.

Till-Sebastian Idel has been Professor of School Pedagogy and General Didactics at the Institute of Educational Sciences in School I - School of Educational and Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg since 2020. He previously taught in Mainz, Heidelberg and Bremen. He researches the change and development of schools, pedagogical professionalism and the school learning culture.

Benjamin Jürgens is a member of the secondary school management team at IGS Buchholz. His school was honoured with the German School Award from the Robert Bosch Foundation in 2022, among other things for its participatory co-determination culture for pupils. The school continues to provide impetus for existing and planned comprehensive schools in the region.

Birte Kempers has been head of the Hude-Süd primary school since 2012, which has been successfully offering open all-day schooling since 2013. Ms Kempers has also been an active member of the team at the School Development Centre at the University of Oldenburg since 2017. Here she focuses on all-day schooling and teamwork between primary and special school teachers in the context of inclusion.

Annegret Meyer and Berend Meyer both work at the IGS Flötenteich in Oldenburg. Annegret Meyer is a member of the Collegial School Management and Head of Department for All-Day Leisure and Sport. She is also committed to education for sustainable development with a focus on mobility and is active as coordinator of the "School: Culture" project as well as 1st Chair of the school's own sports club, Bewegung im Stadtteil (BIS e.V.).
In addition to his work as a teacher, Berend Meyer is also a consultant in the field of mobility at the Regional State Office for Schools and Education in Osnabrück.

Dr Gabriele Obst has been head of the Evangelisches Gymnasium in Nordhorn since 2011. With teaching assignments at the universities of Bielefeld and Osnabrück, Mrs Obst maintains contact with universities and successfully interlinks knowledge from both areas. Between 2015 and 2021, she was also a member of the Chamber for Education and Training of the EKD.

Rainer Patzelt was headmaster of KGS Leeste from 2013 to 2020 and was active in various roles for around 20 years. Active in various functions in school management. The focus of his work included the establishment of notebook classes, cross-branch learning and school room design. His school won the Lower Saxony State Prize for Architecture for its remodelling.

Monika Triba runs the primary school on Buntentorsteinweg in Bremen with Martin Moritz Uibel as her deputy, focussing in particular on heterogeneity and diversity. The primary school has been offering all-day schooling for over 15 years and is a centre for supportive pedagogy (ZuP). In 2015, the school was awarded the German School Prize by the Robert Bosch Foundation for its pioneering work in the area of all-day schooling in a socially disadvantaged neighbourhood.

Oliver Virkus works as deputy headmaster at IGS Lengede. In 2021, the school received the German School Award from the Robert Bosch Foundation for establishing an internal digital learning environment with its digital toolbox and BYOD (bring your own device) concept.