1967
State examination as a nursery school teacher and after-school care assistant

1975
First State Examination as a primary and secondary school teacher

1978
Second State Examination as a primary and secondary school teacher

1984
University degree for teaching special needs education

1991
Appointment as school counsellor

1993
Academic appointment as professor of special education at a university of applied sciences

1995
Academic appointment as university professor specialising in physical disability education

1967 - 1972
Worked as a nursery school teacher and after-school care assistant in various practical areas of pre-school education for 3-6 year old children, including three years as deputy head of a day care centre

1975 - 1976
Employed as a teacher at a school for the learning disabled

1976 - 1978
Trainee teacher at a secondary school

1978 - 1981
Teacher at an all-day school for the learning disabled

1981 - 1982
Teaching position at an all-day school for the physically disabled

1984 - 1985
Teaching position at an all-day school for the physically disabled

1985 - 1990
Research assistant specialising in education for the physically disabled at the FREIEN UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN

1990 - 1991
Worked as an integration teacher at six primary schools

1991 - 1993
Positions as school counsellor for primary and special schools, integration officer, specialist counsellor for HIV infections and AIDS in schools,
teacher training officer

1993 - 1995
Professor at a university of applied sciences for social pedagogy and social work as a specialist representative for curative education

1995 to present
University professor for the specialism of special needs education for the physically disabled

• Several years of teaching experience in teacher training
• Lecturer at various universities and universities of applied sciences
• Several years of teaching for master craftsmen and women in various training occupations
• Teaching special educational curricula