My Further Training

03/2012 - Introduction to Experiential Education

Training content:

- Self-experience as a participant in a series of initiative exercises, cooperative adventure games, and complex learning projects

- Purposeful educational use of cooperative adventure games

- History and background of experiential education

- Goals of experiential education

- Models of impact and methodological principles

- Introduction to various reflection methods

Training instructors Hardy Lux and Jens Thomas

10/2012 - Cooperative Adventure Games – Practical Experiential Education

- Purposeful use of cooperative adventure games and initiative exercises

- Opportunities for reflection and transfer to everyday life

- Phases and methods of game facilitation

- Safety in experiential education and cooperative adventure games

- Practical experience leading cooperative adventure games and facilitating reflection sessions

Training instructors Hardy Lux and Jens Thomas

08/2013 - Exploring and Learning Outdoors

- “Expedition” as a core component of experiential education programmes

- Practical experience: a two-day trekking tour managed by the group, including a bivouac in basic conditions and intensive experiences in nature

- Considerations on the educational use of “expeditions”

- Acquisition of basic outdoor skills

- Nature-experience activities

- Ensuring physical and psychological safety during a tour

Training instructors Hardy Lux and Jens Thomas

07/2014 - Comprehensive Qualification in Experiential Education Methods

- Specialist instruction, plus 99 additional hours of completed training

- This training (2011–2014) qualifies participants to develop and implement experiential education activities and projects for different target groups in their own professional field.

- Module 1: Introduction to Experiential Education, 3 days

- Module 2: Cooperative Adventure Games – Practical Experiential Education, 4 days

- Module 3: Exploring and Learning Outdoors, 3 days

Training instructors Hardy Lux and Jens Thomas, and department head at the vocational school for social pedagogy, Axel Lüttich

01/2017 - Experiential Education Special: Pushing Boundaries, Safety, and Risk Management

Training objectives:

- Exploring personal limits

- Experiencing challenging situations within a group

- Gaining knowledge and experience of challenges and boundary-pushing experiences in an educational context

- Developing a deeper understanding of the balance between safety and perceived risk in experiential education programmes

- Memorable experiences in nature

Training content:

- Three-day hiking and canoe expedition in the winter landscape of the Uckermark region

- Tent bivouac and cooking over an open fire, managed by the group

- Canoeing on the Küstrinchen stream in winter conditions

- Reflection and input on the topics of challenge, pushing boundaries, and safety

- Opportunities and limitations of using challenging activities in an educational context

Training instructor Jens Thomas

05/2019 to 11/2019 - Training to Become a Practical Placement Supervisor

Training for educational professionals in the professional guidance and supervision of interns in child and youth welfare institutions, as well as in disability support facilities and services

Module 1: Understanding the fundamentals of educator training and relevant legal frameworks, and reflecting on the requirements for placement supervisors in different fields.

Module 2: Planning the training process together with the team and the intern.

Module 3: Building relationships and encouraging and supporting learning processes.

Module 4: Conducting reflective discussions, giving feedback, and evaluating performance.

Module 5: Developing cooperation between learning locations

Training provider: BildungsBeratung, Monika Hütt

03/2018 - Relaxation Education for Practical Use with Children

- Effects of calm and relaxation

- What is stress, and what causes stress in children?

- Autogenic training

- Yoga suitable for children

- Special awareness exercises (How am I feeling? What do I need?)

- Progressive muscle relaxation

- Playful movement

- Self-experience and group dynamics

- Coping strategies through activities

Training provider: Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung im Freistaat Sachsen e.V. (LEB), with Nancy Seidel

07/2018 - Exploring the Human Body

Training content:

- Specialist knowledge of the organs and organ systems of the human body, alongside independent research into anatomical and physiological aspects.

- Sharing experiences about body awareness and children’s knowledge of the body between the ages of 3 and 10

- Ideas for providing differentiated learning support to children exploring and investigating the human body.

- Collaborative development of simple structural and functional models, and educational discussion that critically examines the models.

- Highlight: Making foods such as butter and quark from scratch.

The training was delivered by the Leipzig Chamber of Skilled Crafts, a local network partner of the “House of Little Scientists” Foundation.

11/2018 - Children Challenge Us: Recognising, Guiding, and Supporting Children with Behavioural Difficulties

Training provider: Soziale Initiative Camburg e.V.; seminar leader Brigitte Holz-Schöttler

11/2018 - Exploring Light, Colours, and Vision: Supporting Children’s Learning Through Projects

Training content:

- Reflecting on previous highlights of scientific exploration with children

- Exploring different light and colour phenomena (e.g. natural colours, colour mixing, colour vision in the dark, etc.) through independent experimentation and investigation.

- Learning about the criteria for evaluating good project work

- Jointly developing project components from different educational areas for “Light, Colours, Vision” projects.

The training was delivered by the Leipzig Chamber of Skilled Crafts, a local network partner of the “House of Little Scientists” Foundation.

11/2023 - ongoing - Holistic Knowledge of Herbs (Self-Study)

- Identifying and distinguishing herbs, including lookalikes that are poisonous

- Appearance and gathering of herbs in forests and around the home

- Identifying potentially beneficial parts of otherwise poisonous plants (e.g. edible fruits)

- Medicinal effects and interactions with medication

- Making and using soaps, ointments, bath additives, and oils

- Developing and combining herbal formulations for various complaints

- Preparation and effects of herbal teas, incense blends, and herbal remedies

- Learning that one herb may help with many complaints and that several different herbs may help with the same complaint

- Making plant-based remedies (cough syrup, pain relief remedies, natural antibiotics, etc.)

- Exploring the detoxifying effects of various herbs in the body, including the use of herbs for detoxification in cases of acute food poisoning!

- Promoting health with plant-based remedies that may have a gentler effect than synthetic medicines

- Preservation methods for homemade care products and/or herbal remedies (canning, drying, fermentation)

- Exploring traditional healing methods and historical uses

- Studying herbs used for contraception and why many herbs and foods can induce labour or cause a miscarriage, and therefore should preferably be avoided.

- Exploring Ayurveda and its potential benefits for physical and mental well-being

10/2023 to 06/2024 - Learning Danish - Level A1

With the help of Sprachenlernen 24

To help the material really stick, I repeatedly started again from the beginning.

Content:

- Vocabulary

- Sentence structure

- Grammar

Gelernte Vocabulary: 734

Level achieved: A1 – Beginner knowledge

05/2025 - 05/2026, Training to Become a Certified Herbal Educator

Wild Herb Basics

Herbal Cooking

Natural Apothecary

Plant-Based Cosmetics

Wild Fruits

Green & Clean

Phenological Seasons

Plants Through the Annual Cycle

Forest Medicine: Tree Resin

Herb Cultivation & Products

Tree and Bud Medicine

Taking Root (The Power of Roots)

Family Ties (Plant Families)

Herbs for Women

Healing Wraps & Compresses

Underrated Rituals – The Art of Incense

Herbal Education – Nature as a Workplace

Narcotic, Poisonous, and Umbelliferous Plants

06/2025 - Workshop: Working with Tuning Forks

Stephanie Schwipps - Sound Therapist / Examiner

Workshop content:

The world of tuning forks

Applications

Suitable frequencies

Energy points in adults and children

Treating scar tissue interference

07/2024 to 08/2025 - Learning Danish - Level A2

With the help of Sprachenlernen 24

To help the material really stick, I repeatedly restarted the course from the beginning.

Content:

- Vocabulary

- Sentence structure

- Grammar

- Verb tenses

- Vocabulary for a wide range of everyday situations

- Gelernte Vocabulary: 1474

Level achieved: A2 – Basic knowledge

10/2025 - ongoing - Learning Danish - Level B1

With the help of Sprachenlernen 24

Content:

Expanded vocabulary

More complex sentence structures and subordinate clauses

Vertiefte Grammarkenntnisse

Confident use of verb tenses

Expressing and explaining opinions

Speaking and writing coherently

Improving listening and reading comprehension

Communicating in a wide range of everyday situations

Target level: B1 – Independent use of the language