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Career Guidance

Career Landscape

STEM teachers' careers can develop in very different directions. They can take on different positions within the school or enter STEM education outside the school. The diverse career landscape gives inspiration, orientation and information about different career paths and new career opportunities for STEM teachers within the field of education. The career landscape shows profession possibilities in three areas:

  • Schools
  • Higher education institutions
  • Educational authorities

The career profiles give background information regarding field of duties, competences needed as well as formal requirements. Small career videos provide insights into best-practice examples: Former STEM teachers talk about their career development and why they decided to follow a different career path, deviating from the “classical” teaching in the classroom. 


There exist different career options for STEM teachers in the European countries. Choose a country and find out about the career paths in the respective country.

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