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Lateral entrants sought for General Economics

Interfaculty Teacher Training Programme, University of Amsterdam
North Holland & South Holland
Teaching
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Are you considering a new step in your career as a secondary school teacher? Have you not yet been able to find a suitable job at a school? Are you wondering if you can continue to work alongside your current job? Then Aan de Slag voor de Klas might be something for you.

Aan de Slag voor de Klas (ASK) is a customised programme run by the University of Amsterdam for lateral entrants who want to become first-grade teachers in secondary education. It is designed to train more teachers in subjects where the teacher shortage is high. Specifically, this involves the following school subjects: General economics, German, English, French, Computer Science, Classics, Physics, Dutch, Chemistry, Spanish and Mathematics.

Job requirements

Getting Started for the Classroom is designed for professionals who:
  • holding a master's or doctoral degree (WO), directly related to the relevant subject
  • already have extensive and broad work experience (>10 years) in a sector other than education
  • They want to pass on their expertise to a new generation and contribute to good education.
  • have the desire to work with teenagers.

Employment conditions

The benefits of Getting Started for the Classroom:
  • We offer a guided orientation programme (Check-in) in which you are introduced to the programme and spend a few days at a school. This way, you can experience whether you really want to take the step to becoming a teacher. In addition, we support you in preparing for the assessment that gives access to a lateral entry trajectory.
  • After a positive outcome of the assessment, we support and guide you in finding a short-term job at a school (minimum 2 days per week). The school you will be employed at can apply for a side-stream subsidy to cover the training costs.
  • The training program begins in September 2027 and lasts 1.5 to a maximum of 2 years. In the first year, there are four intensive collegeweken spread over the year. In addition, in year 1 and year 2, there are monthly evening meetings with lectures and intervision. You will follow the courses together with other students from other study programmes.
  • The course can be combined with another job (of up to 0.6 FTE), so that you can make the transition to teaching in part or gradually.
  • Hybrid teachers, who bring their experience outside teaching into the classroom, are sought after by schools.

Application information

The programme was developed by the Interfaculty Teacher Training Department of the University of Amsterdam, in cooperation with training schools. We mainly serve the Greater Amsterdam region, North Holland, Gooi and Eemlanden and Haarlemmermeer; this is where our cooperation schools are located. Candidates from outside this region can also participate in Aan de Slag voor de Klas; they look for their own workplace at a school.
 
Sign up
Does our program appeal to you and would you like to experience whether a job as a teacher suits you? Come to our information session, or sign up for the Check-in. The Check-in process starts on Tuesday evening, March 2, 2027.

More information
On Tuesday 17 November 2026, 12 January 2027 and 9 February 2027 from 19:00 – 21:00, our next information evenings will take place (the first at the UvA, the last two both online). Registration can be done via our website. For questions, you can also email Esther Erents, study advisor at the UvA, via ask-pow-fmg@uva.nl.<br>
NB. This is a retraining program to make the transition to secondary education as a lateral entrant. If you already hold a (first-degree) teaching qualification, or have been out of the classroom for a long time, you cannot participate in Aan de Slag voor de Klas. We can then advise you on a better-suited course of action.

About Interfaculty Teacher Training, University of Amsterdam

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest range of courses on offer. UvA's Interfaculty Teacher Training (ILO) offers several teacher training programmes: there are school subject-specific tracks for a total of 24 school subjects. There are several routes to a teaching qualification. Together with you, we look at which route best suits your needs and wishes.

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The programme was developed by the Interfaculty Teacher Training Department of the University of Amsterdam, in cooperation with training schools. We mainly serve the Greater Amsterdam region, North Holland, Gooi and Eemlanden and Haarlemmermeer; this is where our cooperation schools are located. Candidates from outside this region can also participate in Aan de Slag voor de Klas; they look for their own workplace at a school.
 
Sign up
Does our program appeal to you and would you like to experience whether a job as a teacher suits you? Come to our information session, or sign up for the Check-in. The Check-in process starts on Tuesday evening, March 2, 2027.

More information
On Tuesday 17 November 2026, 12 January 2027 and 9 February 2027 from 19.00 to 21.00, our next information evenings will take place (the first at the UvA, the latter two online). Registration can be done via our website. For questions, you can also email Esther Erents, study advisor at the UvA, via ask-pow-fmg@uva.nl.

NB. This is a retraining program to make the transition to secondary education as a lateral entrant. If you already hold a (first-degree) teaching qualification, or have been out of the classroom for a long time, you cannot participate in Aan de Slag voor de Klas. We can then advise you on a better-suited course of action.

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