Career History of Prof. Dr. Winnie-Karen Giera
| since 01/02/2021 | Junior Professor for German Didactics in an inclusive context / specialization language and communication (Secondary Level I) at the University of Potsdam (Tenure Track) |
| 24/10/2020-31/01/2021 | Parental leave |
| 08/2015-01/2021 | Civil servant secondary school teacher at the Theodor-Fontane-Oberschule in Ketzin / Havel (official assessment: very good) |
| 02/2015-07/2015 | Secondary school teacher at the “Integrierte Sekundarschule Jungfernheide” in Berlin (50% of the hours care for pupils with special educational needs such as the integration status of learning, social-emotional development and intellectual development) |
| 08/2013-01/2015 | Legal clerkship in the Verden study seminar for the teaching post secondary school (German and politics) at the secondary school Oberschule Bomlitz (grade 5-10), degree: with distinction |
| 2/2013-3/2013 | Six-week internship at the Oberschule Oedeme in Lueneburg |
| 05/2011-09/2011 | Six-week internship at the Oberschule Oedeme in Lueneburg |
| 08-09/2010 | Four-week internship at the secondary school Oedeme in Lueneburg |
| 02-03/2010 | Participation in the "International Preservice Teacher Exchange Program" at Angelo State University in Texas, three-week teaching internship at Central High School |
| 12/2009-09/2011 | Student assistant at Prof. Dr. Astrid Neumann, Participation in the research project "IMOSS" |
| 11/2009-07/2011 | Remedial classes for German as a second language for children and young people with a migration background at the Realschule Kaltenmoor in Lueneburg |
| 09-10/2009 | Three-week internship at the Elbtal Primary School in Bleckede |
| 07/2006-12/2011 | Freelance work as a consultant & trainer for educational institutions, companies and private individuals, among others. for pupils with special educational needs (with over 3,100 teaching hours) |
| 2006 | Collaboration on the marketing concept of the company Fresh-bags in Hanover |
| 12/2005-03/2006 | Participation in the Suitehotel marketing campaign of Accor Hotellerie Deutschland GmbH |
| 09/2001-08/2004 | F&B Controller at the Hotel Europäische Hof in Hamburg |
| 09/2001 | Reception at the Hotel Meyn in Soltau |
| 07-08/2001 | Commis de rang in the banquet area at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich |
| 08/1998-06/2001 | Apprenticeship as a hotel manager at the Hotel Meyn in Soltau |
| since 01/2024 | Certified teaching qualification in German didactics in an inclusive context/specialising in language and communication (secondary level I) (Faculty of Philosophy) |
| since 01/2024 | Positive interim evaluation of junior professorship (Faculty of Philosophy) Qualification (equivalent to habilitation) |
| 04/2013-04/2019 | External doctoral candidates part-time at the Leuphana University Lueneburg at the Institute for German Language, its Literature and Didactics, disputation 04/03/2019 (degree: summa cum laude) |
| 10/2011-3/2013 | Studies at the Leuphana University in Lueneburg Secondary school teacher training (M. Ed.), German and politics (degree: very good) |
| 10/2009-09/2012 | Additional seminars for “German as a Second Language” at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg |
| 09/2008-9/2011 | Studies at the Leuphana University in Lueneburg B. A. Teaching and Learning (GHR), German and Politics (degree: very good) |
| 08/2004-06/2006 | Hotel Management School Hanover, full-time qualification as “state-certified business economist”, DEHOGA graduation: with distinction |
| 08/1998-06/2001 | Vocational schools in Soltau, training as a hotel manager with distinction from the IHK and DEHOGA |
| 1994-1998 | Protestant grammar school on the island of Hermannswerder in Potsdam (graduation: good) |
| 1988-1994 | Elementary school in Potsdam |