Caroline Donker - About me

Caroline Donker

Johannesburg – London – Munich

I was born in 1968 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where I grew up until I was ten. Afterwards I spent ten years in London before moving to Munich at the age of 20 where I started pedagogical work and began my professional training. I live here with my family and started my business in 2004.

Enthusiasm and Passion

Here you can find information about my training, where my career has led me and what makes me a natural for my line of work. My professional life is filled with enthusiasm and passion for teaching kids.

Education as a Special Needs Carer at the Fachakademie Schönbrunn, Bavaria (1995-1998), specialising in caring for severely handicapped persons
Ten years as an educator in Munich-Neuhausen (leading the day nursery and as an educational worker in the kindergarten)
Teaching English modules in kindergarten and English courses for pre-school children
Numerous pedagogical trainings in the areas of rhythmic education and early childhood development
Pedagogical trainings concerning language acquisition (2007) and language promotion at the Landesverband Evangelische Tageseinrichtungen (state association of protestant day-care facilities) and at the Zentrum für kindliche Mehrsprachigkeit e.V. (zkm), Munich
Advanced training within the framework of the Literacy-programme (2008) of the Evangelische Kita-Verband Bayern (protestant association of kindergartens Bavaria) and the Bavarian State Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Family Affairs and Women
Advanced training forest pedagogics with Rudolf Hettich, environmental educator, Ingolstadt
Founded the business (2010) English for Children in Munich
Further Education (2016). Teaching English to speakers of other languages, Cambridge University (CELTA)