Center for School Quality and Teacher Education Baden-Wuerttemberg (Zentrum für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung – ZSL)

President of the Center for School Quality and Teacher Education (ZSL)

Prof. Dr. Thomas Riecke-Baulecke

Welcome to our website! Our aim is to support schools and teachers in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, in their educational mission and to improve the quality of teaching.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Riecke-Baulecke

Core tasks of the ZSL

Our core tasks are 
  • human resources development and executive personnel qualification for schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany,
  • concept development, implementation and quality assurance for education und further training of teachers in the fields of
    • cross-sectional pedagogical issues and
    • specific issues concerning the different school subjects as well as the different types of schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg,
  • conception of teaching-related support services, 
  • curricula work and textbook approval,
  • international cooperation projects in teacher education and training,
  • advisory services (development, decentralized provision and quality assurance), for example in the field of:
    • school career guidance,
    • vocational orientation,
    • additional assistance for special education needs and promotion for gifted students,
    • school psychology services,
    • prevention,
    • quality development at vocational and general education schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

International Cooperation Projects

The ZSL is the centre of excellence for the education and training of teachers and management of vocational and general education schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

The department 45 International Cooperation Projects in Teacher Training for Vocational and General Schools of the ZSL works closely together with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Baden-Wuerttemberg and also cooperates with partners from business, administration and science.

For our international cooperation projects you will find detailed information in English on the following pages:

Note to our anglophone audience

For further information on the tasks of the ZSL in English, please contact the Head of Department for International Cooperation Projects.