The team of the Institute for Secondary Vocational Teacher Education conceives, organizes and evaluates the Initial Teacher Education and Continuous Professional Development for teachers of Secondary Vocational Teacher Education. In the field of Initial Teacher Education, it cooperates with its partners in the South-East Development Association for all Vocational School subjects taught in Vocational Secondary and Higher Education schools. It accompanies and counsels Secondary Vocational Teacher Education schools as well as thematically relevant education networks and education regions in the development of subject-related teaching.

The team of the Institute conducts research in selected fields of vocational subject-specific didactics and subject sciences and cooperates regionally, nationally and internationally. Its research findings and products are disseminated in the teaching and counselling of the professional community as well as in scientific publications and at congresses in the scientific community. The institute has a canteen kitchen and a dining hall in the sense of study workshops.

Core tasks of the Institute are the conception, coordination, implementation and evaluation of

• Initial Teacher Education in the Bachelor's and Master’s programmes for Secondary Vocational Teacher Education in the fields of Vocational Teaching Education, Technology and Commerce, Nutrition, Applied Digitalisation, Social Affairs as well as Education, Training and Development Support
• Initial Teacher Education in the Bachelor's and Master’s programmes of the subject-specific, supplementary studies for Secondary Vocational Teacher Education
• Continuous Professional Development for teachers in Vocational Teacher Education and the Vocational Polytechnic Schools
• Continuous Professional Development in subject-specific university courses of studies
• the study workshops canteen kitchen and dining hall
• research and development projects for Vocational School subject teaching in Vocational Teacher Education
• the dissemination of research findings and products