Curriculum Vitae

From 1997 to 2004 I was first a research assistant, then a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Kaspar H. Spinner at the Chair of Didactics of German Language and Literature at the University of Augsburg. After completing my doctorate in German studies at the University of Augsburg in 2004, I returned to teaching as a seminary rector. From 2006 I was a speaker and seminar representative at the government of Swabia responsible for the training of teachers as well as for the primary schools in the administrative district. During this time, I implemented the "age heterogeneous classes", worked on revising the curriculum and brought the didactic concept of "good tasks" into the mainstream, also through a large number of publications. In 2011, I took over the technical management of the State Education Office in the district of Aichach-Friedberg as Director of the Education Authority.

In addition to numerous didactic publications of my own, I was, among other things, editor of the Teachers' Library for Primary Schools (Cornelsen Scriptor, Berlin; until 2015), the series Didactics for the Primary (Cornelsen Scriptor, Berlin; until 2015), Gute Aufgaben für den Wochenplan (Cornelsen Scriptor, Berlin; until 2015) and co-editor of GrundschulMagazin (Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich; now Friedrich Verlag).

Elected as an independent candidate, I have been district administrator of the district of Aichach-Friedberg since 1st of May 2014. With 66.9% of the vote, I was able to clearly prevail against three competitors in March 2020 and was re-elected for another six years. At no time a district administrator - in addition to the usual challenges such as hospital deficits, public transport deficits or falling incomes - had to deal with so many global crises that have had a direct impact on municipal work: the refugee crisis uninterrupted since 2015, the Corona crisis 2020 to 2023, Ukraine war, energy crisis, climate crisis; plus a shortage of skilled workers, exploding construction costs, etc.

So far, my second term of office has included the construction of the new Vinzenz Pallotti School, the expansion of the district office at the Aichach site, the Wittelsbach secondary school in Aichach and the project planning of the building areas at the Aichach Old Hospital and the site of the former Vinzenz Pallotti School in Friedberg. The current focus is on the sustainable development of the district (Agenda 2030).

In my function as district administrator, I currently hold around 30 honorary and activity-related offices, including on the Board of Directors and Personnel Committee of Abfallverwertung Augsburg KU (AVA), on the Supervisory Board and the Shareholders' Meeting of Augsburger Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH (AVV) or on the Supervisory Board and the Shareholders' Meeting of Augsburger Schwabenhallen Messe- und Veranstaltung GmbH (ASMV).