Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung

What Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung does

Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung (ALP) Dillingen is the central state institution for teacher training and personnel management qualification in Bavaria, Germany, operating under the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Dillingen an der Donau in a historic Jesuit university complex, it delivers continuing professional development, qualification programs, and leadership development modules for all Bavarian teachers, school principals, school psychologists, counseling teachers, and pedagogical support staff across Grundschulen, Mittelschulen, Realschulen, Gymnasien, and Berufliche Schulen.

The institution operates a multi-platform digital infrastructure including FIBS (Fortbildung in bayerischen Schulen), the mandatory statewide training registration portal with over 170 registered providers; BayernCloud Schule (ByCS), a unified platform for teaching, communication, collaboration, and administration; lernraum.zukunft, a flexible learning environment for innovative didactic concepts; and ByLKI (Bayerische Lehrkräfte-KI), an AI chatbot competence center for teacher AI literacy. It maintains a newly completed film studio for in-house content production and delivers training through in-person, eLearning, blended learning, and eSession formats.

The business model is government-funded through Bavarian state tax revenue, with training provided free of charge as part of the state educational mandate. A minor ancillary revenue stream exists through publication sales for non-commercial educational use. The academy is led by Director (Akademiedirektor) Bernhard Stegmann and operates with no venture capital, private equity, or commercial ownership structure. Geographic operations are restricted to Bavaria, Germany.

Name

Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung

Legal name

Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung Dillingen

Website

https://alp.dillingen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ALP Dillingen is the central Bavarian state institution for teacher training and school leadership qualification, operating under the State Ministry for Education. It delivers professional development, digital platforms (FIBS, BayernCloud Schule, ByLKI), and qualification programs free of charge to all Bavarian teachers and administrators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Professional Development and Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Computer Training (611420), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAGAEAC

Corporate & Workforce eLearning Modules

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Digital Learning Content & eLearning Modules

SECONDARYEDAGAKAC

Corporate Learning & Training Content Development

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Instructional Design & Content Development Services

SECONDARYEDABAFAN

IT Support & End-User Computing (Helpdesk, Desktop, M365/Google Workspace)

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Technical & IT Skills Training

Keywords

• Teacher professional development
• Continuing education programs
• Educational training services
• School leadership training
• Online learning platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Dillingen, Coburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: ALP Dillingen is a government institution within the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs, funded by public tax revenue. Training services are provided free of charge to teachers in Bavaria as part of state educational mandate.
2. Publication Sales: Sale of educational publications, books, and teaching materials. Publications are available for non-commercial use only. Domestic shipping within Germany is free of charge. International orders require advance payment plus shipping costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ALP Dillingen is the central state institution for teacher training and personnel management qualification in Bavaria, delivering professional development, continuing education, and leadership qualification programs for teachers, school administrators, school psychologists, and pedagogical support staff across all Bavarian school types. It operates digital platforms including FIBS for training registration, BayernCloud Schule for digital school tools, ByLKI for AI training, and lernraum.zukunft for innovative learning environments, delivering training through in-person, eLearning, and blended learning formats.

Product overview

The Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung (ALP) Dillingen operates as a comprehensive educational technology platform primarily serving Bavarian teachers and school administrators. The core offerings include FIBS (Fortbildung in bayerischen Schulen), the central training management portal for all state teacher training in Bavaria; BayernCloud Schule (ByCS), a unified platform providing digital tools for teaching, communication, and administration including Messenger, Drive, Office, Videokonferenz, and educational applications; and lernraum.zukunft, a flexible environment for innovative teaching methods. Supporting these platforms are self-learning courses (Selbstlernkurse), a film studio for professional content production, and specialized qualification and advanced training programs. The ALP also provides publications and maintains an AI chatbot system (ByLKI) for teacher AI literacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FIBS: Fortbildung in bayerischen Schulen - A training portal for continuing education in Bavarian schools.
• lernraum.zukunft
• BayernCloud Schule (ByCS)
• ByLKI

Products and services

• FIBS (Fortbildung in bayerischen Schulen) Central training portal for all state teacher training in Bavaria, allowing teachers to search for courses, register for training, and manage their professional development on a single platform.
• BayernCloud Schule (ByCS) Comprehensive platform for teaching, communication, collaboration, training, organization, and administration in Bavarian schools, providing tools including Messenger, Drive, Office, Web-Portal, Administration, Dienst-E-Mail, Videokonferenz, and educational applications.
• lernraum.zukunft Highly flexible environment for innovative teaching and learning methods, inviting teachers to develop and test future-oriented didactic concepts in practice.
• Qualifizierungslehrgänge (Qualification Programs) Specialized qualification programs including modules for school leadership (Module A, B, C), supervision and crisis intervention, IT and computer science, film/theater/media/art, evaluation and school development, radiation protection, and vocational education.
• Weiterbildungslehrgänge (Advanced Training Programs) Advanced training programs leading to additional qualifications such as counseling teacher (Beratungslehrkraft), German as a Second Language (Deutsch als Zweitsprache), Politics and Society, Ethics, and English for Natural Sciences.
• Self-learning Courses (Selbstlernkurse) Online self-paced learning modules offered through the ALP learning platform, covering topics such as AI systems (ByLKI), digital skills, German as a Second Language, and Education for Sustainable Development.
• ByLKI (Bayerische Lehrkräfte-KI) AI Chatbot AI chatbot system (Bayerische Lehrkräfte-KI) that helps teachers understand and confidently apply AI systems in education, available at ki.alp.dillingen.de/chat.
• Publikationen (Publications) Books and teaching materials including lighthouse topics (Leuchtturmthemen) brochures for each department and Academy reports, available for order through the website for non-commercial educational use.

Quantifiable outcome

• Three projects awarded at Comenius-EduMedia-Award 2025, including highest Comenius-EduMedia-Medaille distinction
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus (Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2025The Ministry provides governmental oversight and funding for ALP Dillingen as the central institution for state teacher training in Bavaria. The Minister and State Secretary visited the academy in September 2025, demonstrating the strategic importance of this partnership for Bavarian education policy.
• Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung (ISB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISB is another central Bavarian educational institution focusing on curriculum development (LehrplanPLUS), teaching materials, and school quality. Both institutions collaborate on educational initiatives and information sharing, as evidenced by joint presentations at conferences.
• BayernCloud Schule (ByCS)coreTechnology or IntegrationByCS is the state platform for digital tools supporting teaching, communication, and administration in Bavarian schools. ALP Dillingen serves as the training hub for ByCS, providing comprehensive training on all ByCS applications including Messenger, Drive, Office, Web Portal, Administration, Email, Videoconference, and FIBS integration.
• Bayerische Lehrkräfte-KI (ByLKI)coreTechnology or IntegrationByLKI is the Bavarian AI system for teachers developed as a competence center at ALP Dillingen. The academy developed the 'KI-Systeme verstehen und souverän anwenden' (Understanding and Confidently Applying AI Systems) training program which received the highest Comenius-EduMedia-Medaille distinction in 2025.
• Universities and Teacher Education InstitutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerALP Dillingen collaborates with universities in the context of the Bund-Länder-Initiative 'Digitales Lehren und Lernen' (DigitalPakt 2.0), where joint research projects with university chairs and institutions are encouraged to develop evidence-based teacher training.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Bettermarks: Digital learning platform for math used in German schools. Comparable as a teacher-facing digital education tool that requires teacher onboarding and training, similar to ALP's role for ByCS and ByLKI.
• Cornelsen Verlag (teacher PD division): Major German educational publisher that also delivers teacher PD and digital learning content. Comparable insofar as it competes for the same teacher audience through digital products and teacher training, but as a private publisher rather than a state institution.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB): Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training in Germany. Comparable as a public-sector PD and curriculum development institution, though at the federal level and focused on vocational education.
• Deutsches Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung (DIPF): Leibniz Institute for research and information in education, operating more broadly across educational research, measurement, and PD content. Comparable as a research-and-PD-knowledge provider with overlapping educational development focus.

Regional players

• Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin-Brandenburg (LISUM): State-level teacher training and educational media institute for Berlin-Brandenburg. Operates with a similar mandate to ALP for state teacher PD but in a different German state, making it a structural analog without direct geographic overlap.
• Landesinstitut für Schulentwicklung (LS) Baden-Württemberg: Baden-Württemberg's state institute for school development, providing comparable teacher training, school development, and digital education services. Functions as the ALP equivalent in another German Bundesland.
• Qualitäts- und UnterstützungsAgentur — Landesinstitut für Schule (QUA-LiS NRW): North Rhine-Westphalia's state institute for school quality and teacher support. Closest functional and structural analog to ALP outside Bavaria, with identical mandate to deliver state-wide teacher PD in another large German state.

Direct peers

• Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung (ISB): ISB is the Bavarian state institute for school quality and educational research, focusing on curriculum (LehrplanPLUS) and instructional materials. Documented as a core partner of ALP through joint conference presentations and shared educational initiatives in Bavaria.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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