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Comeniusgruppenfoto. Velbert. Velbert. area : 74,9 km² population : 83500 mayor: Stefan Freitag divided into three administrative areas: Velbert-Mitte (Central Velbert), Neviges and Langenberg. Velbert.
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Velbert • area : 74,9 km² • population : 83500 • mayor: Stefan Freitag • divided into three administrative areas: Velbert-Mitte (Central Velbert), Neviges and Langenberg
Velbert • main traditional industry: small scale manufacturing, mostly metal based, typical products include locks, hinges, small tools, hoseclamps • founded in 875 • (Picture of products) bks….
Table of Contents • From primary school to university • Overview • Primary school • Secondary schools • University • Apprenticeships & Vocational School • International • Qualification‘s value through Europe • Differences to other European countries
From primary school to universityOverview University Vocational School (Apprenticeship) Secondary II Vocational School (Fachabitur) Grammar School Years 12+13 (Abitur) Year 11/12-13 Secondary Modern School Middle School Grammar School Years 5-11 Year 5-10 Primary School Year 1-4
Primary School • First four school years • Text rating years 1+2 • Marks in years 3+4 • Basic subjects • Traditional enrollment
School Enrollment • Children come to school as six-year-olds • Ceremony for the family • The „Zuckertüte“ is a traditional gift, given to the kids
Primary SchoolAt the end • Special individual counseling • Four recommendation types: • Secondary Modern School • Middle School • Comprehensive School • Grammar School
Secondary Modern School (Hauptschule) • Basic educational background • Practically orientated • Years 5 to 9 • Graduation after 9th class→ secondary modern school qualification • Only one foreign language • Many internships
Middle School(Realschule) • General educational background • Practical, but also scientific • In grade 7, you can choose between a scientific/social subject or a second foreign language
Middle School(Realschule) • Graduation after 10th year: secondary school certificate • 1st foreign language: English • The career choice is an important part of the education on German middle schools • Able to join a grammar school in addition
Grammar School(Gymnasium) • Advanced general educational background • Grades 5 to 12 • There are public, local and private grammar schools • Graduation after year 12: Abitur • First foreign language: English • Second foreign language: Latin or French(most common)
Grammar School(Gymnasium) • Scientific education • It is also possible to learn three or more foreign languages
Comprehensive School(Gesamtschule) • Combines all three secondary schools • All graduations available • Pupils are able to choose their desired graduation at a later time
University • Similar to most other European systems • (Fach-)Abitur (highest secondary degree) needed to matriculate • Changed from “Diploma“- to “Bachelor and Master”-System in 2010 • University is not free in every federal state and is located at about 500€
Apprenticeships & Vocational School • Germany’s main educational system • Applicants/Available jobs: 538.245/519.555 • The applicant’s education is shared between a company and a vocational school • You can study on a vocational school without an article of an apprenticeship • The practical part is imparted by the company (2-3 days per week)The theoretical part by the vocational school (1-2 days per week)
Apprenticeships & Vocational School • Tests and exams are conducted by professional associations • At the end, the apprentice becomes a journeyman • Journeymen can become a master craftsman by visiting a master school for either full time or half time (one to four years)
InternationalQualification‘s value through Europe • Nearly every graduate (score 1.0 to 1.5) from a German High School got a good rating in whole Europe for nearly every subject in a university • If you have such a grade, you would get an interview with the director of the university and the most German students got favorited for this
InternationalQualification‘s value through Europe • Higher universities like Oxford need the highest graduation (1.0), just for the interview, but German students got a better basis if they are from Bavaria or NRW • 68% of the students with a graduation from a German Grammar School get an interview with a foreign university (of whom 32% a place)
InternationalQualification‘s value through Europe • 26% of the students with a lower rated graduation (Vocational School) get one (of whom 15% a place) • If you are a German Mastercraftsman, you are considered a bachelor in the EU
InternationalDifferences to other European countries • Primary education is relatively short (four years) compared to other European countries (5-6 in average) • With ten compulsory years, Germany is one over mean • Apprenticeship-System is unique in Europe; in other countries, the trainee is either at school or in a company full time
Sources • http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/bst/de/media/xcms_bst_dms_11327_11328_2.pdf • Http://www.Schule-wissen-Hauptschule-Realschule-Gymnasium-Gesamtschule/hausmeister/rgh/mmh/hji-hhf_klo_88.pdf
Content • History • Naming • Location • Pupils and Teachers • Characteristics • Daily school life
History • Founded in 1903 • Renamed in 1983 as Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium • The school moved to different locations, but since 1991 it has been in Velbert Birth • Since 2004: general reconstruction of the building and complete renovation of the front
Naming • On the 22nd February 1983, which was the 40th anniversary of the death of Hans and Sophie Scholl, the school got its current name in honour of the two of them • Members of the White Rose, a student group in Munich that was active in the non-violent resistance movement in Nazi Germany, especially in distributing flyers against the war and the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler
Pupils and Teachers • Headteacher: Mr Schürmann • Deputy Headmaster: Mr Gerß • Number of Pupils: more than 600 • Number of Teachers: 54 (including 7 student teachers)
Characteristics • Exchange program: good relationchip between Châtelleraut and Velbert • Student exchange in the 9th grade • Educational stay in Great Britain or Berlin in the 10th grade • Possible exchange program with New Zealand in the 11th grade
Bilingual education : - History, Geography and Politics lessons in English • Cooperation: the school works together with the Nikolaus-Ehlen-Gymnasium
Daily school life • School begins at 7:55 • A lesson is 67.5 minutes long • Lunch break from 13:15 - 14:15