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German School Academic courses 2021

• Tests- Exams in Spring 2021 age groups 8/9 to age 18
• NGA – National German Exam
• A1 Vergleichsarbeit, A2 Exam
• DSD I and DSD II
• AP Accreditation ZfA, PASCH-net, WASC
• Benefits of German Language
• upcoming events
  
  Questions by Parents.
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  Dear Parents,
  Thank you for being here this morning and we do not want to take too much of your time.
  My Name is Ursula Schoeneich. I am the founder and Principal of the German school campus. With me is Frau Kerstin Roche and Frau Alexandra Wuerfler.
  Once a student is enrolled in school, you become a member of it.
  Our core curriculum is in accordance with the CEFR – Common European Framework of References for Languages as a guideline for Learning, Teaching, Assessments.
  Its main aim is to provide a method of learning, teaching, and assessing which applies to all languages in Europe and is widely accepted as the European standard for grading an individual Language proficiency.
  The European Framework Level is on our website. A1 – C1
  ”How do we teach German.”
  https://www.germanschoolcampus.com/european-framework-level-a1-a2/
  Our classes are structured in K/1st Grader-, 2nd Grader classes, Heritage speaker classes, Beginners of the German Language, Intermediate and Advanced German, AP German Language and Culture, High Advanced German class.
  This gives the opportunity to grow into a Language assessment, get High School credit, receive Certificates and Honors.
  Our yearly curriculum is structured in accordance with the study books. We include special events like the German Reunification, we add short movies, speak about inventions and add Austria, Switzerland, and Lichtenstein as German-speaking countries.
  We are a little bit limited with online classes right now rather than having action-oriented lessons with many activities in classroom settings.
  We also teach German Culture in which we add to the following events in the calendar year, St.Martin, St. Nikolaus, Christmas, Fasching-Karneval, Easter Eggstravaganza.
  I love to give students what they deserve especially when they work so hard in the extra afternoon hours or in between all their other classes, to learn German.
  Therefore I founded the German school campus in 2015 and within these 5 years we reached ( I say we reached as there are also the teacher’s Frau Roche and Frau Wuerfler who create wonderful classes).
  Tests-Exams in Spring 2021
  ZfA A1 age 8 or 9 in March and A2 age 12/13 to 18
  NGA age 12/13 to 18 Level 1,2,3,4
  ZfA B1/DSD I at least age 14 and C1/DSDII age 16.
  We come now to the first AATG NGA National German Exam for High School students, in which we participate already with 6th graders Middle School level.
  
  We do testing early to reach level 4 one day and to guide the students early enough to a test system. Every student on each level will be prepared.
  Out of this membership we hold with AATG students receive certificates medals, honor roll letters, can become members of the Delta Epsilon Phi Honor Society.
  We can start as early as Middle School.
  It is time to enroll our students for this German Exam by next week the 10th on Level 2, 3, and 4, Exam by End of January.
  Level 1 students will be enrolled in January, Exam Mid April.
  For all testing, I need parents written acceptance. We let the parents know by email about the upcoming Exams.
  Teachers have a Conference about the ZfA testing every year and the Exam days are set by the Ministry of Education in Berlin.
  Testing A1 Vergleichsarbeit
  Students will be in 3rd-grade years old up to 5th grade 11 years old.
  It is an official Test we turn in to ZfA Central Agency of Schools Abroad
  It is about 10 sentences reading, understanding, and answering questions with right and wrong. Then we read a part and students draw the elements of the story. They write an invitation to for sample a Birthday Party with words given. We have a conversation with all.
  Students get really nice certificates with stars.
  Mrs. Roche will tell you something about the A2 and DSDI Exam of the ZfA.
  I will open the Powerpoint.
  We get clear guidelines on what we have to do to cover these Exams. We are all trained in it by ZfA.
  I will then take over again at the DSD II of the ZfA, which we were able to compete successfully in the Thanksgiving week.
  DSDII PowerPoint
  We have the AP German Language and Cultural class where we have the exam on May 5th by the College Board.
  All these exams cumulate in the Seal of Biliteracy in which our students will get another great certificate and medal to stand out of the crowd once it comes to employment or university studies. These students earn much more money one day.
  What do you the parents expect from a School like the German School campus?
  seeking student programs and contests that can demonstrate a level of quality in terms of its educational value, its operation.
  Accreditation ZfA, PASCH-net, WASC
  We are accredited by the Central Agency of Schools Abroad ZfA in which all student documents are registered with the Culture and Education Ministry in Berlin.
  We are accredited by Pasch net de. In which many institutions work together like the Goethe Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, and the Pedagogical Exchange Service PAD of the Secretariat of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs.
  We are WASC accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Schools and Colleges.
  The Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC), a world-renowned accrediting association and one of the six regional accrediting agencies in the United States, works closely with the Office of Overseas Schools under the U.S. Department of State. The mission is built upon these beliefs: 1) a school’s goal is successful student learning; 2) each school has a clear purpose and schoolwide learner outcomes; and (3) for ongoing school improvement, each school engages in collaborative self-reflection and analysis to assess progress in achieving its mission, vision, and schoolwide learner outcomes.
  We are members of the WDA World Organisation of German Schools abroad. This is our speaking tube to Berlin directly.

Benefits of German Language
Higher pay rate in employment and free university studies in Germany.
Connections to family and friends abroad.We had students who left us as parents got employed overseas.

Upcoming events
Sunday afternoon is the Weihnachtsmarkt in Old World under the CDC guidelines.
We do the Gingerbread house competition, we do every year as fundraiser.

Pls visit our Facebook. All infos and news are posted. There are always extra quizzes or new vocabularies to learn.

Now your questions……………………

The different class levels

The German School Campus offers classes for ages 4-18.

Every age has different needs and challenges that teachers in the classroom are confronted with.

On Mondays, for example are the Kindergarten classes. Here it is relevant that every 15-20 minutes something different is done. At this young age it is important to offer a lot of variety so that the children remain interested. In addition, it is also important not to overburden the children so that they remain focused and have fun learning.

The beginner classes in the lower intermediate level learn from the beginning, the nouns together with the articles and distinguish them with different colors. The visualization of the grammar simplifies the learning process many times over and provides a good basis. This is essential for further success over the years, because once the principle has been understood, the material is conveyed more quickly, and it is not about frustrating memorizing.

German School Campus makes great efforts to meet the needs of its students and continues to develop in every respect. For this school year the middle and high school students have received new books with “Klett Augmented”. These books have only been available in specialist shops since July. They work with an app and transform the otherwise common disruptive factor mobile phone into a tool that enriches lessons.

It is a great idea to use the PONDS dictionary to play the audio and video sequences from the mobile phone.  A big advantage for the students at home and in their free time to quickly open the mobile app, since many students, as it was before, no longer have a CD player. Every chapter in the book now has all the mobile phone sequences.

It is also important for the students to hear the German language through other voices so that they get used to hearing other voices and accents and not just those of the teachers. They improve their listening comprehension and pronunciation with interactive teaching methods.

Die unterschiedlichen Klassenstufen

An der German School Campus wird Unterricht für Altersstufen 4-18 Jahren angeboten.

Jedes Alter hat unterschiedliche Bedürfnisse und Herausforderungen, mit denen die Lehrer im Klassenzimmer konfrontiert werden.

Montags sind beispielsweise die Klassen der Kindergarten Kinder. Hier ist es relevant, dass alle 15-20 Minuten etwas anderes gemacht wird. In dem jungen Alter ist es wichtig, dass viel Abwechslung geboten wird, damit die Kinder interessiert bleiben. Zusätzlich muss man ebenfalls darauf achten die Kinder nicht zu überfordern, damit sie fokussiert bleiben und den Spaß am Lernen beibehalten.

Die Anfänger Klassen in der unteren Mittelstufe lernen von Beginn an, die Nomen mit den Artikeln zusammen und distinguieren diese mit unterschiedlichen Farben. Die Visualisierung der Grammatik vereinfacht den Lernprozess um ein Vielfaches und sorgt für eine gute Grundlage. Diese ist essenziell für die weiteren Erfolge im Laufe der Jahre, da wenn erst einmal das Prinzip verstanden wurde, der weiter Stoff schneller vermittelt wird und es nicht um frustrierendes auswendig lernen geht.

German School Campus bemüht sich sehr auf die Bedürfnisse der Schüler und Schülerinnen einzugehen und entwickelt sich in jeglicher Hinsicht kontinuierlich weiter. Für dieses Schuljahr haben die Schüler der Mittel-, und Oberstufen neue Bücher mit „Klett Augmented“ bekommen. Diese Bücher sind erst seit Juli im Fachhandel. Sie funktionieren mit einer App und verwandelt den sonst häufigen Störfaktor Handy in ein Mittel, das den Unterricht bereichert.

Es ist eine großartige Idee das hinterlegte PONDS Wörterbuch, das Audio und Video Sequenzen vom Handy abzuspielen. Ein großer Vorteil für die Schüler zu Hause und in der Freizeit schnell die Handy App zu öffnen, da viele Schüler so wie es bisher war, bereits keinen CD-Player mehr besitzen. Jedes Kapitel aus dem Buch hat nun alle Sequenzen Handy.

Für die Schüler ist es außerdem wichtig, die Sprache Deutsch durch andere Stimmen zu hören, damit sie sich daran gewöhnen andere Stimmen und Akzente zu hören und nicht nur die der Lehrkräfte. Sie verbessern ihr Höhr Verständnis und ihre Aussprache mit den interaktiven Lehrmethoden.