LEHR:WERKSTATT

Project initiator:

Tübingen School of Education

Tübingen School of Education is a cross-faculty, scientific institution that coordinates, organises and realizes studying, teaching and research activities relating to teacher education at the University of Tübingen. The training topics are grouped into and covered in six fields: studying and teaching, inclusion & diversity, professionalism, research and support of young people.

Lehr:werkstatt [Teaching Workshop] is an alternative form of internship for student teachers on the Bachelor of Education course.

Project description:

Instead of the three-week work placement, students („Lehr:werker“) who take part in the Teaching Workshop work in tandem with a mentoring teacher („Lehr:mentor“), and have the opportunity to shape and experience everyday life in school throughout the entire academic year. Students get the chance to put themselves and their teaching skills to the test in various forms of tandem teaching. The tandems are put together in a matching process and receive support for their cooperation.

Project aims:

To strengthen team spirit in the staffroom and to introduce new methods such as „team teaching“. This gives students the opportunity to work together intensively with experienced teachers and gives them a deeper insight into the work of a teacher and their everyday life. Students can become familiar with school structures and issues from a teacher’s point of view, throughout the school year. Future teachers are given the opportunity to gain teaching experience and slowly find their way into the role of teacher. Two “teachers” per class enable more individual support for pupils. („More people per pupil“)

Project location:

Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg

Project start:

2016

Project target group(s):

Student teachers studying for a Bachelor of Education (teaching post at a grammar school) and teachers

LIVING SPACE FOR CHILDREN

Project initiator:

a.l.s.o. Schwäbisch Gmünd e. V.

For over 30 years, the social enterprise a.l.s.o. e.V. has been offering people in Schwäbisch Gmünd and the Ostwürttemberg region new perspectives and developing solutions to improve living situations and realise positive prospects and opportunities.

Project description:

Single parents and families in precarious living situations often live in flats with small and unfavourably cut rooms and unhealthy housing conditions. They also rarely have the financial means to carry out necessary repairs.

Numerous studies, such as the World Vision Children’s Study and the Bertelsmann Study Children’s Worlds+, prove the connection between the risk of poverty or concrete poverty, as well as inadequate housing and disadvantages in child development. The project of the a.l.s.o. Schäbisch Gmünd e. V. aims to improve problematic and unhealthy housing situations in the city and region.

Project aims:

To improve the housing situation according to the needs of (single) parents and their children.

Project location:

Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg

Project start:

December 2020

Project target group(s):

(Single) parents and their children who are connected to the supporting association through further assistance measures.

BIRKLEHOF PERFORMANCE-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS

Project initiator:

Birklehof is a not-for-profit progressive boarding and grammar school with a holistic approach to education.

The private boarding grammar school in Birklehof in the Black Forest has 250 boarding pupils from grade 5. Alongside a focus on MINT subjects, creative and sports offers round off the programme at the boarding school. The humanist educational concept emphasises independent action and a sense of responsibility as a driving force for character development.

Project description:

NEUMAYER STIFTUNG has been supporting annual partial scholarships since 2014/15.

Scholarship recipients are chosen in a selection process that is the responsibility of the school. The only criterion for support is assessment of performance, but not just in respect of academic achievement. The applicants’ social skills and intelligence are also important.

Project aims:

Performance-based scholarships give gifted pupils access to an exceptional education.

Project location:

Hinterzarten, Baden-Württemberg

Project target group(s):

High-achieving grammar school pupils who are going into grades 10 and 11.

GORDONSTOUN PERFORMANCE-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS

Project initiator:

Gordonstoun is an international school in Scotland. It is a privately maintained boarding grammar school. (The school follows the curriculum for English GCSE and GCE Advanced Level school-leaving certificates).

Around 500 pupils are educated at Gordonstoun: 90% of pupils at the school board and 35% come from countries outside of the UK. The school follows an approach similar to progressive education, focussing on creative art, music and dance.

Alongside purely passing on knowledge, life at the school focuses on holistic education that develops the character. For example, the school has its own sailing ship that enhances the pupils’ experience of teamwork and communication. A very high staff to pupil ratio of 1:7 enables highly individualised care and support for pupils.

Project description:

NEUMAYER STIFTUNG has been supporting annual partial scholarships since 2019/2020.
Scholarship recipients are chosen by the school. Along with academic performance, criteria for funding also include social and cognitive skills.

Project aims:

Performance-based scholarships give gifted pupils access to an exceptional learning environment. An international atmosphere, very small class sizes and the focus on nurturing pupils’ artistic and creative talents ensures a holistic and character-building education. Teaching of values is given the same priority as academic objectives.

Project location:

Moray, Schottland

Project target group(s):

Talented young people who can fulfil their potential in a supportive and challenging academic and personal learning environment.

Application Procedure:

Fellows are selected by the Prince Phillip Foundation Gordonstoun. Further information on the application procedure can be found here.

INTERNAT SOLLING PERFORMANCE-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS

Project initiator:

Landschulheim am Solling is a privately maintained accredited independent boarding grammar school.

Around 200 boarders from Germany, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, China, Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine attend Internat Solling. Furthermore, 50 external pupils from the local area also have the chance to attend the boarding school. The educational concept is based on empowering and supporting young people so that they can become responsible citizens of society. The school’s key objective is a comprehensive education, beyond just teaching grammar school knowledge. The aims are to bring together life and learning, academic education and to strengthen character development. Pupils are encouraged and challenged to learn independently with conditions such as small class sizes and living in residential groups. Educational concepts such as compulsory charity work and horse riding as a school subject are other special features of Internat Solling.

Project description:

NEUMAYER STIFTUNG has been supporting annual partial scholarships since 2010/2011.
The pupils receiving the scholarships are chosen in a two-day assessment in cooperation with Dornier Stiftung. Criteria include pupils’ abilities with regard to academic achievement, social skills and intelligence.

Project aims:

Performance-based scholarships give particularly gifted pupils access to a first-class learning environment. Special conditions such as small classes and the resulting opportunities for close attention ensure a consistently high level of performance, as well as individual support. Pupils from different nations and very different social environments live together, which helps to develop social skills that are given the same priority in pupils’ education as academic content.

Project location:

Holzminden, Lower Saxony

Project target group(s):

Ambitious and hard-working young people who perform particularly well academically.