1 That`s us Berufsbildende Schulen des Landkreises Nienburg Location Northern Germany Lower Saxony...

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That`s usBerufsbildende Schulen des Landkreises NienburgLocationNorthern Germany

Lower Saxony50 km north of Hanover150 km southwest of Hamburg

Local townNienburg

32,000 inhabitantsGlass and chemical industryRural environment

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Our School• 3,300 students• 200 teachers• 10 administration staff• 2 social workers

• Full-time courses (five days a week)• Part-time courses (one or two days a week)• 40 school types• 50 courses of professional training• school leaving certificates on different levels

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Our School

Departments• Business & Administration, Health Care• Mechanics and Automotive• Electrical Engineering• Construction Technology (building, wood processing, painting)• Social Care, Body Care• Agriculture, Nutrition, Domestic Science• Sixth Form College (providing access to university)

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Our process• Setup of a regional network of primary and secondary

schools and the vocational school• Instruction of 40 teachers from these schools as

members of steering committees at each school• Establishment of steering committees at each school• Training of selected teachers in the field of method skills• Coordination of training units by members of the

steering commitee („the godfathers“ or „godmothers“)• Implementation and transfer of methods in selected

classes

Key Qualifications

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Methods

Training of

CommunicationSkills

Training of

Teamwork Skills

Self-reliant Learning and Working

MethodoligicalCompetence

Social Competence

ProfessionalCompetence

Personal Competences

The House of Learning