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Global Education and European Teaching Strategies
2018-1-ES01-KA101-049441
Regarding the school board, oddly enough, there are only 2 people
devoted to managing the school and there is no educational
psychological support.
School calendar: https://www.ahs-rahlgasse.at/index.php/terminplan-mainmenu-5
b. German lesson Group 1D (10-year-olds)
Students took the grammar term exam, which strangely they could
finish at home.
c. Presentation of the school vision and mission
The school vision is quite liberal and progressive and its mission is to
empower all students to apply their acquired skills and knowledge,
and to rely upon their personal attributes to become contributing
members of the global community. They have based their mission on
three pillars: Gender (G), Environment (E) and Social inclusion (S). In
order to achieve their mission, they have encompassed the values of
the staff and introduced changes in different areas such as
curriculum, teaching-learning activities and school organisation.
Regarding curriculum, a new optional subject called "GUS-Lehrgang"
has been designed to merge the focus of their three pillars GUS. The
basic GUS subject can be chosen in 6th or 7th grade, 2 hours a week
per year and deals with basic knowledge on gender, foundations
for gender and diversity management, reflection of one's own
perception and attitude and ecological relationships, circulatory
processes in nature and waste problems.
It is also possible to roll in 5 hours per week (10 module hours) from
the modules assigned to the 3 pillars, with at least one annual
weekly lesson (2 module hours) per pillar (Gender G, Environment U,
Social S). At least one module must be an internship or include a task,
including a project (internship) report, which, if selected, will be
presented at the Matura (A-levels).
On the other hand, teachers should take into account the school
mission when designing and implementing their didactic units in the
classroom.