Association of Free Schools Lower Saxony
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Association of Free Schools Lower Saxony |
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| Association data | |
| Members: | 117 (November 10, 2016) Protestant schools, Catholic schools, Waldorf schools, private schools, rural education centers, independent alternative schools |
| Seat: | Working Group of Free Schools Nds. eV
Brehmstrasse 3 |
| Founding: | 1954 |
| Board | |
| Chair: | Heike Thies |
| deputy Chairman: | Michael Kropp |
| Internet | |
| Website: | www.Freie-Schulen.de |
The Association of Free Schools of Lower Saxony eV (AGFS Nds.) Is the largest advocacy group of Free Schools in Lower Saxony . It can look back on over fifty years of history. Today more than 100 general and vocational schools in Lower Saxony are organized in it.
The association includes independent schools with different ideological , religious and educational orientations. These include denominational schools , independent Waldorf schools , rural education centers and other independent schools.
The association advocates adequate funding and the greatest possible state support for independent schools, with the aim of making school fees superfluous in all schools . Many independent schools still have to levy such a school fee in order to be able to bear the running costs. The AGFS sees Nds. a contribution to the diversity in Lower Saxony's school system that is worth preserving.
The association represents the interests of parliament , ministries and authorities. Active press and public relations work is also one of her tasks. It supports its members in their daily work and informs them about significant developments in school policy .
Guidelines
The association puts four guiding principles before its work:
Independent schools
- stand for diversity and quality in the public school system.
- are contact persons for school and professional orientation.
- bring innovations to public education.
- stand for the targeted promotion of individual skills.
Board
The association is managed by a twelve-person board. The chairman is Heike Thies, her deputy Michael Kropp (Free Waldorf School Braunschweig ).
The board also includes:
- Franz Bölsker ( Episcopal Münstersches Officialat )
- Manfred Bruns (Episcopal Vicariate Hildesheim , Main Department of Education)
- Ulrike Bäßler (Education Center for Nursing Professions Weserbergland)
- Franz-Josef Hanneken ( Gymnasium Leoninum Handrup)
- Sabine Janssen ( Diakonie-Kolleg Hannover GmbH )
- Andreas Leßmann (Free Rudolf Steiner School Ottersberg )
- Matthias Kleiner ( CJD Christopherus School Braunschweig )
- Daniel König (Ludolf Wilhelm Fricke School Hanover)
- Wim Ruijsendaal ( Montessori Bildungshaus Hannover )
- Helga Volger ( Landschulheim am Solling )
Events
The association regularly organizes parliamentary dinners, annual meetings and seminars.
Parliamentary dinners usually take place in the old town hall in Hanover on topics such as "Integration as a challenge: when politics meets reality" or "Independent schools - development trends in private schools in the German school system" or "Demographic challenges: Securing the location of school infrastructure together with free schools ” .
The association invites you to its annual meeting once a year. The host is one of the member schools. In September 2016, for example, representatives of the member schools discussed in the premises of the Luise-Scheppler-Schule (Hildesheim) about the freedom and limits that the school inspectorate in Lower Saxony grants or sets to independent schools. In 2015, the working topic of the annual conference to which the Hagen-Beverstedt Forest School in Hagen had invited: “Free Schools Day 2016 in Lower Saxony” . A year earlier, the annual conference took place at the Waldorf School in Hanover-Maschsee under the motto “Free all-day schools in focus” .
In addition, the association offers seminars and specialist conferences for its members. Contents such as “Boys as losers in education? Approaches to gender-equitable pedagogy ” or “ On the way to inclusion? Independent schools face new challenges ” or “ Working time models - opportunities for independent schools? ” On the agenda.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member schools AGFS Nds. ; School search on the AGFS homepage; accessed on October 10, 2016
- ↑ Statistics - expenditure for pupils in public schools ( Memento from November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); Communication from the Federal Statistical Office
- ^ Homepage of the AGFS Nds. eV About us
- ^ Homepage of the AGFS Nds. eV guidelines
- ^ Homepage of the AGFS Nds. eV Board of Directors
- ^ Homepage of the AGFS Nds. eV Parliamentary evenings
- ^ Homepage of the AGFS Nds. Annual meetings
- ^ Homepage of the AGFS Nds. eV seminars