Vocational college of the Rhein-Erft district in Bergheim

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The vocational college of the Rhein-Erft district in Bergheim (also: Berufskolleg Bergheim) is spread over two locations in Bergheim . At Kettelerstraße 2, the occupational fields of nutrition and supply management , food industry and health care are taught, and at Kentener Wiesen 41, the occupational fields of personal care and social work are taught. In the 2019/2020 school year, 923 students attended the school.

History of the vocational college

The school has a history of more than a hundred years.

  • 1891 - Establishment of an "agricultural winter school": boys at the age of 15 were taught. The young men were admitted to the winter school for two winter semesters (November to March) at a cost of 20 marks per semester. At that time the curriculum included: Basics of chemistry, general and special animal breeding, physics, general economics, bookkeeping, German language teaching, arithmetic and spatial theory, drawing and field measurements, crop production, agricultural management and religion.
  • 1928 - Expansion by the "rural girls 'training school": 37 years after the establishment of the winter school for boys, on November 6, 1928, a girls' department with 24 students started operations. The areas of responsibility were preparation for the role of housewife, mother and partner on the farm. Subjects such as family studies, civics, cultural studies, social studies, health care including nutrition, child and nursing, home economics, merchandise, agricultural management, livestock, natural science, horticulture, cooking, needlework, home care and religion were on the curriculum.
  • 1960 - Relocation to Kettelerstraße: The inauguration of the new main building took place in 1960. In 1966, the two-year housekeeping school (vocational school for domestic economics) was introduced with expanded teaching in general education. For this purpose, an extension was created in 1967. In 1986, a new course was added for the first time with the establishment of the “Part-time technical college for social pedagogy”. In 1988 the vocational college was expanded to include a new course, the vocational school for social and health care, specializing in health care.
  • 1989 - The expansion at the Frechen location: Up until the 1970s there were many vocational school locations in the Erftkreis. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the vocational schools were reorganized according to occupational fields. When the vocational school for bakers from Horrem had to leave its building due to exposure to asbestos, they were looking for alternative accommodation and the choice fell on Frechen. In the course of the establishment of a focus on the location, the “Body Care” department came to Frechen in 1992. In 2009, training preparation was relocated from Bergheim to Frechen due to a lack of space. The system of lessons in “day learning situations” specially developed for this department in 2010 received increasing attention.
  • 2019 - Inauguration of the partial new building In 2019, a partial new building was inaugurated on the Kentener Wiesen. In the new, modern rooms, especially the pupils of the departments “Body Care” and “Education and Social Affairs” are trained. The location on Ket-telerstraße has been extensively renovated and now offers modern learning environments for the “Health”, “Nutrition / Supply” and “Training Preparation” departments. Both locations have extensive digital equipment.

Cooperation partner

Awards

In 2017, the Bergheim vocational college was awarded the future prize of the Cornelsen Foundation for teaching and learning for its special teaching concept for day -to-day learning situations . Within one day, complete “learning packages” with everyday topics such as “My first apartment” or “Fit for an internship” are offered in interdisciplinary lessons . The students choose their course of study themselves in digital overviews and have an insight into their performance level at all times.

Known students

  • Gerda Lewis (* 1992), influencer and reality TV participant
  • Jade Übach (* 1994), flight attendant and reality TV participant

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vocational college Bergheim: Chronicle. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
  2. ^ Rhein-Erft-Kreis: Inauguration of the partial new building. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ BM-TV: Inauguration of the partial new building of the Bergheim vocational college. Retrieved April 26, 2020 .
  4. ^ Vocational College Bergheim: Cooperation partner. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Cornelsen Future Prize. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .