The Boarding Schools Association

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The boarding school association e. V. is the union of 14 boarding schools in Germany and Switzerland. The association based in Holzminden sees itself as a quality community that is committed to a long common tradition and has completely reorganized itself structurally and programmatically since 2012. Central common goals of the member boarding schools are, in addition to intensive cooperation in the areas of training and further education, as well as in research and public relations, the active advancement of innovative boarding school education, as well as the development of a specific quality management for boarding schools with a special educational character.

history

The history of the association and its member institutions shows a close interweaving in the rural education center movement , a reform pedagogical movement whose roots lie in the beginning of the 20th century. As early as 1924, the reform pedagogical association of free schools - rural education homes and free school communities in Germany was founded as a common interest group. After the breakup of the association and the closure of many boarding schools during the National Socialist era, the Association of Land Education Centers was officially founded in 1947 . Its managing directors included Gerold Becker , who was later named as the main perpetrator of sexual violence at the Odenwald School, Wolfgang Harder (his successor as headmaster of the Odenwaldschule) and, most recently, Erika Risse, the headmistress of a state grammar school and who joined the association from outside. After the publications of systematic sexual violence at the Odenwald School in 2009, the association fell into a massive crisis. In 2011 the association decided on a moratorium and commissioned Jens Brachmann (University of Rostock) to work up the history of the association in detail, particularly with regard to abuse. In 2012 the Association of Rural Education Centers was dissolved and the Boarding School Association was re-established .

Since its reconstitution in 2013 is the boarding schools association in contact and exchange with victims ' organizations and works with the Independent Commissioner for issues of child sexual abuse together. The boarding school association is currently critically examining the connection between reform pedagogy and sexual abuse. In terms of the historical processing of the history of the institutions and the association, an important focus of the association has since been on creating transparency and protected spaces for children and young people. With the support of the pedagogical management of the association, the boarding schools work actively and continuously on protection concepts for the topics of sexual, psychological and physical violence, substance abuse, media use, sexuality and physicality. In doing so, they cooperate with external specialist advice centers, victims' associations and research institutions.

organization

A new statute passed in 2013 reflects the changes in the organizational structure and objectives of the association since its reorganization. The board of directors and the pedagogical management work in working groups, specialist groups and projects cooperatively with everyone involved in the boarding school and school and thus shape the profile of the association. The board works on a voluntary basis and is elected by the general assembly. He is responsible for the day-to-day business and executes the resolutions of the general assembly. The chairman and the deputy chairman represent the association together with the pedagogical director.

There is also a pedagogical office with the tasks of promoting, developing and making boarding school education known to the public as well as promoting the common interests of the member boarding schools. She is the contact person for the media, politics, professional associations and research. The office supports the training and further education of the employees of affiliated boarding schools and promotes exchange among the member schools. A key aspect of their work is the design and implementation of quality development and quality assurance for the association and its member schools.

Quality development

Quality management, the design and implementation of quality development in the member boarding schools and the association is one of the central tasks of the 'Die Internate Vereinigung'. The quality development of the association is based on a jointly agreed framework concept that is binding for all member schools. The type and structure of quality assurance and quality development are initially the responsibility of each individual member institution. At the same time, however, the association has a great interest in the high quality of service provided by its members. It therefore provides a regulatory framework with jointly developed standards, which the member boarding schools or schools use as a guide when setting up their local quality systems. Processes that are transparent for all those involved in school and boarding schools as well as for the general public are the basis of the quality development of the association, which is continuously monitored and further developed.

Boarding school education

The association represents the member schools externally. The task and concern of the 'Die Internate Vereinigung' is to drive forward an innovative boarding school education in boarding schools - theoretically based - conceptually. The idea of ​​the unity of education and upbringing in boarding school and school forms the decisive starting point for the educational concepts. Each of the boarding schools affiliated to the association has its very own pedagogical profile, but they have central pedagogical premises in common: They focus on participation and self-efficacy, cooperation and personal responsibility. The member boarding schools create and live cultures of speaking and listening. They promote individual, social and emotional learning. Intercultural communication is lived and consistently developed in everyday boarding school and school life.

Member schools

All 14 member boarding schools are independent, non-profit sponsors. The following member boarding schools shape the profile of the association today:

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Statutes of the association "Die Internate Vereinigung" ( Memento from January 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b c Jens Brachmann: Research assignment: Reform pedagogy between re-education, educational expansion and abuse scandal - The history of the Association of German Landerziehungsheime (1947–2012) - Chronicle of the history of the LEH association. (pdf) In: www.die-internate-vereinigung.de/. Retrieved October 19, 2019 .
  3. ^ The boarding school association ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Homepage of The Boarding Schools Association. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  4. ^ The boarding school association ( Memento from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Homepage of The Boarding Schools Association. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Quality development in the association . Homepage of The Boarding Schools Association. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ in the association ( Memento from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Homepage of The Boarding Schools Association. Retrieved May 29, 2014.