Peter Lenné School

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Peter Lenné School,
Upper School Center for Nature and Environment
Peter Lenné School
type of school Vocational school , technical school , vocational school and college
in the professional field agriculture
School number 06B01
founding 1903
address

Hartmannsweilerweg 29
14163 Berlin

place Berlin-Zehlendorf
country Berlin
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 26 '31 "  N , 13 ° 14' 56"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '31 "  N , 13 ° 14' 56"  E
carrier State of Berlin
student 1401 (school year 2018/2019)
Teachers 88 + 6 trainee teachers + 1 pedagogue. MA (school year 2018/2019)
management Stephan Alker
Website www.peter-lenne-schule.de

The Peter Lenné School is a Berlin high school center and the largest agricultural school in Germany .

It is located in the district of Zehlendorf in the Berlin district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf . Around 1,400 pupils attend eleven different courses in vocational preparation , vocational training , further education and qualification for studies in the fields of floristry , forestry , horticulture , animal care and environmental technology . The school with around 100 employees is named after Peter Joseph Lenné , a Prussian garden artist and landscape architect of German classicism .

Vocational training by the State of Berlin takes place predominantly at the 35 upper level centers (OSZ). They are divided into 13 professional fields. The Peter Lenné School forms the OSZ Nature and Environment. The catchment area of ​​the school is not limited to the city area. Increasingly, learners from Brandenburg , often from more distant federal states, commute to Berlin. In particular, students at the State College for Horticulture and apprentices in the profession of zoo keepers spend three to four hours daily traveling to the school.

history

The school is named after Peter Joseph Lenné

One of the roots of the Peter Lenné School is the Royal Gardening College in Schöneberg and Potsdam , which was founded in 1823 by Lenné, who gave it its name.

On May 1st, 1903, the first compulsory commercial advanced training school in the then municipality of Zehlendorf began its lessons. 75 male apprentices and workers under the age of 18 received professional training in three classes.

After several moves, the school has been located at Hartmannsweilerweg 29 since 1955. In 1956, the name was given: Peter-Lenné-Schule, vocational school for gardeners and flower makers, vocational school for domestic economics. In 1969 it was renamed the 2nd secondary school and in 1971 the Peter Lenné School . From 1979 Oberstufenzentrum is in the name: Oberstufenzentrum Agrarwirtschaft, Fachoberschule, Berufsschule and Fachschule.

In 1989, Peter Lenné was named after the school again and since 1994 the official name has been Peter Lenné School, Upper School Center for Agriculture, Vocational School, Technical College, Vocational School and Technical School. The school has moved four times in its history and has 15 different names. In 2014 the school was renamed the Upper School Center for Nature and Environment .

Courses

A more detailed overview of the courses can be found on the school's website. The courses are only briefly presented here:

Vocational preparation

  • Vocational qualification course (BQL-VZ)
    Young people who have not received an apprenticeship or employment contract can, after completing the general compulsory education, receive subject-related instruction and practical instruction in one-year vocational training courses (BQL) and catch up on their vocational qualification / extended vocational qualification ( secondary school leaving certificate). VZ means full-time course.
  • One-year vocational college (BFS)
    The course imparts theoretical and practical basic knowledge in the field of agriculture and extends general education . Admission to the one-year vocational school (OBF) requires at least the advanced vocational qualification (advanced secondary school leaving certificate) or an equivalent school education. The one-year vocational school aims to achieve an intermediate level of education .

Vocational training

  • Dual vocational training (OB)
    The vocational school of the OSZ Nature and Environment is attended by anyone who hassigned a     training contract with a company in the training professions of florist, forest manager , gardener or zoo keeper . It is then a dual training at the two learning locations company and school. OB means high school vocational school.
  • School-based vocational training (three-year vocational school BFS-VZ)
    Instead of dual training, a three-year school training course at the vocational school is possible in the training professions of florist and animal keeper (specializing in animal shelter / boarding), which prepares for an external examination. In the case of corresponding performance, this is associated with the intermediate educational qualification . Foreign language is English.
  • School-based vocational training with double qualification as environmental protection assistant (three-year vocational school BFS-VZ)
    Here, in addition to the professional qualification in the training     occupation, the general technical college entrance qualification can be obtained.
  • Subsequent professional qualification as a florist or zoo keeper
    If you have already gained professional experience for a long time, the Peter Lenné School offers courses that prepare you specifically for the theoretical and practical final examination at the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

further education

Technical school with courses for technicians . Your goal is to qualify as a state-certified technician in the field of landscaping.

Business courses generally serve to prepare for the master craftsman examination . The Peter-Lenné-School offers the following qualification options: State-certified economist specializing in floristry or horticulture. In the state-certified economist course in the field of horticulture, you decide on a training focus: sales , market and production , cemetery gardening or gardening and landscaping .

Training as a specialist agronomist , European tree worker or European tree technician .

University qualification

The Fachoberschule (FOS) leads to the general technical college entrance qualification with full-time courses . This means that it is possible to study at any university of applied sciences and comprehensive university in any course. If you have already completed vocational training or have many years of professional experience, the technical college is shortened to one year. Organizational forms are the two-year technical college and the one-year technical college. Foreign language is English.

The Berufsoberschule (BOS) leads to higher education entrance qualifications if you already have an intermediate level of education and have successfully completed vocational training . Applicants with a technical college entrance qualification can attain the general university entrance qualification within one year by taking additional lessons in the second foreign language French . Organizational forms are the one-year and two-year vocational high school. The first foreign language is English.

Departments

The Peter Lenné School is divided into the following departments: Department of horticulture, with the subjects tree nursery, cemetery gardening, gardening and landscaping and ornamental plant cultivation, animal husbandry with the subjects research and clinic, animal shelter and animal boarding and zoo and the subject area natural sciences / information processing .

School life

The Peter Lenné School has a large number of animals. As part of the practical training, she receives breeds of domestic animals that are threatened with extinction, such as Harz goats . In the greenhouses and outdoor facilities, the students learn a. a. the cultivation of bedding and balcony plants , the design of floristic workpieces or the creation of raised beds . A 1,000-liter freshwater aquarium contains fish from tropical waters in Asia .

International cooperations: bank reinforcement in Brittany , viticulture in Bohemia , staircase construction in the Arctic Circle - this is a selection of several weeks of professional internships in cooperation with partner schools in France , the Czech Republic , Sweden and Finland . In regular trinational specialist projects, the students acquire intercultural skills .

In addition to their lessons and other official obligations, colleagues are there for the students with additional offers. For example, by organizing seminars at the school, organize field trips, school events such as Day of the open garden , open day and summer flower market allow, provide internships, present the school with their classes at international trade fairs and regional events, professional competitions conduct ( professional competition for young gardeners , landscape gardeners Cup and Florist Cup), beautify the school premises with practical lessons, bring speakers and organizations to the school, select and provide the school clothing collection, secure the abundant animal population by taking on sponsorships, as members of the sponsoring association projects of Support school or invite to festive events. All activities contribute to a school climate that has the motto: "Peter Lenné School - a school that lives and invigorates!"

Support association

The approximately 50 members from the corporate, private and teachers circle help since the founding of the association Friends of Peter Lenné School e. V. in 1989 through their membership fees, donations and their involvement in many activities related to the Peter Lenné School. Every year a program is drawn up that includes activities in gardening and landscaping, commercial horticulture and floristry. In particular, the association organizes seminars for owners and interested employees from horticultural and floristic companies and institutions, teachers of the school and students of the State College for Horticulture Berlin. This is intended to establish a closer connection between all those involved in vocational training. In addition, specialist excursions are offered for all students and teachers, such as regular visits to the Federal Garden Show (BUGA) and the International Plant Fair (IPM). The association also financially supports student activities that are useful for the school (such as looking after the Kleist grave) and the procurement of material for teaching purposes.

School grounds and school building

The school grounds are around 20,000 m². It is divided into the following parts: Building A (commissioned in 1955; classrooms, administration and collection rooms, workshops), Building B (commissioned in 1979; classrooms and collection rooms, library , media library , cafeteria ); Building parts A and B are connected with each other, sports hall , specialist practice workshops and operating rooms, greenhouses with a total of around 1,000 m² under glass, animal enclosures with permanent stalls and various sheds . In October 2017 the BELARE (BioEnergie-LAbor for regenerative forms of energy) was inaugurated as a zero-energy house. The library has around 10,000 specialist books. Since the librarianship position was canceled in 2003, lending operations have been maintained through provisional solutions with at times severely restricted lending and reading options. The school is only partially barrier-free (building section A).

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b school directory. In: berlin.de. January 18, 2017, accessed January 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Peter-Michael Rulff, Vocational Training Berlin (Ed.): 30 Years OSZ Berlin. 2009.
  3. ^ School chronicle - 100 years of vocational training in Berlin. Festschrift of the Peter Lenné School, 2003 ( PDF; 3.2 MB).
  4. ^ Educational courses at the Peter Lenné School , accessed on January 23, 2011
  5. ↑ a b c d e School portrait on the website of the Senate Department for Education, Science and Research Berlin, accessed on June 17, 2011
  6. ^ Educational offers - environmental protection assistant on the website of the Peter-Lenné-Schule, accessed on March 9, 2019
  7. ↑ Subject areas - overview ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Peter-Lenné-Schule, accessed on January 23, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peter-lenne-schule.de
  8. ↑ a b Peter-Lenné-Schule, OSZ Nature and Environment on the pages of the upper school centers in Berlin, accessed on April 4, 2015
  9. ↑ UNESCO World Action Program: Education for Sustainable Development , accessed on March 9, 2019
  10. ^ German Society for Environmental Education , accessed on March 9, 2019