Westphalia College Paderborn
| Westphalia College Paderborn | |
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| founding | 1964 |
| address |
Fürstenweg 17b |
| place | Paderborn |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 43 '36 " N , 8 ° 44' 38" E |
| carrier | State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| student | about 400 |
| Teachers | about 40 |
| Website | www.wkpb.de |
The Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn is a further education college of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Paderborn for obtaining the general university entrance qualification. In the establishment of the second educational path, founded in 1964, around 350 students are taught by around 40 teachers in three courses in order to acquire the Abitur or technical diploma.
School profile
The Westfalen-Kolleg is an adult education institution that takes into account the various life experiences, perspectives and competencies of the students in its educational mandate , in addition to specialist training. Up-to-date education is understood as the comprehensive development of human abilities and skills to develop one's own personality.
Course offers and degrees
Course college
Two courses are offered every year, starting on February 1st and after the summer holidays . The course comprises 30 hours per week, which are mainly taught in the morning. It is free of charge and is supported by BAFöG from the first semester . The range of subjects enables students to set individual priorities. Despite restrictions on the advanced course offerings, the options take into account later study and career wishes.
In-depth and project courses as well as working groups complement the subjects so that further individual interests of the students can be promoted. In the working groups set up as required, creative abilities and skills in particular are to be developed and expanded (e.g. black theater , photography, languages). New media and communication options are used in the classroom. In addition, there are computer workstations that can be used outside of class (internet access, platform-based materials).
The course leads to the Abitur within six semesters and to the Fachabitur within four semesters. The first and second semesters are taught in class. From the third semester onwards, lessons take place in courses. At the same time, advanced courses are selected from the third semester, which are also high school subjects, and two further high school subjects are selected from the fourth semester. In the third semester, one exam is written in possible Abitur subjects, and two exams in advanced courses. In addition, in the main subjects (mathematics, German and continued foreign language), an exam is also written in the third to fifth semester, even if these are not an Abitur subject. From the fourth semester, two exams must be written in the four high school subjects. The central Abitur examination takes place at the end of the sixth semester. It takes place in North Rhine-Westphalia in four subjects, also includes the selected advanced courses and must include all three fields of activity, two of which must also be major subjects. In the first to third Abitur subject, the examination takes place in writing and in the fourth Abitur subject there is an oral examination. For admission to high school after a scoring procedure.
AGV course (evening grammar school in the morning)
This course with 20 hours a week is offered in the morning for employees with suitable working hours. The part-time course begins after the summer vacation. The core offer consists of the subjects German, English, French, history / social science, sociology, mathematics and biology. In addition, the above-mentioned additional offers of the college (study groups, computer use) are also available to those interested. The course is free of charge and BAFöG funding is possible in the last three semesters under certain conditions.
Aol course (Abitur-Online)
With Abitur-Online, the college has been offering another part-time course since 2002, which allows participants to be independent in terms of time and space. The students spend half of the 20-hour teaching time at school, while the other half is organized in such a way that students learn on their own. Here the teaching material is provided via a Moodle -based internet platform and communicated between students and teachers via the internet.
Preliminary course
The preliminary course is primarily aimed at future students who do not yet have the technical college entrance qualification . This is the entry requirement for attending the college. Students who want to be reintroduced to the learning process can also take part. The course offers the opportunity to reduce any existing deficits. It is offered in the morning or in the evening as required.
Admission requirements
When entering the first semester, students must be at least 18 years old and have completed vocational training or have been employed for at least two years or have been in a family household for at least two years. Military service , community service , voluntary social year , federal voluntary service as well as unemployment, internships, attending vocational training courses, etc. are counted towards the duration of the professional activity , provided the relevant evidence is provided. Graduates of Abendrealschule or High school certificate courses of other training providers who do not meet the conditions of admission (age, profession) can visit the course College and the school part of the college entrance acquire. Applicants who do not have a technical college entrance qualification must either attend a preliminary course or take an entrance examination.
Education grant (BAFöG)
Students do not have to pay any fees to attend the Westfalen-Kolleg. Most of the textbooks they need are made available to them. Training at the Westfalen-Kolleg is funded in the Kolleg course from the first semester, in the evening high school courses in the last three semesters with training aids according to BAFöG. These benefits are granted regardless of the parents' income and do not have to be repaid. Those who have reached the age of 30 at the start of their training can only be funded if there are special exceptions.
Subjects
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Cooperations and partnerships
- FHDW Paderborn
- University of Paderborn
- Employment Agency
- Westphalian forum for culture and education
- Future schools NRW
- Paderborn Theater
- Drama School Kassel
Furnishing
The Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn has rooms that are equipped with projectors, document cameras and some with interactive boards. Laptop and tablet units as well as W-LAN enable digital learning. This is supported by the use of LOGINEO and the Moodle learning platform .
In the self-study center, students can work independently and individually at computer workstations and using a library.
activities
- Black theater
- Europe AG with Europe week
- Concert AG
- Soccer AG
- regular music events
- Study trips
- annual ski course
- Project days
- College party
history
In the period after the Second World War, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, not only were numerous evening grammar schools established, but also a new form of adult education: the college.
In this context, the Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn was founded as a state institute in 1964, which gave elementary and vocational school students the opportunity to acquire higher education entrance qualifications, especially in the rural region of the former Hochstift Paderborn. Classes initially took place in pavilions on Benhauser Strasse.
Since 1975, learning and teaching has been taking place in the former college of education on Fürstenweg, the premises of which were renovated and modernized between 2002 and 2005 by the construction and property company (BLB) NRW. In the course of time, different concepts of classroom organization have been developed. From 1964 to 1970, classes were taught in the same class as at the grammar school and the Abitur was acquired after five semesters.
From 1970 to 1981, lessons were based on the so-called Paderborn model, in which, according to the principles of individualization and differentiation of the course, the learners could take the school-leaving exam after four to six semesters and, in addition to a compulsory area of subjects in their elective area, could form specializations . Within the given framework of the model, the students could choose their courses and their teachers and have a say in the subjects of the courses.
Since 1981 the Paderborn College has been teaching according to the course system, which is based on the upper secondary level. In the introductory phase of the first two semesters, students learn in a class, the following four semesters in the course system. In 1989 the evening school morning course was introduced. All ZBW institutions have been called the Weiterbildungskolleg since 2000. As a third area in addition to college and evening grammar school in the morning, the part-time Abitur-Online course has been offered since summer 2002. Since 2008, all courses at the Westfalen-Kolleg have been integrated into the central Abitur exams.
Buildings and surroundings
Since 1977 the Westfalen-Kolleg has been housed in the building of the former college of education (today part of the University of Paderborn), which today also houses the center for practical teacher training (ZfSL), the Paderborn evening secondary school and the examination office. The building has a cafeteria and is embedded in a park-like area.
The Inselbad Stadium , Rolandsbad, Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum and the bib International College Paderborn are in the immediate vicinity .
Personalities
- Eckhard Radau
- Mark Brain
- Klaus von Krosigk
- Tim Tölke
literature
- Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn (ed.): Commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary of the Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn . Paderborn 2014, p. 140 .
- Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn (Ed.): 25 years of Westfalen-Kolleg Paderborn 1964-1989 . Paderborn 1989, p. 103 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ School Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia: Training and Examination Regulations for the Further Education College in North Rhine- Westphalia.
- ↑ Education funding - Paderborn district. Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
- ↑ BAFöG. Retrieved July 10, 2018 .