School Administration

in the District of Kaiserslautern

Kreisverwaltung Kaiserslautern67657 KaiserlauternTelefon 0631/7105-0Fax 0631/7105-474Lauterstr. 8www.kaiserslautern-kreis.de

The District of Kaiserslautern

Population and territory structure

• The District of Kaiserslautern has about 100,000 inhabitants and is located in the western Palatinate in the district of Rheinhessen-Pfalz (state of Rhineland-Palatinate).

• He encloses with its area the university town of Kaiserslautern (also approximately 100,000 inhabitants), which has its own school administration for your schools.

• The district consists of 9 unitary councils. These 9 unitary councils consist of 49 local municipalities.

• The maximum extent from west to east is over 43 km from north to south it is just 32 km. The total area is approximately 640 km².

Legal situation

• In Germany, the 16 “Bundesländer” are responsible for the legislation in the area of education. The basic provisions of the school administration in Rhineland-Palatinate are governed by the education law.

• Into this the country is fixed that Rhineland-Palatinate will cover the costs for teachers and other educational staff in schools.

Legal situation

• The local education authorities (usually these are associated municipalities, cities and counties) are responsible for the provision of administrative and support staff. Furthermore, for the external staff, for the material needs, the school building, the school facilities and the associated costs.

• In addition, the local education authorities can meet with each other to make agreements relating to the payment of costs if a larger number of students from their area is taught in schools in the neighboring municipality.

The education law in Rhineland-Palatinate available for the following types of schools

• primary school • Realschule plus in cooperative or integrative form • Realschule plus with organizationally connected specialized

secondary school (FOS)• high school • comprehensive school • vocational school • evening high school • college • special school

In the District of Kaiserslautern are:

• 30 primary schools• 1 private middle school• 4 middle schools plus• 3 integrated comprehensive schools• 2 high schools• 3 vocational schools• 2 special schools with a focus on learning• 1 special education school with a focus on motoric skills• 1 Waldorf education school

Grundschule Realschule Integrierte Gesamtschule Gymnasium Berufsbildende Schule

Realschule plus Waldorfschule Förderschule

Schulen im Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Schuljahr 2013/14

Landkreis Kusel

Landkreis Südwestpfalz

Neustadt

Zweibrücken

Landkreis Kircheimbolanden

Saarland

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Landkreis Bad Dürkheim

Landkreis Kusel

In the school year 2013/2014 in the District of Kaiserslautern visit

• 3.560 students a primary school,

• 6.464 students a secondary school,

• 329 students a school for special education,

• 378 students the Waldorf Education school.

Education authorities in the District of Kaiserslautern

Due to legal regulations, the district of Kaiserslautern is directly responsible for the staff and material facilities (except for teaching staff) and for the building and equipment and bares the costs for the following schools:

• Sickingen-Gymnasium Landstuhl (High school)

• Gymnasium Ramstein-Miesenbach (High school)

• Berufsbildende Schule Landstuhl (Vocational school)

• Hans-Zulliger-Schule Enkenbach-Alsenborn (Special education)

• Jakob-Weber-Schule Landstuhl (Special education)

Notes to the schools

High schools Landstuhl and Ramstein-Miesenbach

• In high school Landstuhl students can can select as the first compulsory foreign language English or French. From the 6th grade must be selected as a second compulsory foreign language English, French or Latin.

• In the 9th grade a third foreign language is offered and can be chosen by students as an option.

• In addition, voluntary work groups in a range of subjects are offered.

• In upper secondary II (MSS, from grade 11), students can choose their basic and special subjects of a differentiated range of subjects.

Notes to the schools

High schools Landstuhl and Ramstein-Miesenbach

• The schools are placed into 3-4 parallel classes, leading to Abitur (higher education entrance qualification) in grade 13 and secondary school leaving certificate after grade 10.

• Focus of educational work are under the quality program of the schools intensive language support, training methods and social learning.

• The first foreign language is English (Gymnasium Landstuhl), in addition, the school offers bilingual education as a focus on a subject.

Notes to the schools

Vocational School Landstuhl:

•This vocational school allows a differentiated educational opportunities to acquire professional and inter-professional competencies and provides upper secondary I and II, enabling entry into a skilled occupation or in the secondary vocational or study-related education.

•The school also completes the acquired knowledge and skills in secondary I and is cooperating with the dual training participants.

Notes to the schools

Schools with a program focusing on learning (special needs)

•Hans-Zulliger-Schule, Enkenbach-Alsenborn•Jakob-Weber-Schule, Landstuhl

They provide students with difficulties in learning a special support. Prerequisite for receiving a student is the diagnosis of a special educational needs, which regular schools can not afford.

The schools are day schools in “offer form” (the parents decide if they want this form). They teach grades 1 – 9. On a voluntary basis, the grade 10 can be visited in Landstuhl.

Education authorities: Association

Members of the special-purpose associations are the district of Kaiserslautern and the respective municipality in which the school is located. Under an agreement with the Association of Municipalities the District of KL contributes 75% of the cost for the following three „Integrated Comprehensive Schools" (IGS):

• IGS Enkenbach-Alsenborn• IGS Otterberg• IGS „Am Nanstein“ Landstuhl

Integrated Comprehensive Schools

They are placed minimum into 3-4 parallel classes. The classes are formed of children with different backgrounds, talent and inclination. So they continue the aim of learning together after the time in the primary school.

From the grade 7 a performance differentiation in the core subjects (English, German, mathematics) and a tendency differentiation begins (different offers: starting with the second foreign language and other subjects such as computers, sports, work theory, etc.). Another differentiation is made for the natural sciences from the 9th grade level.

Integrated Comprehensive Schools

• The degrees are equivalent to the degrees: - of the vocational maturity after grade 9

- of the qualified secondary degree after grade 10 (Secondary school)

- of the authorization to continue in the upper secondary level.

• Comprehensive schools with upper secondary level lead to college entrance and the Abitur (higher education entrance qualification).

Cost sharing of the District of Kaiserslautern

Due to existing agreements, the district participates in the costs of these schools (in proportion of students from the district to the total number of students):

Local education authorities City of KaiserslauternSpecial education school with focus on “holistic impairment“ Kaiserslautern For students who require extensive special educational assistance in all areas of development (intellectual development, perception, motoric skills, language and social development).

Special education school with focus on “language“ KaiserslauternFor students who need a special educational assistance in the area of language, speech and communicative action.

Cost sharing of the District of Kaiserslautern

Due to existing agreements, the district participates in the costs of these schools (in proportion of students from the district to the total number of students):

Local education authorities City of KaiserslauternVocational school “Technic” KaiserslauternApprenticeships extend to various professions in the fields of engineering, computer science and electronics.

Vocational school “Economy and Management” Kaiserslautern The vocational school is the largest business school in the western Palatinate.

Cost sharing of the District of Kaiserslautern

In addition, the district of Kaiserslautern participate in the costs of the private special education school with a focus on "motoric development", Landstuhl. The cost sharing is based on the number of children out of the district of Kaiserslautern, going to the school, and the days of care.

Private education authorities Reha Westpfalz (Rehabilitation)Students with different skills of their physical, mental and social development are encouraged. The school has set itself the aim of reaching a wide potential integration into society for their students.

Cost sharing of the District of Kaiserslautern

Due to legal requirements, the district is involved in these schools with investment grants of at least 10% of the approved construction costs. School authorities are usually the associated municipalities in the District of Kaiserslautern:

Primary schools: In the district are 30 primary schools with grades 1-4.

Middle schools plus (secondary schools):Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, Queidersbach, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Weilerbach;

•At secondary schools plus the degree of "professional maturity" (after grade 9) and the ”qualified lower secondary degree” (after grade 10) can be achieved.

•It is possible to set up in the middle schools plus specialized secondary schools. Here the students can achieve the college entrance after the 10th grade in a two-year training course.