Expert Teaching Consultants

The Goethe-Institut's Expert Consultants for Teaching German
  • organize training sessions for teachers and decision makers in the United States
  • advise trainer networks
  • offer advice to teacher training institutions touching all areas of German teaching in the USA (curricula, text books, educational planning)
  • visit schools upon request in cooperation with American authorities
The Goethe-Institut’s Expert Consultants for Teaching German have their offices at theGoethe-Institut Chicago and the Goethe-Institut New York.

Anja Schmitt
German Language Consultant
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 200 (Northwestern US)
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel.: +1 312 2630474
Fax: +1 312 2630476
schmitt@chicago.goethe.org

Björn Technau
German Language Consultant (Southern US)
Goethe-Institut New York
72 Spring Street, 11th floor
New York, NY 10012
Tel.: +1 212 4398719
Fax: +1 212 4398705
technau@newyork.goethe.org


The Consultants for German from Germany’s Central Office for German Schools Abroad
  • provide services in the field of German as a foreign language within US school systems and are the direct contacts for German-language schools and German-language immersion schools.
Frank Duscha
German Language Consultant (Western US)
1454 Monterey Boulevard #105
Hermosa Beach (Los Angeles), CA 90254
Tel.: +1 424 206 1246
zfa-losangeles@dasan.de
www.auslandsschulwesen.de/losangeles

Anka Fehling
German Language Consultant (Midwestern US)
11 Kensington Circle
Wheaton, IL 60189
Tel.: +1 630 796 9033
chicago@auslandsschulwesen.de
www.auslandsschulwesen.de/chicago

Petra Reuter
German Language Consultant (Southeastern US and Texas)
Georgia Department of Education
1770 Twin Towers East 205
Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
Tel.: +1 305 588 1262
petra.reuter@web.de
www.auslandsschulwesen.de/atlanta

Alexander Wildgans
German Language Consultant (Pacific-Northwest US)
10885 Dryden Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
Tel.: +1 408 216 9315
Mail Symbolsanfrancisco@auslandsschulwesen.de
www.auslandsschulwesen.de/sanfrancisco

Gert Wilhelm
German Language Consultant (Northeastern US)
223 King Farm Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850
Tel.: +1 630 276 6917
wilhelm-zfa@gmx.com
www.auslandsschulwesen.de/washington


Common European Framework of Reference in the US

The applicability of the CEFR to the US context

Trainer-Network for Teachers of German USA

Training Courses and Exchange of Teaching Material