The task of the German Education Cooperation Department is to promote the teaching of German as a foreign language in primary and secondary schools in Australia. To this end, we work with Australian partners as well as with representatives of other European countries. We sit on committees, cooperate on projects, implement language policy, plan training courses, hold events, provide teaching materials, advise teachers, produce promotional material and provide information via the Internet.
As part of the German Education Cooperation Department, interns are given the opportunity to
gain insight into the Australian school system
- to help design and implement activities for schools
- to take over organizational tasks and to carry them out independently
- To help plan and carry out promotional activities
Participation in
- Organizing and carrying out events of the German educational cooperation, e.g. further education, conferences
- Preparation of teaching materials
- Information visits of school classes
- Creation of the newsletter for German teachers
- Updating the address cards
- Translation work German-English
- Information for the German educational cooperation
- General office work (recption duties)
We expect from our interns
- Interest in educational policy and pedagogical issues
- Willingness to work with students
- Willingness to work independently
- willingness to do routine work
- good computer skills
- Willingness to work flexible hours
- cross-departmental commitment
- proactive team player with can-do attitude
- valid with children check