There are also several opportunities for teaching degree students to get practical experience abroad.
For example, they can provide support in German language teaching at schools or universities abroad, teach their own degree subjects according to the German curriculum in German schools abroad (Deutsche Schulen im Ausland (DAS)) or provide general assistance in classes at schools abroad.
Below, you will find a list of useful links and addresses for finding internships, student reports from stays abroad and funding options. Please ensure you read the detailed Information sheet published by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Programs:
- Educational Exchange Service (Pädagogischer Austauschdienst (PAD)): Foreign language teaching assistants abroad = Teaching German at an educational institution abroad
- Robert Bosch Stiftung in conjunction with the PAD: ”Völkerverständigung macht Schule” = Teaching German in schools in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe and Kazakhstan
- AIESEC: Global Citizen / Education
Places allocated by:
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: Internship Office for teaching degrees for Grundschule and Mittelschule
- Bayerischer Lehrer- und Lehrerinnenverband (BLLV) e.V.: Internships abroad for students of teaching degrees
Advertisements for internships:
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: International Affairs
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: Internship Office for teaching degrees for Grundschule and Mittelschule
- Goethe Institutes (worldwide): Teaching German and other subjects (depending on the institute)
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: German as a foreign language (DaF) at universities worldwide
- The “SchoolEducationGateway” portal of the European Commission: Teaching assistant positions across Europe
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg / University of North Georgia: Internships at schools in the US for teaching degree students (mainly English)
Contacts: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Piske (Chair of Foreign Language Education Research); Kerstin Maurer (International Office at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology)
Speculative application:
- DAS: Deutsche Auslandsschulen (German schools abroad) (managed by the Central Office for German Schools Abroad (Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen))
- DSD Schools: Schools in national education systems that offer the German language diploma (managed by the Central Office for German Schools Abroad); search via the world map
- Fit Schools: Schools in national education where German language teaching is being set up or expanded (managed by the Goethe Institut); search via the world map
- List of various schools in Europe
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: International Affairs
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): EU-community (Reports on stays abroad from former interns of the ERASMUS program)
- Initiative called “Schulen: Partner der Zukunft” (PASCH): Experience reports
- Educational Exchange Service (Pädagogischer Austauschdienst) of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs: Reports from campus ambassadors
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: DAAD-PROMOS
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: Fonds Hochschule International
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: Erasmus-internship program
- German schools abroad (Deutsche Auslandsschulen (DAS)) and Goethe Institut (worldwide): DAAD short-term scholarships
- Kurt-Hansen scholarships: Teaching degree students of science subjects
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: International Office at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: Center for Teacher Education (ZFL)
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: International Affairs
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: Chair of Business Education and Human Resources Development
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: Student Advice for Technical Vocational Education and Training
- Internship Office (accreditation of assistant teaching stays and internships)
- Grunschule and Mittelschule: Internship Office for teaching degrees for Grundschule and Mittelschule
- Realschule: Internship Office for Realschulen Middle Franconia
- Gymnasium: Internship Office for Gymnasium in Middle Franconia