Current network offers
Current network offers
The aim of the networks offered by the School Development Centre is to support schools and teachers in the cooperative processing of school and teaching-related issues and to promote reflective further development in schools.
All AS networks are geared towards practical relevance, needs and process-orientation, feasibility and co-determination. The network events are coordinated by the OFZ (Regional Teacher Training at the Centre of Excellence Oldenburg).
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Network "Hey, AI - how can AI be used profitably in schools?"
The aim of this network is to facilitate cross-school exchange amongst teachers regarding the opportunities, challenges and limitations of using artificial intelligence in our day-to-day teaching practice. The focus is on practical issues relating to lesson preparation, marking and the provision of feedback, as well as pedagogical and didactic considerations regarding the use of AI. The aim is to reflect on both technical and didactic applications, as well as potential stumbling blocks. The network provides a space to discuss fundamental questions, such as the potential AI offers for teaching and learning, and the resulting changes for schools and the role of the teacher as a learning facilitator.
The thematic focus of each meeting is agreed upon within the network. The aim is to broaden participants’ horizons and encourage reflection on their own practice. This requires network members to contribute their own questions, experiences, examples or materials drawn from their own professional practice.
The network meetings take place regularly. Depending on capacity, the network is open to other interested parties from school management and teaching staff who are keen to engage in a joint exchange on the digital development of schools and teaching.
Contact person: Kathrin Korte, AS team member and teacher at Clemens-August-Gymnasium, Cloppenburg
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Network "Developing self-organised and autonomous learning at school together"
The aim of this network is to facilitate the mutual exchange of ideas on content, methods and the organisational requirements within schools for implementing self-directed learning processes in the classroom. An increasing number of schools are changing their teaching culture to enable pupils to engage more in independent and self-organised learning. This raises new questions for teachers and school leaders, such as how to design learning and project plans, the changing role of the teacher as a learning facilitator, and the organisational framework and forms of classroom management.
Within the network, participants have the opportunity to exchange experiences, concepts and practical examples from different schools. Participants can reflect on and further develop their own approaches through peer consultation, whilst also gaining insights into other models and working methods that can inform the further development of their own teaching and school-wide development processes. The focus of the network’s work is shaped in collaboration with the participants. Participants can contribute their own experiences, examples or materials from their practical work relating to the respective key topics of the network meetings, thereby constructively developing both their own teaching and their own school. In addition, input from external speakers is incorporated, and visits to the schools of network members are organised.
Network meetings take place three to four times per school year, with each meeting held at a different school attended by network participants. Depending on capacity, the network is open to other interested parties from the school management and teaching staff who are keen to engage in a joint exchange on developing a culture of learning within the school and in the classroom.
Contact: Jan-Henning Paul, AS team member and headteacher of the Möörkenschule secondary school, Leer
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Network "SchüVer - Digital grade management and more"
This network serves the specific goal of making work easier through the use of a special grade management programme (SchüVer) developed by AS team member David Kuck (for more information, see: https://schuelerverwaltung.jimdofree.com/). Grades and other data such as lesson observations, class work calculations, checklists etc. can be managed quickly and easily. The programme performs the necessary calculations and once entered, the data can be displayed, exported and printed in various compact and clear ways.
The target group of this network are teachers at secondary levels I/II who want to make practical use of the functions of the SchüVer programme, exchange examples of good practice and benefit from needs-oriented further developments/adaptations of the programme. Through the network, participants receive advice and support on digital grade management with the SchüVer programme and benefit from the wealth of experience and the diverse support potential offered by the large, constantly evolving range of SchüVer functions.
The network meetings take place three to four times per school year (usually in online format). They are open to other interested parties from school management and teaching staff (beginners and advanced users). The organisation of the network meetings is based in particular on the specific questions and usage interests of the participants. In addition, further tools from the programme's extensive range of services are introduced and application tips are exchanged.
Important: A Windows operating system and at least Excel 2010 are required (no online version possible). For the online event, it is recommended that you have the grade management software SchüVer available on a second computer so that you can follow the event and work on the programme at the same time.
Contact: David Kuck, AS team member and teacher at Neues Gymnasium, Oldenburg
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Primary school and all-day network
The aim of the network is to exchange information on the requirements and opportunities for the organisation and new development of all-day schools in the primary school sector. School headmasters and teachers from the extended school management are given a space to exchange ideas and discuss practical questions and problems against the background of all-day school organisation. The focus is on consultations on the conditions for success for all-day schools in the primary sector and the exchange of experiences and innovation opportunities from the various development processes at primary schools in the region.
The network meetings offer participants advice and support on design and development issues and projects in the area of all-day schools. Participants receive suggestions and support through practical examples, concepts and formats contributed by the participants. The consultations on specific challenges through to implementation strategies and resource issues are used in a targeted manner to provide impetus for development processes at their own schools and to gain confidence in their own leadership behaviour.
The network meetings take place three to four times per school year, each time at a different network member's school. The thematic focus of the network meetings is agreed together with the participants. The network is aimed at headteachers and teachers from the extended school management of primary schools in the districts of Wesermarsch and Oldenburg and is open to new participants.
Contact: Marius Voß, AS team member and teacher at Ganspe Primary School (GS), Berne
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All-day grammar school network
The aim of this network is to facilitate a practical exchange of ideas on the development and organisation of all-day schooling at grammar schools and cooperative comprehensive schools. Key areas of focus include the presentation of successful practical examples, joint consultation on procedures for optimising all-day school provision, and the initiation, innovation and organisation of all-day school programmes, and their conceptual and content-related implementation within the framework of education policy guidelines for all-day schooling at grammar schools and cooperative comprehensive schools.
The network meetings offer participants advice and support on organisational and developmental issues, as well as on specific development projects in the field of all-day schooling. Through their active participation, participants receive inspiration and support from practical examples, concepts and formats contributed by the group. External speakers are also invited to give presentations on specific areas of interest to the network group – for example, on legal issues, insurance matters specific to all-day schooling, or specific organisational options within all-day schools (e.g. school libraries and self-study centres, or the establishment of co-operatively organised pupil-run enterprises).
The network currently consists of teachers from grammar schools and cooperative comprehensive schools in the Weser-Ems region who are active as coordinators, organisers and planners in the field of all-day schooling. The network is open to new participants. Network meetings take place three to four times per school year, each time at a different school hosted by one of the participants. The meetings usually last around five to six hours (typically from around 9.00 am to 3.00 pm).
Contact: Hartmut Böschen, AS team member and teacher at the Graf-Anton-Günther-Schule, Oldenburg (grammar school in the Oldenburg district)
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Network "Didactic management of secondary schools"
The aim of this network is to exchange views on current issues and concerns within the field of educational leadership, to discuss specific challenges in a collegial manner, to develop ideas for solutions together, and to share supporting materials.
Through this networking, participants find support in their role as heads of teaching. They use these collegial consultations to address their current concerns and to develop strategies and approaches for dealing with specific challenges at secondary schools.
The network is specifically aimed at heads of teaching at secondary schools in the region. Key topics are identified in advance by the participants, and, where necessary, adjustments to the focus are made in line with current issues and needs. The network operates largely autonomously; internal discussions and decision-making processes are supported by the AS discussion facilitator.
Contact: Kathrin Korte, AS team member and teacher at Clemens-August-Gymnasium, Cloppenburg
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Network "Network of Huder IT administrators"
The aim of the network is to improve the quality of digital teaching and equipment in the municipality of Hude. The focus is on the mutual exchange of content, methods and technical requirements for digital learning, as well as providing advice on the equipment available at schools in Hude.
The regular network meetings serve to facilitate the exchange of ideas and the development of high-quality digital teaching formats and equipment. Participants learn about best-practice examples and benefit from the knowledge and experience of schools’ IT administrators who are already well-versed in the field. The schools also coordinate their technical requirements with the school authority.
The network is specifically aimed at IT administrators and headteachers at schools in Hude. Network meetings take place once or twice per school term. In the run-up to each meeting, preparatory meetings are held with the local education authority to discuss the Hude municipality’s media strategy.
Contact persons:
Birte Kempers, AS team member and headteacher of Hude Süd Primary School, Hude
Björn Werner, AS advisory board member and special needs teacher at the Vielstedter Straße School, Hude
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