Teacher wanted for Ukraine children

Created: 09/17/2022, 12:30 p.m

By: Stefan Weinzierl

Targeted promotion of German, that is the main task of the extra lessons for foreign students.

© Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa

Since the staffing situation at the schools in the district of Munich is tense, the State Education Authority has intensified its search for additional teachers.

District

- "The Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture has made sufficient financial resources available for this," says Ursula Löwe, director of the school board.

According to Löwe, they are looking for teachers who, on the one hand, speak the native language of the pupils and, on the other hand, can also teach German or German as a second language: "We look forward to receiving applications from suitably qualified people – including those who have fled.”

1000 students

According to the school authority, around 1,000 children and young people who have fled Ukraine are currently registered at general schools in the district, including 470 primary school children.

When distributing the pupils, the school authority and the Ukraine tax group make sure that the schools in the district are as evenly distributed as possible, emphasizes Löwe.

Should the maximum number of pupils in individual classes be exceeded in the course of the school year, for example due to people moving to a new home or setting up accommodation, additional classes would be set up.

In the 2022/23 school year, the children who have fled will go to the primary schools in the district and receive additional support in the German language.

Girls and boys from the Ukraine are taught in so-called bridge classes at middle schools, junior high schools and high schools.

25 percent increase

As the director of the school board explains, bridging classes have been planned in all six regions of the district and the corresponding human resources have been requested from the ministry.

A possible increase of 25 percent compared to the currently registered students was expected.

There are currently 34 bridge classes.

"Should additional bridging classes become necessary due to a dynamic development that is not yet foreseeable, these will be set up by the steering group at the school authority," says Löwe.

Bridge classes would also be dissolved if the minimum number of participants was permanently undercut.

STEFAN WEINZIERL