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Hendrik Stöwe (right, “Mentor Freising” association) awarded grade one for class 2b of the Academy for Social Education (here with teacher Katharina Maas, 2nd from right) © Lorenz
The FAKS 2b class at the Academy of Social Education at the BSZ Freising has developed tools through which reading helpers can achieve greater visibility.
Freising
- The “Mentor” association has had a branch in Freising since 2021, under the leadership of Hendrik Stöwe and Romy Sawilla-Stöwe.
The goal of “Mentor”: Supporting children and young people with reading problems or language deficits – using the 1:1 principle.
In plain language this means: A mentor comes to a child or young person to read with them.
The need is increasing
“Reading mentors should find the time and motivation to get children excited about reading with a lot of patience and humor,” it says on the association’s homepage.
In Freising, according to Hendrik Stöwe when asked by the FT, there are currently around 30 mentors and 40 children who read together every week.
What's special: The mentors go to school to read and read with each child for around 45 minutes.
“This is a kind of supplementary lesson,” explained Stöwe.
Various schools in Freising currently use this – such as the St. Lantpert primary school or the Steinpark primary school.
Hendrik Stöwe knows: demand is increasing.
(By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our regular Freising newsletter.)
The “Mentor” movement was initiated by a bookseller in 2003, and the federal “Mentor” association was founded five years later.
There are currently around 115 mentor associations across Germany.
Put it to the test
But what does the prospective educators at the specialist academy have to do with this?
The explanation: As part of the course, the topic of “public relations” is also on the curriculum.
Katharina Maas, who, among other things, taught German and literature and media education at the Academy for Social Education, was the driving force behind trying out the topic of “public relations” at a real club.
“Visible” club
The task was therefore clear, namely how the mentor association could become more visible to the public in order to be able to attract new mentors as well as sponsors for the project.
For example, book-shaped posters were made, a short advertising film including a jingle was made for the club, new flyers were created and various social media channels were set up.
All material is now available to the club.
A highlight: another bookmark as a promotional gift that has a very special print.
To provide graphic support, children from St. Lanpert Elementary School put their ideas and thoughts on the topic of reading onto paper.
What came out of it is impressive: the bookmark is not only an eye-catcher, but also a small Freising work of art.
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This is what the book sign designed by elementary school children from St. Lantpert looks like.
© Lorenz
After a good hour of presentation, Hendrik Stöwe had to collect himself.
“These are so many wonderful impressions, we can use so much of them,” was his high praise.
“I would give you all an A with an asterisk.” Class 2b worked on this, namely Laura, Max, Maxi, Franzi, Leah, Anna-Maria, Lukas, Franzi, Maxima, Nina, Marie, Kimba, Chantal, Lukas, Eva, Roxana, Erik, Lisa, Emily, Anna, Vera, Johanna, Sven.
Another special feature that Maas revealed at the end: a practice subject is planned for the students in 2025 - then, according to the plan, they will become mentors themselves and be able to gain valuable practical experience and at the same time make a contribution to educational equality.
Principal Ingrid Link was also enthusiastic about the class's commitment and expressed her praise in an extremely touching way: “I am very proud of the achievements of Ms. Maas and her students.”
Good to know:
If you would like to find out more about the “Mentor” association or donate, you can do so at www.mentor-freising.de.
You can find even more current news from the Freising district at Merkur.de/Freising.