Auslandspraktika
Seit dem Schuljahr 2009/2010 bietet die Europaschule Troisdorf Schülerinnen und Schülern der Jahrgangsstufe 11 die Möglichkeit, ein zweiwöchiges Praktikum im Ausland in einer öffentlichen Einrichtung oder in einem internationalen Unternehmen zu absolvieren. In dieser Zeit haben Praktika in Norwegen, den Niederlanden, Belgien, Irland, Spanien, Tschechien, Indien und England stattgefunden.
Seit 2013 fahren regelmäßig ca. 12- 16 interessierte Schüler*innen zu einem 2-wöchigen Praktikum nach Hockley (GB). Die Fahrt ist begleitet, die Schüler*innen arbeiten dort als „Learning-Support-Assistants“ an der Greensward Academy bzw. der Plumberow Primary School. Anschließend präsentieren sie dann ihre Erfahrungen in der Schule vor dem zehnten Jahrgang, die Englandpraktikanten tun dies in englischer Sprache.
Bis 2017 fand das Praktikum in den Wochen vor den Osterferien statt. Seit 2018 liegt es in den Wochen vor den Sommerferien.
Da es nicht einfach ist, im Ausland Unternehmen oder Institutionen zu finden, die bereit sind, Praktikumsplätze zur Verfügung zu stellen, ist die Schule sehr daran interessiert, wenn Eltern unserer Schüler Kontakte ins europäische Ausland vermitteln können.
Präsentation der Auslandspraktika in der Aula der Schule
Work experience UK spring 2018
A typical day in England (excerpt by Julia S.)
(…) my group's first lesson was English. In this English lesson, the teacher gave back a mock exam the students had written in the previous lesson. The mock exam covered the story of Shakespeare’s play "Romeo and Juliet" as well as Charles Dickens’ novel "A Christmas Carol". This lesson was one of the hardest lessons we had, probably because we had not read either of the texts, leaving us with the task of listening to what was being said as well as reading the stories. The students were about our age, luckily we were able to understand most of what was being said. The only real difficulties we faced were specific terms, such as stylistic devices, being used in both texts. This 60 minute-lesson was followed by history in a 7th grade class and covered World War I, to be more specific, the Spartacist Uprising, which took place after World War I in 1919. In this lesson, we first watched a presentation given by the teacher before going around the class, trying to help the students who were struggling to answer the questions. Next was a 25-minute break, followed by two English lessons. The English lessons had a similar structure. The pupils were given a task and, after talking to the teacher about the assignments and about how we should help the pupils, both of us went and tried to assist without giving them the answers. The last lesson, which started after another 35-minute break, was History in the 11th grade. However, this lesson was something we were unable to help with. The lesson’s topic was England's history, something we have not yet covered in our German history lessons, rendering us unable to help at all. So, we just sat down and listened (…)