Understanding School in Germany

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How do I make sense of the assessments? Behaviour … Mark as a Number Mark as a Term … has earned special recognition. 1 Very good … has fully met expectations. 2 Good … meets expectations. 3 Satisfactory … meets expectations with some reservations. 4 Sufficient … does not meet expectations. 5 or 6 Unsatisfactory and inadequate What can you do? 1. Note how your child’s marks develop in his or her report cards. Compare each mark reported with the marks reported in the last report card. If a mark has improved in a subject, be sure to praise your child. If a mark in a subject has deteriorated, investigate potential reasons for this and consider getting your child a tutor. 2. If your child needs tutoring, be sure to do this as early as possible. If your child has a ”4” in a subject, tutoring can be more effective at improving his or her marks, but if you wait until your child has a ”5” or ”6” in a subject, your child will have a more difficult time turning his or her marks around, even with the help of a tutor. 3. If your child’s general conduct marks are not good (worse than ”3”), talk to your child’s teacher and inquire about how improvements might be made. 4. If there is something about your child’s report card that you don’t understand, ask your child’s teacher. He or she will be able to explain the report card to you. … 48 …
Mark Points Term Meaning 1+ 1 1- 2+ 2 2- 3+ 3 3- 4+ 4 4- 5+ 5 5- 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 0 Very good Good Satisfactory Sufficient Unsatisfactory Inadequate Performance exceeds targets. Performance fully meets requirements. Performance generally meets requirements. There are some deficiencies in performance, however overall requirements are being met. Performance does not meet targets, but does indicate that requisite fundamental knowledge is present and that deficiencies can be rectified in the foreseeable future. Performance does not meet targets. There are major gaps in fundamental knowledge, so much so that deficiencies cannot be expected to be rectified in the foreseeable future. If you would like to learn more … …. about the topic of marks: You can find easy-to-read information about the topic of marks in German, Farsi, Polish, Russian, and Turkish in the ”Handbuch für interkulturelle Elternarbeit” (Manual for Intercultural Work with Parents) (yellow module, p. 1) from BQM Beratung Qualifizierung Migration: www.bqm-hamburg.de Navigation: Angebote für Ratsuchende > Publikationen … 49 …
Page 1 and 2: Beratung Qualifizierung Migration U
Page 3 and 4: Foreword Dear Parents, The KWB Koor
Page 5 and 6: Table of contents Foreword ........
Page 7 and 8: 1.2 In Germany, all children are ex
Page 9 and 10: What can you do? 1. Heed the result
Page 11 and 12: 2.3 Parents have a major influence
Page 13 and 14: 2. You should keep the school’s t
Page 15 and 16: 3.4 Maintaining regular contact wit
Page 17 and 18: Your child … What can help? What
Page 19 and 20: 4.2 Germany: 1 country - 16 federal
Page 21 and 22: What can you do? Request informatio
Page 23 and 24: 5.3 The UN Convention on the Rights
Page 25 and 26: What can you do? 1. If you are unsu
Page 27 and 28: 6.3 Children mix languages. Don’t
Page 29 and 30: What is not as good? Speaking Germa
Page 31 and 32: 7.2 Avoiding the school is not a go
Page 33 and 34: What can you do? 1. Show your child
Page 35 and 36: 8.3 There are two ways in which you
Page 37 and 38: What can you do? 1. Ask your child
Page 39 and 40: exempt their child from physical ed
Page 41 and 42: If you would like to learn more …
Page 43 and 44: 10.4 Parents must be holiday planne
Page 45 and 46: 4. Get acquainted with your child
Page 47: 11.4 There is more in a report card
Page 51 and 52: 12.4 Poor marks are not the end of
Page 53 and 54: What can you do? 1. Specifically as
Page 55 and 56: 13.3 Each path can lead to success
Page 57 and 58: 2. If your child has set his or her
Page 59 and 60: 14.3 In Germany, many professions a
Page 61 and 62: What can you do? 1. Don’t transpo
Page 63 and 64: 15.3 Trust is good, but verify! Not
Page 65 and 66: What can you do? 1. Don’t impose
Page 67 and 68: 16.3 It is better to take some time
Page 71 and 72: 17.3 Some children are already litt
Page 75 and 76: 18.4 Many people can play a role in
Page 79 and 80: 19.3 Admission or acceptance right
Page 81 and 82: Checklist All documents are printed
Page 83 and 84: 20.3 Every company has its own recr
Page 85 and 86: 2. Visit companies near you that of
Page 87 and 88: Imprint Publisher: Executive Direct

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