1. Welcome to St.-Georg-Mittelschule and our new Comenius-Project : Democracy - analyzing and advancing democratic structures in European schools

2. The Bavarian tripartite system: Germany is devided in 16 federal states with different educational systems UNIVERSITYUniversity of Applied Sciences (FH)  12 11 GRAMMAR SCHOOL (higher academic performance) Gymnasium (6+2=8 years) Specialized Branch 6th-form college FOS POST APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE BOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS with integrated APPRENTICESHIP Berufsschule und Berufsausbildung (2.5 – 3.5 years) 10 9 8 7 6 5 Secondary school (middle academic performance) M 10 M 9 M 8 M 7 Realschule (6 years) BUSINESS BRANCH Wirtschaftsschule (4 years) SECONDARY SCHOOL (lower academic performance) Hauptschule (5 years) 43214321 PRIMARY SCHOOL Grundschule (4 years)

3. St.- Georg Volksschule Augsburg Primary and secondary school ~420 21 = 4 + 17 5 49 2 32 Our school in numbers… pupils immigrant classes We are looking forward to two years of Comenius! our pupils come from 32 countries highly motivated teachers primary and secondary classes 110 our school is 110 years old ~ 15 % of our pupils live in care homes 89 % pupils with migrational background 1 practical class 2 school dogs

4. Democratic structures at St.-Georg PUPILS "The Class Council„ class representative class representative meeting student representative mediators PARENTS class parents representative parents advisory council TEACHERS competence teams liaison teacher disciplinary committee ALL TOGETHER: SCHOOL COUNCIL headmaster + vice headmaster representatives of teachers + parents + pupils

5. Thank you for your attention! We are looking forward to an eventful and productive week together and hope that you will enjoy your stay in Augsburg!