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Jobs, Contests, Seminars and Conferences for German Language Teachers

Teachers teach but they actually never stop learning. That is why I am offering this section as one of the opportunities for teachers to grow. Check out the current job offers, contests,  webinars and other learning possibilities for teachers.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR GERMAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

  1. You have created good classroom lesson plans and would like to share them with your colleagues and maybe earn some money? Try this out right now at Teachers Pay Teachers. In addition, read the success story of one of the best payed teachers in this community.
  2. Something similar to Teachers Pay Teachers offers TES. basically it’s the same, just for different markets – Teachers Pay Teachers is mostly active in America, while TES is a British company whose market is the whole world including America.
  3. lehrermarkplatz enables you also to sell anything that you have prepared for your classes (card games. plans, work sheets).
  4. You could also share your own teaching material  (for free or at some price) at Lehrerheld.
  5. Register and teach German and any other language online. Try out now at italki.
  6. You can also apply at ReformDeutsch and teach German via Skype. You can earn monthly up to 800 EUR net.
  7. Check out job offers at the Hueber‘s web page which are being updated regularly.
  8. Goethe Institut also announces regularly.
  9. Find free positions at DAAD.
  10. If you wish to teach English online, apply at Tutorabc. Less popular than Tutorabc is Bibo.

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CONTESTS FOR GERMAN LANGUAGE TEACHEARS

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DAF WEBINARS FOR TEACHERS

In order for you to attend these webinars you need to be member of the DaF Lehrer Online group on Facebook or send your request to to gruppedeutschonline@gmail.com. Alternate solution: wait for my report from the webinar(s) which I always post here at a later point.

See reports from previous webinars:

Jugendliche lernen anders

Theater im DaF-Unterricht

Find out more about Quizziz

Find a native speaker as a speaking partner online

Learning foreign languages with real-life-tasks and social media

Reports from local seminars:

Teenagers learn differently

Other interesting posts:

“Write a blog and make money”.

“Refugee integration in Germany”

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DAF WEbcon

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SEMINARS OF THE GOETHE INSTITUT

“Goethe Institut” offers various seminars for German language teachers. Anything that you can imagine is there. You can browse through their current offer for 2016 here. I am interested in seminars which refer to the learning at a (very) early age. But it seems that I am too late because the application deadline for all seminars in 2016 was on December 31, 2015. However, if there are some free places left, teachers can still apply. Note to self: you can even apply for a grant. Mark that down and try the next year. More about grants (or normal applications) can be found here.

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XVI. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF GERMAN LANGUAGE TEACHERS “Brücken gestalten – mit Deutsch verbinden”

July 31, 2017 – August 4, 2017, Freiburg, Switzerland

More about the program and application process can be found here.

Events and jobs for learners

1. Job announcements from the German Federal Employment Agency

More than 1 million jobs announcements can be found here.

The language setting of the above link is English. Please note that text box entries must be in German.

2. English-language jobs in Germany

Hundreds of great job opportunities for foreign professionals at Germany’s top employers – job announcements in “Local” – newspapers about Germany in English. Click here to find out more.

3. IT-jobs in Germany

Click here in order to browse through numerous job announcements.

4. Academic jobs

Job announcements by the Zeit magazine (die Zeit Stellenmarkt) stand out because the refer to academic nature. Click here to go directly there.

4. International scholarship for the German parliament

If you are under 30 then you are welcome to apply. Further information can be found here.

5. Host a foreign high school exchange student

Become an AFS Host Family! Click here to find out more.

AFS Intercultural Programs is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.

6. Literary competition “Du schreibst?”

Kids and young adults who live in Europe and write texts (stories, poems, diaries, theatre plays…) in German can participate in the literary competition “Du schreibst?”. Valuable prizes can be won: free participation in an international workshop week, publication in a book and an invitation to a reading session. More information can be found here.

7. Spend a year abroad with AFS

Become a high school exchange student. Click here for more information.

8. Scholarships for students

8.1. Summer schools in Germany

Bayhost

Every year BAYHOST offers grants for summer schools. The deadline for the 2016 courses has passed, but make sure to try next year! Look at the conditions here.

8.2. Studying 

8.2.1. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Foreign students

You are socially active and have good grades as a student? Apply for a scholarship by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Please apply online at campus.kas.de until 15 January or 15 July annually. Detailed description in English can be found here.

Refugees

If you are a refugee and would like to study in Germany, as an undergraduate or a graduate student you can apply for a scholarship by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. More about this can be found here. Please apply online at campus.kas.de until 15 January or 15 July annually.

8.2.2. Bayhost

You can check Bayhost’s scholarships for foreign students here.

8.2.3. DAAD

Information for foreigners (in English) can be found here. Additional information on different kinds of scholarships can be found here.

9. Writing competition “Frischer Wind in der Literatur”

This is for writers who write poems and stories in German. Application deadline is due on April 15 each year. Click here to find out more. Click here in order to find out more about “R. G. Fischer miVerlag” – the publishing house which is organizing this competition – and the ways they support newcomer writers who wish to publish their first book.