Schulwärts!

In 2015, the Goethe-Institut launched a central, scholarship-based programme to arrange short-term school internships for student teachers and young teachers at Goethe-Institut-supported schools abroad. The aim of the internship is to make the support of schools abroad supervised by the Goethe-Institut more sustainable and to support the internationalisation of German teacher training. SCHULWÄRTS! is funded by the Federal Foreign Office and the internships in China, North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey by Stiftung Mercator.

Programme description

The SCHULWÄRTS! internship is aimed at

• student teachers of all subjects and school types (Bachelor's, Master's and state examination)

• prospective teachers between their graduation and the beginning of the preparatory service

• teachers already in the teaching profession

Matriculation is not a prerequisite.

An additional qualification in or a major in German as a foreign language or German as a second language is not a prerequisite. Some foreign language skills (B2 level in English or in the language of communication of the target country) are an advantage.

Duration of the sponsorship

In the application form, you can state the period of time you would like to spend on the internship.

Scholarship payment

The scholarship consists of a one-time lump sum and a monthly stipend.

Application

Applications can be made directly via the Goethe-Institut. Applications can be sent by e-mail to schulwaerts@goethe.de (as a PDF) or by post: Goethe-Institut e.V., attn: SCHULWÄRTS! / Jelena Bloch, Dachauer Straße 122, 80637 Munich.

Further information on the programme and the dates of the current application round can be found here.