Theresianum Vienna Austria Location Schools in location Kindergarten

Theresianum Vienna Austria

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Schools in location • Kindergarten: family groups, ages 1 ½ - 6 years, 180 children • 4 -year Elementary School: ages 6 – 10, 8 classes, 120 pupils • 8 -year Secondary Academic School: ages 10 -18, 830 pupils, 135 teachers

Private School Status • Kindergarten: private, but subsidized by the City of Vienna • Elementary School: totally private, teachers paid by school foundation • Secondary Academic School: teachers provided and paid by state. School fee in Secondary School: € 645. - p. month (Austrian or EU citizens)

School in Project • Secondary Academic School „Theresianum“ • Prescribed Curriculum • Specialization in Foreign Languages: – 1 st FL: French OR English – year 1 to year 8 – 2 nd FL: English OR French – year 3 to year 8 – Latin: year 4 to year 8 – Russian: year 6 to year 8 • Rest: Austrian „Gymnasium“ Curriculum

School Focus Secondary Academic School • 4 mandatory Foreign Languages • International relations • Sport (not for achievement but for a balanced education) • Boarding or all day program (students present at school 8 a. m. - 6 p. m. , boarders 24 h) • Permanent class groups: class groups stay together in all lessons except Sport for 8 years • Selection of pupils by interview

Assets and Offers • • Ca. 15 additional free time sports Leisure activities Park, Indoor Pool, Boarding Facilities Dining Halls, Meals cooked on location Cambridge First Exam (year 5) DELF (French exam, year 5) EBC*L European business competence licence (year 6)

Travel programs Language exchanges / weeks in 4 th and 7 th Rome/Italy in 6 th Ski camps in 2 nd, 3 rd, 5 th Small group exchanges with Washington, Rugby, Stockholm • MEP, MUN • Erasmus project • Cultural and educational trips to Auschwitz, Leipzig/Frankfurt, Strassburg, Prague, etc. • •

Lesson Grid For years 5 – 8, 15 – 18 year olds Mandatory Subjects German 2 ndforeign language: English 1 st foreign language: French Latin 3 rd foreign language: Russian History and Social Sciences Geography and Economics History, Social Sciences and Political Education Mathematics Biology and Environmental Sciences Chemistry Physics Psychology und Philosophy IT Music Art (in year 7 and 8: choice of either Music or Art) Physical Education Mandatory Elective Subjects Various subjects to choose from, 6 lessons in 3 years Freigegenstände Various subjects to choose from, not limited Unverbindliche Übungen Various subjects to choose from, not limited School level 9 10 11 12 Grade 5 6 7 8 Lessons per week 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 - 3 3 3 1 2 2 - 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 - 2 2 2 - 2 1 2 2 2 1 - 3 2 2 2 Lessons per week - 2 2 2 Lessons per week 2 2 2 2

Typical teacher schedule # Full teaching load: 20 lessons # Afternoon supervision mandatory for at least 2 days/week, counts as half a lesson per hour # 2 hours/week for substitution for absent teachers (unpaid) # 1 hour for parents‘ visits # teachers must have master´s degree in 2 subjects

Typical class schedule (year 7) # afternoon multi-lessons are extra sports or activities – not for all students, they select 1 – 3 such activities # grey fields are afternoon supervision in the class group for study, homework, etc.

European School Partnership History • 1998 – 2000 „A Single European Currency in a Multicultural Europe“ • 2000 -2003 „Caleidoscope - Rencontre Européenne de Lyceens“ • 2003 – 2006 Octopus: „European School Quality in International Dimensions“ • 2006 – 2009 „European Citizenship“ • 2009 -2011 „European Studies School Network“ • 2011 -2015 „Young European Entrepreneurs of the Future“

www. theresianum. ac. at Favoritenstraße 15 1040 Wien Tel. +43 1 505 15 71 0*