On 22 February 2023 in the offices of the Vienna Chamber of Labour, the European Office was again represented at the MINI Fair of the Language Support Centre Vienna. The annual MINI Fair showcases the many services and products in the field of multilingualism and the intercultural aspects of education. The European Office presented the [...]
On 6 May 2023 in the pedestrian area of Mariahilfer-Street ‘Vienna goes Europe’ again provided a wonderful opportunity to make visible and tangible the vast diversity of Europe in Vienna at the Europe Festival with its diverse cultural programme. Together with information stalls from 23 European countries, the European Office of the Board of Education [...]
On 9 May 2023, a festive event was held at Vienna City Hall to mark Europe Day. The important connection between the City of Vienna and the European Union was emphasised several times in the speech of Mayor Michael Ludwig. "Europe is being lived out in Vienna and Vienna carries Europe in its heart," said [...]
In the framework of the Erasmus+ project ‘I AM - Inclusive Assessment Map’, the European Office organised a conference on 25 May 2023 called ‘The ICF as an effective tool for the further development of an inclusive school system’. Following on from the exclusive keynote by Prof. Dr. Judith Hollenweger from the University of Teacher [...]
On 6 June 2023, the 20 enterEurope project schools of the "STEM - Girls into Technology" group came together again to celebrate the end of the project. In the academic years 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 during job-shadowing at partner schools in Barcelona, Zagreb, Hagen, Stockholm and a STEM conference in Leiden a lively cross-school exchange had [...]
During the academic year 2022/2023, we hosted 27 international delegations from different countries (DE, HU, ES, BA, CZ, FI, FR, CH, TW, NO, DK). Around 200 people from various educational institutions visited Viennese schools - many thanks to our school teams for their great hospitality. In addition, the guests received expert presentations at the European [...]
Moving from one info point to the next, the travelling exhibition takes you on a journey into the world of bilingualism through six info points with a focus on the border regions of Austria and Slovakia. Presenting knowledge about the languages of the world, and including personal reflection questions and information on multilingual language acquisition [...]
The Erasmus+ project ‘Vienna goes Brussels’ began on 5 October 2023 and prepared the way for a further eight school partnerships. 30 Viennese teachers, head teachers and education quality managers met with colleagues from the "GO! Scholengroep" in Brussels. At the kick-off in Brussels Wien Haus, there was unanimous agreement about the need for European [...]
From 15-18 October 2023, a group of motivated teachers from Vienna attended a fascinating training course in Erfurt as part of the enterEurope Erasmus+ project ‘Green Europe’. Together with teachers from Thuringia, they visited various green LERNORTE such as the Waldhaus ‘Fuchsfarm’, the Egapark and the Horticultural Museum. The inspiring workshops gave the participants new [...]
How can I as a teacher deal better with crises at school? And how can I improve my mental resilience? Resilience is essential, especially in times of great upheaval and new challenges in school life, it is also the best prophylaxis against burnout. In autumn 2023 as part of the Erasmus+ KA3 project NEST, the [...]
