i got job teaching german

robin2

i got a full time teaching german. the books havnt been decided yet and i have to choose them when we go back. i want to know what are the best for every year or whats commonly used. i have 5 different 1st year classes, 1 2nd, 3rd 4th,5th and 6th class. im delighted that i only have to teach german. also just wondering whats the story with my post as im just after doing dip last year and im now head of german department as theres no other german teacher in this secondary school.

rainbowtrout

Maybe try this crowd (i'm not a german teacher)

German Teachers Association of Ireland:

http://www.germanteachers.ie


or find out what the school was using up until now.

or perhaps get in contact with the previous german teacher to see what they were using. I would imagine that classes that are midway through a cycle are not going to go changing books now, so your second, third and sixth years will probably have the same books as last year.


10 different class groups seems like an awful lot to have on your timetable unless the first years only have a couple of classes a week.

To be honest and i don't mean to be blase about it, but head of department probably doesn't mean a whole lot, you will probably be responsible for doing schemes of work for german for each year and subject department plans but you won't be getting anything extra for being department head. you will probably also find there are lots of other teachers who are the only teacher in their subject area. I am the only chemistry/ag science/PLC computer teacher in my school so that makes me head of 3 departments

GERMAN ROCKS

exam papers are a defo for 2nd 3rd 5th and sixth

spurious

Get a school subscription to some trashy mag like the German equivalent of 'Hello' or similar.
Alternatively you could order 'Der Spiegel' - maybe give it to the 6th Years.