Classes & More Teacher Training Talent Development Creating Awareness. Education: Powering the future. Moving Germany ahead.

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1 Education: Powering the future. Moving Germany ahead. Our approach Our goals Our projects

2 The foundation. Facts and figures. Founded December 2003 Objectives To make Germany stronger in education, research and technology Team Staff of 20 Organization Legally self-standing entity Activities Entirely non-profit Endowment capital 150 million Annual budget Approx. 13 million Work method Operating, not financing

3 Our governing bodies. Executive Board. Dr. Klaus Kinkel (Chairman) René Obermann Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sigmar Wittig

4 Our governing bodies. Board of Trustees. Timotheus Höttges (Chairman) Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schinzler (Deputy Chairman) Dr. Manfred Balz Reinhard Clemens Wolfgang Kopf René Obermann Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers Thomas Sattelberger Lothar Schröder Prof. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker Edelgard Bulmahn Niek Jan van Damme Prof. Matthias Kleiner Claudia Nemat Edward Kozel Dr. Michael Rogowski Dr. Annette Schavan Wilhelm Wegner Prof. Margret Wintermantel

5 Our commitment. Enhancing our country s strengths. Challenges for Germany Benefits of a good education system Equal opportunity and support right from the start, regardless of family background Participation in social and economic development Reinforcing people s individual skills Innovation, growth and prosperity Demographic change Growing shortage of engineers and scientists Low participation of women in innovation activities Growing competition from emerging countries in Asia

6 Our conviction. Investing in minds. We are investing in education in Germany because smart minds are the key to greater innovation. We want our commitment towards the education system in Germany to enhance our country s strengths and help it to continue to be or become a leader in the key future areas of education, science, research and technology. We are focusing our efforts on the STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. A solid grounding in these subjects is an important precondition for participation in society. We are striving to build a positive public attitude towards the areas of science, research and innovation as an essential requirement for a society with a future.

7 Our work. Covering the whole education chain. We have the whole education chain in our sights from pre-school to university when deciding on our projects. We have set our focus on promoting the STEM subjects, from basic to the most advanced level. We collaborate with partners from educational institutions and the educational administration nationwide and independently of federal jurisdictions. We cannot do the work of the public authorities, but we can generate models that are practical and fit for purpose and provide positive impulses for the educational landscape in Germany. We work operatively, mostly implementing projects that fall within one of five specific program areas:

8 Our fields of action. Five causes. Teacher Training. Projects for the initial & continuing training of teachers Early Education. Projects for preelementary education and the transition phase Talent Development. Projects to support highly talented STEM students Classes & More. Projects for learning inside and outside of school Creating Awareness. Forging ideas for education policy

9 Early Education. Projects for pre-elementary education and the transition phase.

10 Day Care Centers and Schools in Dialog (Kita und Schule im Dialog) Nature the Learning Laboratory (Lernwerkstatt Natur) Creating Science (Natur-Wissen schaffen) Endowed Professorship in Münster (Stiftungsprofessur Münster) Spirit of Research Competition (Forschergeist)

11 Classes & More. Projects for learning inside and outside of school.

12 Experimental Kitchen (ExperimentierKüche) Nature Inspires (Natur beflügelt) SimuLab Junior Engineering Academy (Junior-Ingenieur-Akademie) Climate Show (Klimashow) Learning on the Spot (Lernen vor Ort) M-Bridge STEM Spiral Curriculum (MINT-Spiralcurriculum) Prime Researchers (primarforscher) Interactive School (Schule Interaktiv) City of Young Scientists (Stadt der jg. Forscher)

13 Teacher Training. Projects for the initial and continuing training of teachers.

14 STEM Teacher Training University Competition (Hochschulwettbewerb) Children Count Differently (Kinder rechnen anders) PIK-AS Understanding Mathematics Better (Mathe besser verstehen) Mastery in Math (Mathe sicher können) National Center for Teacher Training (Dt. Zentrum für Lehrerbildung) Mathematics Network Bureau (Netzwerkbüro) Teaching Diagnosis Competence (UDiKom)

15 Talent Development. Projects to support highly talented STEM students.

16 Doctoral Scholarships/Lindau Nobel Prize Meeting (Stipendien) Early Study (Frühstudium) Youth Training in Mathematics (Jugend trainiert Mathematik) START Scholarships (START-Stipendien) Endowed Professorships (Stiftungslehrstühle)

17 Creating Awareness. Forging ideas for education policy.

18 Mathematics throughout the Education Chain Teacher Training Monitor (Monitor Lehrerbildung) Innovation Indicator (Innovationsindikator) German Future Prize (Deutscher Zukunftspreis) Creating a STEM Future (MINT Zukunft schaffen) Media Competence throughout the Education Chain Scientific Quartet (Wiss. Quartett)

19 Thank you for your interest and attention.