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Scholarships for Teaching Assistants
The German Education Exchange Service – Pädagogischer Austauschdienst (PAD) is offering scholarships for New Zealand Teaching Assistants to spend 9 months in different German schools between End of August/Beginning of September 2022 and 31 May 2023.
Are you a student and confident communicating in German?
The German Education Exchange Service – Pädagogischer Austauschdienst (PAD) is offering scholarships for New Zealand Teaching Assistants to spend 9 months in different German schools between End of August/Beginning of September 2022 and 31 May 2023.
Application deadline mid-June
The foreign language assistants work at schools – normally at secondary school level and assist with the teaching of their native language for up to 12 hours per week.
Details:
- Monthly scholarship amount € 800
- Part-funding of travel expenses
- Health/accident/liability insurance included
Requirements:
- Native speaker of English
- Reasonably confident speaking German
- Under the age of 31
- At least 3rd year level
- Students of German language/literature preferable
Necessary documents :
- Application form (3 copies), including passport photographs
- Curriculum vitae in German (full written version)
- Motivation letter and your expectations in German
- 2 references from professors (original or university certificates copies)
- Evidence of good German language skills
- Certificate of Health
Information on the required documents as well as applications forms can be found here:
Please send your application to the
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
90-92 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1687, Wellington 6140
Any questions – please contact info@wellington.diplo.de.
Further details and the application form are available from the German Education Exchange Service’s website.