Summer School 2010

From August 23 to August 29, 2010, for the fifth time consecutively, the International Award Summer School will open its doors in Osterburken, Germany. Young adults planning to become Award leaders, as well as experienced leaders wanting to deepen and share their knowledge are invited to participate in an Award Leaders Course, an Award Management Course and different workshops held in English language.

In the tradition of Kurt Hahn*), we strongly believe that to explain the Award is not enough, and that we also have to take care that its spirit can be experienced in every single seminar. Hence in Summer School, “learning by doing” is the most important seminar method. Just like Award helpers, trainers in our Award courses are basically not supposed to act for themselves but to make the participants act.

But there is more going on than just a couple of courses! There is “service” – because everybody is involved in course duties, such as providing food, preparing lunch and cleaning the kitchen; “adventure” – because the first part involves a tour in the countryside; “skills” – because a documentation is to be prepared, and “physical recreation” – because everybody can end his / her day with some guided physical activity.

Gold Award participants can use International Award Summer School as their Residential Project, experienced Award leaders as a Train the Trainer seminar. Again, Summer School 2010 will not be a youth exchange in the first instance, but mainly a sequence of different leaders courses with the minimum age of 16 as a most important condition for taking part successfully.

*) Kurt Hahn, the “inventor” of the Award, was born (1886) and died (1974) in Germany

Profile

• Minimum Age: 16

• Programme

  • Award Leaders Course

  • Award Management Course

  • Workshops

  • International Evening

  • Adventure, Physical, Service, and Skills

• Special Usage

• Residential Project 

• Train The Trainer

• Venue: Alte Bahnmeisterei, Osterburken, Germany

• Costs

• Fee: Euro 50,00 (includes accomodation in communal bunks).

• Extra charge for hotel (shared room): Euro 100,00.

• Insurance and travelling costs, including return-ticket from Frankfurt/Main Airport to Osterburken (for one person about 80 Euros, please check with German Rail).

• Materials

• IASS 2010 Leaflet

• IASS 2010 Download Area

• Circulars

Documentation

• Reports
  

• IASS 2010: “I never learnt that much in such a short amount of time”

• Press Release (German)

• Pictures

Details

• International Award Summer School: General Information

• Video of Summer School 2009

• Clothing and Equipment

• Location and Transportation

• Weather in Osterburken (MSN)