Contact
Office
Barbarastr. 1
D-50735 Cologne
Fon +49 (0) 228 993 58 1426
Fax +49 (0) 221 758 1426
Postal address:
Bundesverwaltungsamt
D-50728 Colonge
Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA)
Purpose/Activities
With circa 90 colleagues and about 55 expert advisors the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA) looks after the schooling abroad. Worldwide more than 940 schools among it 132 German schools abroad are personally and financially supported. Around 1900 teachers abroad, programme teachers and expert advisors are operating at this institutions. During their activity abroad they are attended organisationally, pedagogically and financially by the ZfA.
The activities of the Central Agency include:
pedagogical and administrative consulting of the German schools and educational institutions abroad as well as assistance to establish quality management,
advertising, selection and placing of teachers for assignment at German schools abroad as well as at public educational institutions,
preparation and further education for teachers as well as maintenance of the education server DASAN,
financial responsibility for German teachers abroad and programme teachers,
preparation for German and international certificates,
formation and performing of examinations in the field German as a foreign language (DaF) and the German Language Diploma (DSD) awarded by the Conference of Ministers of Culture,
German speaking expert lessons,
education expert lessons,
job-related education,
grants in line with the foreign cultural and educational policy,
constitution of structures for internationale cooperation.
Periodical Publications:
Begegnung (twice a year),
