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Parent Representatives & Parents' Council (GEV) | Print |

Parents/Friends of NMS | Parent Reps & Parents' Council (GEV) | Friends of NMS

 

Minutes of Parents' Council meetings

2009-2010: 28 September 2009, 24 November 2009, 13 January 2010, 8 March 2010, 26 April 2010

 

2008-2009: 29 September 2008, 25 November 2008, 14 January 2009, 05 March 2009, 27 April 2009

 

Parents' Evening (Klassenelternversammlung):The parents' evening is the forum in which the parents of a class and the class teachers meet to discuss issues relevant to the class. At the first parents' evening of the school year, two parent representatives are elected. They are responsible for organizing the parents evenings and represent the parents of the class in the Parents' Council.

 

The parent representatives have the following duties:

  • to call a class parent meeting at least three times a year and suggest an agenda in cooperation with the teacher
  • to call a class parent meeting when either one fifth of the parents, the teacher or the school principal so desires
  • to cooperate with the class teacher and represent the interests of the parents and the pupils
  • to attend the Parents' Council meetings
  • to inform the parents of the class about issues and themes of the school management, discussions, and decisions taken at the Parents' Council
  • to compile an e-mail list of the parents of the class, and to forward information being sent to the parent representatives from the different school bodies
  • to represent common issues of the class parents in the Parents' Council and towards teachers, educators, and the school management
  • to help find parents who would engage themselves in the various committees of the school (e.g. fundraising, school festivities, traffic patrol, etc.)
  • to alternate the chairing of the class meeting between German and international parent representatives
  • to invite class student representatives to class meetings (relevant as of fifth grade).

There are monthly or six-weekly Parents' Council meetings with parent representatives, staff representatives and members of the school management where all parties involved share information and discuss concerns. The Parents' Council deals with all problems brought to its attention by the parent representatives. The Parents' Council Board (GEV-Vorstand), elected at the first meeting in the school year, sends out an invitation and a proposed agenda by e-mail one week before meetings.

 

Parents' Council (GEV): The Parents' Council (or GEV: GesamtElternVertretung in German) represents the parents of our school community and is the main forum for communication between parents and the school management. It is made up of the parent representatives from each class. The Parents' Council also sends representatives to the school committees, most importantly the school conference. These representatives report back to the Parents' Council. This constitutes participation in the school's decision-making process.

The Parents' Council Board (GEV-Vorstand)

A board is elected from the members of the Parents' Council. The Parents' Council Board can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

  • Primary chairperson: Beate Zander-Zeidam
  • Secondary chairperson: Katharina Trautschold
  • Members: Udo Volz, Hilke Gerdes, Hanjo Krause, Katri Kuusimaki, Andrea Rumler, Astrid Nelke, Toni Städter-Becker

The board has the following responsibilities: 

  • to prepare, call, and chair the meetings of the Parents' Council
  • to hold meetings with the school management regularly
  • to compile and update e-mail- and address lists of the parent representatives (e-mail is the main communication channel)
  • to distribute information (e.g. invitations and minutes of the Parents' Council meetings) via the Parents' Council mailing list
  • to compile information to be published in the Parents' Council section of the school's website
  • to represent issues and interests of parents towards the school management and outside the school towards the local authority (Bezirksamt), and the Berlin Senate
  • to take part in various committees of the school, most importantly the School conference (at least the chairperson should be elected as a member of the school conference)
  • to keep contact to the Friends of Nelson Mandela School by taking part in the meetings of the Friends board being held about once a month.