The "Berufliche Schulzentrum Waldkirch"

Principal: H.Kleinböck (OstD)
Vice-principal: H.Blank (StD)

In the current school year 2010/2011 about 600 full-time and 150 part-time students of the districts Emmendingen, Freiburg and Hochschwarzwald attend the BSZ Waldkirch (vocational school Waldkirch). 30 classes in 11 different types of school forms are taught by 55 teachers. The educational concept of "learning with head, heart and hand" is supported by our technical and commercial orientation of the school as well as by our modern and spacious facilities.

Berufsfachschule
At the technical schools students have the possibility to get the “Mittlere Reife”. With the “Mittlere Reife” you can either do an apprenticeship or continue going to school to get a higher degree. In this school form students acquire practical skills and knowledge.

BEJ
The so-called occupational entrance year (Berufseinstiegsjahr) offers secondary students from the Hauptschule (general-education secondary school level I, yrs 5-9) the chance to make a career choice in theory and practice. Besides that, they have the opportunity to improve their grades on their Hauptschule degree.
BVJ
The so-called vocational training year (Berufsvorbereitungsjahr) is aimed at young people without a school leaving certificate that can be remedied in one year of schooling.

[Berufseinstiegsjahr][Berufsvorbereitungsjahr]

State-of-the-art equipment

After intensive renovations and extensions over the last three years we have friendly and modern classrooms and specialist rooms such as our metal workshop. In October 2003 and November 2006 two business training firms were able to start off with special funding from the program “Zukunftsoffensive III – Förderung der beruflichen Bildung”. By the end of their schooling students will have worked in all of the different departments of their business training firm. The business training firms simulate practically all of the commercial activities of a real firm for training and employability purposes.

New Media:
We offer the students a network of about 220 computers with modern and high-quality software in the areas of technology, communication and business. There are ten differently designed data processing rooms. Here you can find modern learning stations where students can develop team work skills. Also students learn to work by themselves in preparation for the demands of office work. During free periods or breaks students also have the possibility to work on the computers in the school lounge area.

In our metal workshop practically talented young people have the opportunity to professionalize their craft skills with metal processing modern machinery.
Students create their first metal projects on lathes, drilling and milling machines (including CNC-controlled ones), which qualifies them for their professional future. They also have the possibility to practice for their professional career in the area of food preparation. In addition to that, students have the opportunity to prepare themselves for careers in food preparation in our school kitchen.