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This is the Savings Banks SchoolService Savings banks and schools - a partnership with tradition The background: Since their establishment, savings banks have had a public mission: to actively support economic education and educating children to save. To this day, the savings banks’ social responsibility and their mission in society have been anchored in the Savings Banks Acts of Germany’s federal states and in the charters of savings banks. Savings banks support schools in a variety of ways within the framework of their local Savings Banks SchoolService commitment.

Materials available – approx. 100 different media: Print media, videos, periodicals, PC programmes For pupils, teachers, parents For all types of school and all grades Coordinated with relevant curricula and educational standards Software E-learning Simulation games Brochures Slide sets DVDs This is the Savings Banks SchoolService

Range of subjects/topics: Primary school (age group: 6-10 years) Numeracy and first contact with money Introduction to the monetary & economic system Sciences & environmental studies Road safety education Lower secondary level (age group: years) Upper secondary level (age group: years) Financial and banking system Economic and social policy Career choices World of work and training This is the Savings Banks SchoolService

No advertising is contained in the materials! A range of subjects Various teaching and learning principles Various curriculum subjects The SchoolService Provides support with its materials In the past 20 years: relaxation of the ban on advertising at schools Sponsoring is permitted in all of Germany’s federal states This is the Savings Banks SchoolService

Updating of materials Updating of materials Expansion of the range of materials Materials Content and design are continually updated Content and design are continually updated Current topics New topics Current topics New topics This is the Savings Banks SchoolService

This is the Savings Banks SchoolService Savings banks in Germany receive the materials from DSV and pass them on to schools in some cases free of charge in other cases for a fee In many cases: Savings banks establish a budget for schools Budget depends on the number of pupils

Savings Banks SchoolService: The “Financial Passport” A “concept for competent financial education” Consistent media for all school grades Self-contained, individual modules Full lesson plans Integrated exercises Final tests geared to specific target groups with award of certificates The National Committee included the Financial Pass- port as an official measure in the catalogue of the National Action Plan for the UN Decade Education for Sustainable Development.

Savings Banks SchoolService: The Financial Passport Target groups of the financial passport Primary school Lower secondary level Upper secondary level Both secondary levels Application options in regular lessons in project lessons in afternoon lessons in “buddy” programmes at all-day schools

Savings Banks SchoolService: The Website for Teachers schulservice.de Up-to-date information on the savings banks’ school activities Tips and content for preparing and structuring lessons Monthly newsletter for teachers The information platform for teachers

Now is the time for action! Pupils learn to think like entrepreneurs Over 55,000 participants since 1999 In cooperation with ministries of education and educational foundations Used as a measure to complement the curriculum Savings Banks SchoolService: German Business Founders Award for Pupils

Savings Banks SchoolService: Stock Market Learning Online competition for pupils and students Provides a basic knowledge of economics Provides an insight into the workings of the stock market Fosters teamwork International competition with seven participating countries

This is the Savings Banks SchoolService UNESCO Award Winner Within the framework of the UNESCO project “Education for Sustainable Development”, the Savings Banks SchoolService and its materials have received several awards. Received the Comenius EduMedia Seal Many of the materials have been given the Comenius Seal for didactic multimedia products of outstanding pedagogical value, content and design.

The Financial Passport has been included in the compass of materials for consumer education and the SSS materials have been rated as very good This is the Savings Banks SchoolService Prepared by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) on behalf of the German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

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