Between 1987 and 2009, AAT and EEP were able to provide training for 657 American teachers, administrators and education policy-makers from Texas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware. The average number of participants who annually come to Berlin numbers approximately 40. Over the program’s lifetime, participants have come from over 96 American school districts.

General Information

The Educational Enrichment Program is a specific program that offers exceptional insights into the German educational system. Participants will be taken to various school types, workshops and seminars, and will also take part in evening receptions with Berlin politicians and enjoy other social gatherings. The government of Berlin pays for participant’s instruction, food, lodging and transportation in Berlin. School districts or participants are responsible for their transportation to Germany.
For each German teacher the district employs, one teacher or administrator may be selected for this program in Germany. Participants gain an in-depth knowledge of the German educational system and vocational training. The participants in the EEP may serve as “buddy teachers” for the new German teachers arriving in the districts in July and August of the same year.

EEP Participants' Comments

“It is essential for us to become partners in education, if we are going to be able to compete in the future world markets successfully.  The EEP fully serves this purpose.”

“The EEP was most helpful in broadening my global perspective.”

“It was no ‘fun trip’, it was a great, lasting and important experience in my life.”

“The program has changed my way of thinking, it has changed me.  The need for intercultural cooperation and the exchange of ideas as a fundamental principle of school education were seen as the main result.”

“I judge the Berlin experience to have been of significant importance and an enrichment for my career.”

“It provided professional growth, gave me many new insights, I am proud to have made new friends.”

“I received numerous and very special professional and personal benefits from STEP.”

“I believe that your choice of guest lecturers contributed greatly to our improved understanding of the German way of life.  Each speaker seemed to be an expert in his/her topic.”

“The presentations were factual, supplemented for the most part with written outlines or notes.  The distribution of other pertinent brochures and handouts was also very appropriate, giving us the opportunity to review and assimilate the material at our leisure.”

EEP Application Form 2010 (PDF, 169 KB)
(Please not that this needs to be filled out in English.)
Educational Enrichment Sample Program (PDF, 790 KB)