Klassenleiter

English translation: form tutor

12:59 Dec 19, 2005

German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / schools

German term or phrase: Klassenleiter

on a certificate

The "Klassenleiter" is the main teacher of a class.

Sabine Griebler KudoZ activity Questions: 193 (1 open) (7 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 652
Local time: 10:15

English translation:form tutor

Explanation:
As with all education questions posted on Kudoz, it very much depends on the target readership. The term used nowadays in British secondary schools is 'form tutor'. Below are some of the 90,000 examples found on Google:

The following list provides contact names for all form tutors. If you wish to discuss your child’s progress or other matters relating to your child’s time in school their form tutor is probably the best person to talk to.
http://www.sloughgrammar.berks.sch.uk/about-us/our-people-fo...
The module aims to ensure that students understand the pastoral role of the teacher and their moral and legal responsibilities and develop the skills required to work as a form tutor in building relationships, managing information and communication channels.
http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/module/0405/ES/ED3PT1.htm
Form Tutor Job Description
http://www.stclementdanes.org.uk/recruitment/jobdesc_form.ht...
THE FORM TUTOR’S ROLE
All staff have responsibility for the development of personal and social skills. However, it is the Form Tutor who is the key to the Pastoral Curriculum at Eskdale. The Form Tutor not only listens and advises students when they have a worry, they also monitor the progress their students are making personally and socially, and adjust their tutorial programme to meet the needs of their own students. It is not good enough to leave the development of personal and social skills to chance - the processes have to be managed.
http://www.eskdale.n-yorks.sch.uk/prospectus.htm

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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:15

Grading comment

Thank you very much.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

class teacher/ form teacher

Louise Mawbey

4 +1

homeroom teacher

Marnen Laibow-Koser

form tutor

Lancashireman

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

class teacher/ form teacher

Explanation:
This is the teacher that is in charge of a particular class and maybe teaches them in one or two subjects, but the students go to other teachers for other subjects.

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Louise Mawbey
Germany
Local time: 10:15
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 1

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

homeroom teacher

Explanation:
Common American usage. No one in the U.S. would understand "class teacher" with this meaning, and we don't use "form" in a scholastic sense in this country at all.

Marnen Laibow-Koser
United States
Local time: 04:15
Native speaker of:

English

6 hrs confidence:

form tutor

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 370

Grading comment

Thank you very much.

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