First state examination

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General information

The Kassel Examination Office of the Hessian Teachers' Academy holds the first state examination twice a year, in spring and fall.

You can always base your timing on the previous examination campaigns, and the preparatory service in Hesse begins on November 1 and May 1 of each year.

Tip: Please attend the information events for the First State Examination at least three semesters in advance, which are always offered in May and November.

On the website of the Kassel examination center you will find Dates and deadlines, information on the documents required for the first state examination and contact persons.

Shortly before the admission date of each campaign, you must have completed your studies, passed the WHA (academic term paper) and have a certificate for the work placement.

Tip: Please check your performance overview regularly and make sure that your grades are entered promptly.

You choose in which of your subjects or the core study program you would like to write the WHA (academic term paper). The period for writing the paper is twelve weeks. The number of pages should not be less than 60. Information on the WHA and the required documents can be found on the website of the Kassel examination center.

In Art and Music, it is possible to complete a practical artistic assignment.

Please allow sufficient time for possible postage, correction time and time to discuss the topic.

You can find information and registration forms here

On the pages of the Kassel Examination Office you will find a list of the examinations to be taken, as well as diagrams:

Diagram for elementary school teachers

Special feature L1: The written exam is always written in the long subject. An oral examination is always taken in the two short subjects and in the area of elementary school didactics. (MPO 2023)

Diagram for teaching degree at Hauptschulen and Realschulen

Diagram for teaching degree at grammar schools

Special feature L3: The written exam is always taken in the subjects of art and music.

You have a say in the choice of examiner for all parts of the state examination. The examination office of the Teachers' Academy provides an examiner request form for this purpose, which you must submit by the deadline. Further information can be obtained from the examination center.

It is essential that you contact your preferred examiners in good time, as in many cases only a limited number of examinations can be conducted per examiner.

You must always look for one person for a written exam and two people for an oral exam. The person who supervises the WHA can also conduct an examination as part of the First State Examination.

Core studies:

The second examiner for the oral examination is always assigned. You will find a separate form for this on the core studies page.

You will be examined in the core study program in the subject areas of education/psychology and sociology/politics and choose yourself in which area you write the written exam and in which you take the oral exam. Please pay attention to the examination authorization of the respective subject areas of the lecturers.

to the registration form and to the overview of examiners in the core study program

 

Special features for individual subjects:

Sport:

Examiners for the oral examination will be assigned. Please contact Ms. Trümper by email to arrange a personal appointment. You will need the examiner sheet from the Teachers' Academy.

Math L1:

Examiners for the oral exam will be assigned. Please send a registration email. The exam is administered centrally.

To the information and contact

Math L2, L3:

Please send a registration email. The exam is administered centrally.

To the information and contact

Subject L1:

The examiners are selected according to a priority procedure. There is a separate form on the Sachunterricht website.

Further information and the registration form

English:

You can find the following guide on the website of the Institute of English Studies .

German:

You can register for both the oral exam and the written exam via a moodle course from FB 02.

A total of 12 modules from the degree course are included in the state examination grade (4 per subject in the L2 and L3 degree courses, 3 per subject in the primary school teaching degree course). You will find the modules listed under the "Modules" section of the respective module examination regulations.

The 12 module results are not always simply added together. In the L1 and L3 degree programs, the subjects are weighted. The result of the 12 modules is calculated according to the following key:

  • in the L1 degree program, 3 modules from each subject account for 15% of the final grade.
  • In the L2 degree program, the 4 modules from both subjects and the core studies account for 20% of the final grade.
  • In the L3 degree program, the 4 modules from the two subjects each account for 24% and those from the core studies for 12% of the grade for the First State Examination.
  • In the L5 course, 3 modules from the subject account for 12% of the final grade, 3 modules from the core course account for 12% and 6 modules from the sub-course in Special Needs and Inclusive Education account for 36%.

The grade for the First State Examination is made up as follows:

  • The modules that are included in the grade make up 60% of the grade for the First State Examination.
  • The academic term paper accounts for 10% of the grade for the First State Examination.
  • The weighted sum of the grades of the written and oral examinations (for L5 also the grade of the diagnostic term paper) according to § 29 HLbG of the First State Examination counts for 30%.

The conversion of the number of points achieved into a decimal grade for the state examination is based on a table (Appendix 2 to the Hessian Teacher Training Act).

Tip: Please search for examiners in good time, many lecturers keep their own registration lists or have posted information on how to register for the First State Examination on their own homepage.