Teacher Continuing Education

First NCL Teacher Training in Berlin 2010

For the teacher training “DNA Mutations: Diagnosis and Therapy Using Genetic Techniques,” held on September 12th 2010, the NCL-Foundation was happy to host several high-profile speakers. Prof. Dr. Karl Sperling, director of the Institute for Human Genetics at the Campus Virchow Clinic in Berlin, for example, spoke on the Human Genome Project and its significance for genetic diagnosis and counseling.

In addition, Dr. James Adjaye, stem cell researcher and group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, spoke about the opportunities and risks of stem cell therapy. These comments were supplemented by Ms. Iris Dyck, mother of a child affected with late-infantile NCL, who shared her experiences with human genetics/stem cell therapy.

2010 Teacher Meeting in Hamburg

On March 29th 2010, for the first time, there was a meeting of all teachers who participate in the Learning Partnerships for A-level Specialization project, held in the laboratory of Dr. Fenner & Colleagues in Hamburg. Ideas for improvement and stories of success were discussed with regard to individual modules of the school project.  In addition to the teachers, Dr. Krasemann, Dr. Stuebe (NWZ) and Mr. Hagemann also took part in the meeting. 

2nd 2009 Teacher Training

On 28th September 2009 there was another teacher training seminar held at the Federal Institute for Teacher Training. This time Dr. Krasemann from the laboratory of Dr. Fenner and colleagues was also a training partner. He gave a lecture on humanistic counseling and pre-implementation diagnostic (PID).  Additionally, the participants were led by Ms. Reinelt and Ms. Worthmann through the discussion game “Decide” through the topic of PID, which is excellent as a teaching model. 

• Announcement of 2nd teacher training 2009
  

• Program for the 2nd teacher training 2009

1st 2009 Teacher Training

On March 30th 2009, the Foundation set up a training seminar for the first time on the topic ''human genetic counseling" together with a genetic diagnostic laboratory. In addition to the lectures by several experts, a tour through the laboratory and a visit to a fully-automated analysis street were part of the event, which simultaneously served to present the project “Profile partnership with the NCL Foundation and cooperation partners”.   The Foundation is pleased with the friendly cooperation of Dr. Fenner, Dr. Krasemann, and colleagues. 

• Announcement of 1st teacher training 2009
  

• Program for the 1st teacher training 2009

Together with the Federal Institute for Teacher Training and School Development, the NCL-Foundation offered training to Biology teachers.  These trainings took place on September 22nd and November 3rd 2008, both held at the premises of the Federal Institute. 

• Announcement of 1st teacher training 2008

• Announcement of 2nd teacher training 2008

First Ever NCL Teacher Training 2007

On October 4th 2007, the NCL-Foundation organized a teacher seminar for the first time entitled, “Human DNA mutations: diagnosis and therapy with the assistance of genetic processes.“ The focus of the topic was on genetic diagnostics, genetic therapy and genetic counseling as well as on forms of the NCL disease and their therapeutic chances. 

• You can find the report on the first teacher training here as a PDF