School hours canceled? Doesn't have to be!

Many parents of pupils at other schools are furious. The number of missed lessons at some schools is now reaching new highs. Children and young people are missing out on valuable lessons. They have to fill any gaps in their learning in core subjects themselves or with the help of private tutors. They also miss out on general education, health-promoting or personality-building lessons such as music, art or sport.

At the private grammar school and boarding school Schloss-Schule Kirchberg, a start was made years ago to counteract rising school absences with targeted measures!

The Schloss-Schule actually benefits from the possibilities of a private school. After all, there is no need to involve the regional council, submit applications or wait for staff allocations in order to hire new teachers.
The Schloss-Schule can look for and recruit suitable teachers who "fit" with the Schloss-Schule independently and completely independently of other institutions!
The staff of the Schloss-Schule has therefore been sufficiently strengthened - and motivation and identification with the Schloss-Schule are strong.
The willingness of teachers to stand in for colleagues when the need arises is also above average!
Because the Schloss-Schule does not want to leave the regulation of this very important colleague help in the dark, a so-called "scope for deputizing" is defined in the standard employment contracts for all teachers. This can be used for any necessary substitute lessons. Substitute teaching is therefore a clearly regulated obligation for the entire teaching staff.
The specific procedure in the event of an impending absence is also clearly regulated: If a teacher reports sick, their lessons are taken over by subject colleagues with the highest priority. If this is not possible due to the short-term staffing situation, a subject lesson will be 'replaced' by another class-specific subject lesson - for example, a German lesson will be replaced by a Maths lesson.
Only in absolutely exceptional cases, i.e. if these two priority rules cannot be implemented, will another specialist take over the supervision of the class and work with the pupils on current homework, for example.