Gensyn med Kilchzimmer - Visiting Kilchzimmer

Det er søndag og tid til at tænke tilbage på en dejlig uge på Kilchzimmer, EB’s europæiske hovedkvarter. Vi er i gang med et IOT 2 kursus (Instructor of Teachers, level 2 course). Det er et videreuddannelseskursus for EB’s medarbejdere, og jeg er her for at lede kurset og for at undervise. Næsten alle os lærere underviser dette kursus for første gang eller har fået helt nye fag at undervise, så der har været nok at se til. I år har vi kun fem kursister, så de får lov til at være prøvekaniner på diverse indfald. Og vi fortsætter endnu en uge! Hver eftermiddag er vi en flok, der bevæger os ud i den schweiziske snejungle for at få noget motion og frisk luft. Om aftenen hygger vi os med spil. Men selvom det lyder meget hyggeligt, så er det også benhårdt arbejde med mange timers forberedelse og undervisning for både lærere og kursister hver dag.

For mig har det været en stor glæde at være tilbage i Schweiz. Her på Kilchzimmer er der sket mange ting, siden jeg forlod stedet, og jeg må sige, at dette besøg har været det bedste nogensinde for mig. Huset emmer af glæde, omsorg og godt humør. Mine ex-kolleger mødes i fritiden og hygger sig sammen. Det føles som om, at Kilchzimmer er på vej derhen, hvor jeg altid drømte om og troede på, at det kunne komme.



(Silvia is teaching, photos taken by Brigitte Kreuzwirth)

It is Sunday and time to think back on a wonderful week at Kilchzimmer, CEF’s European headquarters. At the moment we are having an IOT 2 course (Instructor of Teachers, Level 2 course) here. It is a training course for the workers in CEF and I am here to lead the course and to teach. Almost all of us teachers teach this course for the first time or have completely new subjects to teach, so there has been enough to look at. This year we have only five students, and they have become the guinea-pigs at various incidents. And we will continue another week! Each afternoon, some of us goes out to explore the Swiss jungle of snow and to get some exercise and fresh air. In the evening we play games and enjoy ourselves. But although it sounds very nice, it's also hard work with long hours of preparation and teaching for both teachers and students every day.

For me it has been a great pleasure to be back in Switzerland. Here at Kilchzimmer many nice things seem to have happened since I left and I must say that this visit has been the best ever for me. The house exudes joy, caring and jokes. Some of my ex-colleagues meet after work to have fun together. It feels as though Kilchzimmer is on the way to where I always dreamed and believed that it could be.