American Association of Teachers of German

September

AATG sends mailing including order form to all secondary level teachers of German on its database (approx. 9,000 nationwide)

October 1

Chapter president appoints or reappoints Chapter Testing Chair and submits name to AATG office

Oct.- Nov.

Chapter Presidents and Chapter Testing Chairs encourage teachers to participate in National German Examination (announce at chapter meetings, in chapter newsletter, and on the chapter website). Request lists or labels of secondary teachers from AATG office via email to distribute announcements.

Nov.-Jan.

Chapter Testing Chairs form chapter awards committee (should have at least two other members) to establish criteria for the selection of chapter nominees.

Oct. 29

Postmark deadline for mailing orders and fees to AATG

Nov.-ongoing

Software Design ships examinations to Test Administrator (not to the German teacher) approximately 3 weeks after order is received at AATG

Dec. 7-Jan. 20

Examination administration period

Jan. 20

Postmark deadline to return all answer sheets to:
Software Design, P.O. Box 2247, Springfield, VA 22152
For delivery service other than the post office, use:
6703 Reynard Drive, Springfield, VA 22152
Phone: 703-455-6779

Feb. 2

Software Design sends exam scores to Chapter Testing Chairs (electronically) and to German teachers via postal mail, along with an application form for students scoring at or above the 90th percentile.

**Please check your test results right away! Occasionally a student’s results are not included (two answer sheets may go through the machine at once, or a student’s answer sheet may have been left in the exam booklet). Contact Software Design immediately if the results are incomplete. After March 31, Software Design will charge a $20 fee to resend test results. We also suggest copying the test results.

Feb. 18

Deadline for student applications for Study Trip Awards to be received by Chapter Testing Chairs. (The Chapter Testing Chair’s address is listed toward the end of the test results sent to teachers.)

Feb. 18-Mar. 8

Chapter Testing Chairs and chapter awards committees interview applicants in person or by phone and select nominees.

March 9

Chapter Testing Chairs send materials on nominee to AATG along with a letter explaining chapter selection process and why the chapter’s nominee was chosen. These materials must be received at AATG by this date.

March 9

Chapter Testing Chairs notify all teachers and student applicants of each student’s status.

March 14

National Selection Committee meets to choose prizewinner finalists.

March 15

AATG notifies applicants of study trip awards and sends additional forms to winners.

March

AATG sends shipment of all prizes (books, T-shirts, medals, etc.) to Chapter Testing Chairs. German teachers order Certificates of Merit directly from AATG (on form sent along with test results by Software Design) for their students who score at or above 70%.

March 31

Additional forms from winners must be received at AATG. AATG sends these to PAD (Pädagogischer Austauschdienst) in Bonn.

June/July

Study Trips (tentative)