BiSS Transfer BW: State-wide Roll Out 2023

Transfer of language education, reading and writing promotion (BiSS transfer).

BiSS-Transfer is a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK) for the transfer of language education, reading and writing promotion in schools and day-care centres (www.biss-sprachbildung.de). 

The goal in Baden-Württemberg is the Strengthening basic skills of the pupils in the area of reading. The focus is on the Promoting reading skills (reading technique, reading fluency) and the Reading skills (reading comprehension, reading strategies). On the basis of a Uniform and systematic reading curriculum the BiSS primary schools are gradually implementing elements in reading lessons that have been proven to promote learning, such as training reading fluency with the help of phonics reading tandems and the use of selected reading strategies. To ensure that the implementation works well in all grades, each BiSS primary school has set up its own project group that meets regularly to discuss next steps in the implementation. Each school also has a BiSS contact person who, together with the school management, supports the staff at the school in implementing the BiSS reading promotion concept. Our BiSS contact persons at school are: Mrs. Löffler and Mrs. Fröhlich (Headmaster: Mr. Lebherz).

In Baden-Württemberg, a total of 2030 primary schools, organised in 21 BiSS alliances, will participate from the start of the school year 2023/2024. The alliances serve the purpose of networking and exchange. The alliances can be viewed here: www.biss-sprachbildung.de/biss-vor-ort.

Our primary school is also involved and belongs to the Albstadt network.