Team

Our team at the Deutsche Akademie is made up of staff responsible for pedagogy, secretariat and management as well as our qualified, native teachers who all have a vocation for teaching, lots of experience and the benefit of continuous training within their field. They also hold additional titles as official examiners. The team philosophy is to offer maximum professionalism, attention, amiability and quality at all times and to provide a positive environment that encourages our students to learn in a constructive, enjoyable and personalised manner.

The continuous training undertaken makes it possible for us to offer up-to-date material and information, as well as advanced pedagogical programs that contribute to our students reaching their goals successfully and satisfactorily.

Pedagogical
management:

Cristina Viñas Mur holds a Philology Degree and is a pedagogical consultant, official examiner and sworn translator and interpreter authorised by the German Ministry of Culture. Since 1988 she has worked as a teacher, translator and interpreter of German, Spanish, French and English at schools in Germany, companies and entities such as the European Union, the OECD and the University of Zaragoza.

She has been responsible for the pedagogical management at the Deutsche Akademie, Centre Alemany del Vallés, since 1999 and her specialties are the continuous teacher training, teaching and learning methods, supervision of pedagogical courses and programs, the creation of tailor-made linguistic programs as well as pedagogical and intercultural assessment.

Management:

Martin Gerß has a Higher Industrial Engineering Degree from the University of Hanover and a postgraduate degree in Project Management from the George Washington University. He is also a language advisor and official examiner of German. As an advisor and solutions manager he has worked together with multinational companies such as SUN, AT&T, NCR and Deutsche Bank.

Martin Gerß has been the Deutsche Akademie’s director since 2004 and he is responsible for the coordination and management of the language service offered to companies, the official exams, and the courses at the Deutsche Akademie in Sant Cugat as well as in Germany, and he manages the global supervision of the Deutsche Akademie, Centre Alemany del Vallés.