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The aim of the work carried out by the Com- Lisa Kirf munity Integration Centre (CI) is to improve Responsible for the towns of and Bünde education, training and integration of peo- as well as the communities of and ple with an immigration background in the Rödinghausen district. This aim represents the positive ap-  05221 13-1130 preciation that migration enriches cultural di-  [email protected] versity and welcomes people with a migration Katja Osterloff background. Responsible for the towns of and  05221 13-1459  [email protected] Community Integration Centre Alev Solgun District of Herford Responsible for the towns of Herford, Löhne and Amtshausstraße 3 as well as the community of 32051 Herford  05221 13-1178  [email protected] Coordination Centre

The Coordination Centre School - Migration Youth Migration Service - Diakonisches School - Migration in Werk in the Parish of Herford Herford District The coordination centre for school and migra- Fabian Drosselmeier tion gives advice to families with children of Responsible for the towns of Vlotho and Enger compulsory school age and adolescents with  05221 599-870 a migration background, who arrive from their  [email protected] homeland during the course of a school year Doris Laukötter without or with very little knowledge of Ger- man. The families are advised on the oppor- Responsible for the towns of Bünde and Löhne as well as the communities of Hiddenhausen, Kirch- tunities available to allow children and young lengern and Rödinghausen Funded by: people to integrate into the German school  05221 599-852 system, to learn the German language quickly  [email protected] and thus to be able to successfully access and complete school education. Michael Lindemann Responsible for the towns of Herford and Spenge  05221 599-837  [email protected] What is the process between entering What happens at the consultation How does communication work? the country and school enrolment? session?

• Foreign families with children of compulso- • Parents and children are informed about the • CI staff members are able to carry out con- ry school age or adolescents arriving in the German school system, the importance of sultations in English, Turkish and Spanish district of Herford are registered at the district school-leaving qualifications and the available without interpreters. For all other langu- of Herford’s CI. funding. ages, families are asked to bring someone who can translate. When requested in ad- • The families receive a written invitation to a • School education so far in the country of ori- vance, the CI cooperates with assistants consultation session. gin and knowledge of German and other lan- with the relevant mother tongue from the guages, as well command of the Roman al- • An initial assessment is made in the consulta- Caritas Association of the city and Kreis phabet are ascertained. tion session, all existing documents are che- Herford e.V. cked and a suitable school is determined. • A suitable school is found for the children: First and second year children are enrol- • In the coordination centre, the families are led in a primary school near their home and Important notice for parents/legal guardians: given an appointment in writing for a medical third and fourth graders are usually enrolled examination before school entry, which takes • Please bring all the important documents in schools which focus on late entrants. From place in the public health department. you have (passport, school certificates, the fifth grade, children and young people are vaccination certificates etc.) to the consul- • The parents/guardians are given written noti- enrolled in international school classes. tation. fication of the address of the school as well as the enrolment date and register the children themselves. Important notice for schools: • If foreign parents/guardians approach schools directly with regards to their school- age children and adolescents, please refer them to the coordination centre for school and migration first.