The city of Wolfsburg actively supports inclusion in educational institutions throughout the educational biography (early support or early help, daycare centers, transitions, schools, transition from school to work, training, further and continuing education). Education is open to everyone throughout their educational biography. With this value system supported in the city of Wolfsburg (see also Wolfsburg's understanding of education) , far-reaching change processes will be initiated in the coming years. To implement the strategic goals in the area of inclusion and the associated change processes, a cross-departmental project "Inclusive (educational) city" was initiated in 2012, which is based in the Wolfsburg education office.
As part of a targeted overall process towards an inclusive (educational) city, strategically important fields of action are gradually being addressed in sub-projects.
The development of inclusion in Wolfsburg starts with the daycare centers and general education schools. A key feature of inclusion development is the associated paradigm shift. It is not the individual who has to adapt to existing systems (e.g. daycare centers, schools, universities), but the systems have to change so that everyone has a place in them. This may involve a change in attitude on the part of those involved in Wolfsburg's educational landscape, which is both a challenge and an incentive.
Thus, inclusion is the recognition of diversity (heterogeneity) in education and upbringing. Difference is normal - disability, impairment, social or cultural background is seen as enrichment. Everyone benefits equally from being included in society. Enabling active participation in society, recognizing and removing existing barriers is the goal of inclusion.
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Handbook Inclusive (Educational) City
Handbook Inclusive (Educational) CityThe first edition of the Inclusive (educational) city handbook is now available.
The handbook contains 2 parts. On the one hand, it describes important contact persons and areas of responsibility, and on the other, it contains information, resolutions and recommendations from the field of inclusive education.
The Inclusive (educational) city handbook is intended for parents, daycare centers, schools and other interested parties.
(June 2015, first edition)
Relevant keywords and topics in the manual:
- Applications for Inclusion Assistance:
- Accessibility:
- Advice for:
- Consulting for nurseries and day care centers:
- Family service offers
- Crib
- Kindergarten
- School (school support)
- In Kitas
- In schools
- Advice on outpatient, day-care and inpatient assistance according to SGB VIII (mental handicap)
- Parents with dyslexia and dyscalculia
- Parents (nursery and kindergarten) on educational issues
- Parents (school counseling)
- Parents on questions of career orientation
- Parents on child and adolescent health issues
- Parents on school transportation issues
- Parents on catering issues
- Counseling of adolescents and young adults on career orientation issues
- On joint upbringing and education in crèches and daycare centers
- Counseling and support in cases of suspected mental illness - Social psychiatric service
- Order school escort
- Early aids
- Special educators
- Integrative nurseries and daycare centers
- Vacation care included
- Guidelines School development plan
- Medical report
- Advisory service for inclusion and special needs education of the state education authority
- School locations and contact persons
- School social work I
- School social work II
- Steps on the way to childcare in an integration group
- Language Education
- Applications for Inclusion Assistance:
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Education report 2014 with focus on inclusion
Education report 2014_downloadIris Bothe(City Councillor for Youth, Education and Integration), Prof. Dr. Hans Döbert (Berlin) and Guido Stolle (Education Office) presented the second Wolfsburg Education Report on 28.04.2015.
What is the state of education in Wolfsburg? An overview of the key findings and resulting recommendations can be found on pages 22 - 32.
The new education report updates the data from the first education report in 2011. A new and overarching focus topic is inclusive education. It also looks at higher and further education as well as non-formal and informal education.Download the report: Education Report 2014
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Consulting and support system for schools
Contact persons for the consulting and support concept are:
Modern schools are faced with a variety of development tasks and increasing demands: curricular developments, standardization, quality analyses and the current development of inclusion mean that school administrators or all-day coordinators as well as teachers and pedagogical staff in schools are in demand as educational authorities and mediators of social and cultural skills.
One of the biggest challenges here is to make school a shared place of learning for all children - regardless of disability or background.
Download: Counseling and support concept
Petra Schmieta-Lüdtke
Wolfsburg Education Office
Phone: 05 361 28-1633
E-mail: petra.schmieta-luedtke@stadt.wolfsburg.deMarina Hartwig
VHS Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361 8 939 080
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Strategic goals of Departments I and II
Circle hands white- We understand inclusion to mean the comprehensive and unrestricted participation of people in social life, and we are working towards this goal.
- We operate in complex structures with complex tasks that we meet flexibly.
- We will use our resources across the board to shape the new challenges.
- In a self-learning organization, we work in project-oriented structures.
- We involve the people of Wolfsburg in our processes.
- We will start with jointly agreed key issues.
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Wolfsburg School Principals' Resolution of 05.07.2012
As school principals in Wolfsburg, we want to take on the challenge of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in such a way that we become an inclusive educational city. The goal of our school work is:
To optimally support and challenge every child in Wolfsburg to become a self-confident, curious personality who is motivated to shape the future that lies ahead! We need everyone on this path - we don't want to give up on any child. We want to shape this process towards an inclusive city of education together, and in doing so we do not want to exclude or leave anyone behind.
No child in a Wolfsburg school should be discriminated against or shamed. On the way to an inclusive city of education, we need and expect the support of the administration and politics, especially the provision of human and material resources, as well as the offer of accompanying and supporting training measures.