Volkshochschule Berlin Mitte

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The Volkshochschule (VHS) Berlin Mitte is one of the twelve adult education centers in Berlin. It is a department of the Office for Further Education and Culture of the District Office Mitte of Berlin . It is currently headed by Michael Weiß. As a public institution for adult and further education, it is supposed to guarantee the basic provision of further education according to § 123 of the School Act of the State of Berlin.

history

Volkshochschule Berlin Mitte at Linienstraße 162 by Ludwig Hoffmann

In Berlin, the adult education centers were re- established in 1945 after they had been abolished or brought into line under National Socialism. For a long time they had no buildings of their own, but held classes in classrooms and the like The VHS Berlin Mitte emerged with the administrative reform of January 1, 2001 from the merger of the former Berlin districts Mitte , Wedding and Tiergarten . It now covers the area of ​​the following six Berlin districts: Mitte , Wedding , Tiergarten , Moabit , Hansaviertel and Gesundbrunnen .

program

Open program

The so-called "Open Program" can be booked by anyone. It includes events and courses from the following eight program areas (PB):

  • PB1.1: Politics, society, regional studies and the environment
  • PB1.2: Africa Academy / Black Adult Education Center - SVHS
    • Effect of Colonialism in the Present
    • A place of learning and memory in the African Quarter in Berlin's Wedding district
    • Afro-diasporic school (children with an African migration background get to know parts of the culture of their parents and grandparents)
  • PB2: Culture and Design
  • PB3: health
  • PB4.1: German and integration courses
  • PB4.2: Foreign languages
  • PB5.1: work, profession and IT
  • PB5.2: Institute for Acting, Film and Television Professions (iSFF)
  • PB6: basic education

integration

The courses from the “Integration” department are aimed at immigrants . The focus here is on learning the German language . The various courses, such as B. Integration courses, German courses for parents, German courses for refugees or the parents' academy are based on different legal bases and are financed by state funds, participant fees and / or third-party funds.

The transition to the open program is the subject of practice and research.

The VHS Berlin Mitte has been accredited by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) to offer teacher qualifications since 2005 . This additional qualification for German as a second language is required by the BAMF for teachers who want to teach in integration courses in accordance with the Immigration Act and who cannot prove that they are qualified according to the admission criteria of the Federal Office. It is one of currently 18 approved providers (as of September 26, 2019).

Education on behalf

These are courses for companies or public institutions, e.g. B. Courses on language acquisition or software applications .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Office for Further Education and Culture. District Office Mitte von Berlin, press office, accessed on December 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ From demonstrating at Oranienplatz to learning in the adult education center. Retrieved December 24, 2018
  3. ↑ School Act of the State of Berlin. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Eduard Ditschek, Sigrid Schulze: 50 Years of Adult Education in the Wedding District of Berlin 1945–1995 . In: Eduard Ditschek, Sigrid Schulze (Hrsg.): Volksbildung im Wedding .
  5. ↑ Politics, society, regional studies and the environment
  6. ↑ Afrodiasporic Saturday School. Retrieved April 2, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Culture and Design
  8. ↑ health
  9. ↑ German and integration courses
  10. ↑ Foreign languages
  11. ↑ Work, profession and IT
  12. ^ Website of the iSFF. In: Homepage. Volkshochschule Berlin Mitte, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Basic education
  14. ↑ Integration courses
  15. ↑ German courses for parents
  16. ↑ German courses for refugees
  17. ↑ Parents Academy
  18. ↑ Implementing regulations on fees for the Berlin adult education centers
  19. ^ Nicole Brose: Social inclusion through adult education. 2013, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Federal Office for Migration and Refugees: List of providers for additional qualifications for teachers in German as a second language. BAMF, accessed on October 11, 2019 .