After a short introduction about the necessity of the involvement of parents and students in daily school life (legal and research basics and social context) the main features of the OSD project were outlined and the project website has been presented. The actual version of the Training Framework was presented by showing the training framework webpage. The content of each section and how teachers could use it has been explained.

Within an interactive ice-breaker we wanted to challenge the participants by some provocative statements to get to know something about their attitudes, experience and preconceptions related to parents, migrants, child’s rights etc. In the next part of the workshop we used flipcharts for brainstorming and word cloud about: activities, social environment, education, school community, visions and values, teacher trainings, spaces, language (including digital), information and training. This part was followed by a short overview of examples of good practice and inspiring practices.

After a short introduction where the project was presented, the trainers referred about their experiences of intercultural nature and presented some empirical data. The results of the presentation show the acute need for action and the timeliness of the OSD project. There was a very lively discussion in which many options for the integration of parents with a migration background were proposed. A special proposal was the “Festival of Cultures”, which is already celebrated at two schools at regular intervals. For this purpose, several stalls will be set up to introduce the cultures of children and young people with a migrant background. Here, the trainers gave the hint that the concept can also be extended. In support of the trainers it was referred to the so-called third places in education, i.e. in addition professional staff rooms could also be provided for events, in case there is no other space in the school. The last activity was carried out with the Lego Serious play. The material was used to create life-like situations. Participants were confronted with the task to present a situation known to them, in which the roles of teachers, parents and children with a migration background were represented.

Ms Evangelia Boufardea presented the main aims of the projects as well the current implementation phase of the project. The majority of attendants were teachers and school counselors and found the project very interesting and the topic extremely current.

At the beginning all the workshop attendants introduced themselves and explained the reason they wanted to participate in OSD workshop. The first part of the workshop included a brief description and overview of the project

• Purpose of the workshop
• Open School Doors Learning Outcomes
• Introduction to the stage of the Open School Doors learning cycle

Then, participants were asked to reflect about the schools as contexts for parental engagement with newly arrived families and later the created and shared artefacts to reflect on realities of parental engagement in their own contexts. The next step was to explore Open School Doors recommendations and evaluate their current practice in light of Open School Door recommendations.

Afterwards, participants were divided in two groups for making an experiment with two proposed activities (a) Spaces and Places and (b)Cultures and communities.

Finally, the participants were asked to identify priorities for change and build an action plan according to OSD principles and their own context.

At the end of the workshop a fruitful discussion was held among the participants and organizers which enabled OSD team to learn a lot from practitioners working out in the field.

In a short introduction, Prof. Dr. Köhler presented the key findings from the first phase of the project. Subsequently, Ms. Haider continued the training with practical exercises. Here, the content from the online training program has been integrated. The aspect of welcome culture was discussed in detail. The teachers worked in small groups and produced posters about language, information, rooms, external support, information/ training. You can see the results in the following pictures.

In the second part of the training was discussed about jointly events which have already been implemented in the school and which can be extended in the future. One important finding during this training phase was the following: The best time to start cooperation between parents with migration background and teachers is at the „Day of the Open House“. Here, the children and youth visit the school together with their parents to find out about the educational offers. If this already results in open-hearted and friendly interaction, this can significantly influence the future cooperation. To support the welcome stage for the parents at the school, the teachers would like to invite interpreters to the open house in the future so that language barriers can be reduced.
The workshop was very lively and varied. The previous experience of the teachers enriched the work in the training phases, so that many very good results could be presented. The trainees then commented that they wanted more practical tips to try out at school. The coaches were able to provide a positive outlookon these wishes by inviting the participants to Dresden for the second workshop. In January 2019 concrete practical examples will be passed on to the participants in further workshops.