LIS application process for parents - Leipzig International School

LIS application
process for parents
Hints for the use of the LIS Online Application
System (LISOnA)

Overview
The following slides provide you with the information needed to successfully create and
submit an application for your child/children.
As a major benefit for you almost the whole process can be done online. The
amount of paper that has to be printed out has been reduced to the contract at
the very end of the application process. This helps saving a lot time and provides us
with a working communication channel right from the start.
In general there are 4 basic steps for you:
1. Create an parent user account if needed and log on to the corresponding website.
2. Create data record(s) for your child / for each of your children.
3. Create and complete application record(s) according to the number of child records.
4. Submit all open application forms and wait for school’s response (mainly via E-Mail).

Step 1: Create an account
Just in case you have never used LISOnA before you will have to register
first. If you already have a working account please go ahead with Step 2. In case you do
have an account but you do not remember the password, please use the Forgot
password? link underneath the login mask and request a new password.
How do you register for LISOnA (see next slide for visualisation):
• Open http://www.intschool-leipzig.de and change to Admissions > Application >
Register for LISOnA (1)
• You will be asked for basic information about yourself (2).
Note: Please do not register under your child’s first and last name.
• Once the registration form has been submitted successfully an e-mail will be sent to
you to confirm your registration.
Note: It is essential that you always confirm your registration by clicking on the
appropriate (first) link inside the message. (3)
• From the page processing your confirmation you will directly be forwarded to the login
page.
• In the fields Username and Password enter the e-mail address and the password
you have chosen while registering yourself and click Login.

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Step 1: Create an account - visualisation
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Step 2: Login and start application process
• Open www.intschool-leipzig.de and change to Admissions > Application >
Login to LISOnA
• Enter your username (e-mail address) and the password. Click Login now.
• If your login was successful, you will be forwarded to the welcome page.
• Depending on whether you want to continue/finish (2) a present application or
whether you want to start from scratch (1) the welcome screen may vary.
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Step 3: Online Application – Create a child record
If this is your first login you will be asked to create a new child record. Click
on Add a new child record and fill in the appropriate information. Fields
marked * are mandatory.
Now click on Application.
Your child record has now
been saved and you will be
forwarded to the welcome
screen which looks a bit
different now.

Step 3: Online Application – Create an application
record
When you click on Application as described before a box with general
information on the application you are now working with is shown. Since there
was no application record yet the only action that could be taken is: Start
application. You need not enter all information by now. When you are done tick
‘save current changes only’ and click Continue at the end of the form. You
will again be forwarded to LISOnA welcome page.
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Step 3: Online Application – Edit an application
record
Back on the welcome page you are now informed that you started off with an
application. The text in red font indicates that the application form has not yet
been submitted. As you want LIS to process the application for your child you
must complete and submit any open application form. Therefore you open the
application status page by clicking on Application again. Now click Edit.
Overall application status

Step 3: Online Application – Submit an application
record
Back on the application form scroll down and first tick ‘save changes and submit
form’. Next, click Continue. In case the application form is incomplete an
error message appears. The system lets you know what is wrong and where to
change or place the input.
Once you have added the appropriate content tick ‘save current changes only’
and click Continue. You will now have to repeat this step (open the application,
tick ‘save changes and submit form’, click continue).

Step 3: Online Application – Submit an application
record
Assuming that you are now fulfilling all requirements regarding completeness
and consistency the application form will be submitted and the overall status is
changed into Submitted.
From now on you may open the application form in read-only mode only.

Application submitted – What happens next?
The school will now evaluate the application and transfer the data into school’s
database. The overall status of your application now changes from Submitted to
Pending.
At the beginning of March, according to the school’s admissions timeframe and
process for the upcoming school year, we will inform you whether we are able to
offer a place in the appropriate class or whether we have to put your child on a
waiting list. The status of your application then changes from Pending to
Accepted or Waiting list.
From 15 April onward, we offer admissions on a rolling basis.

Remarks on the waiting list
If you are on the waiting list, you will be contacted as soon as a space becomes
available. Please inform the registrar when you want to withdraw your application
as soon as you know.
As soon as LIS is able to offer you a place, your application will be accepted and
the contract will be uploaded. The registrar will send you an email to inform you
how to retrieve your contract from our Online Application Platform.

Help and support
If you encounter difficulties do not hesitate to contact one of the persons in
charge:
• Doris Dinkel, Registrar: Administrative matters,
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• Alexander Burkhardt or Stefan Kaudelka, ICT: Technical matters
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