Apply for recognition as a teacher with professional qualification from EU/EEA/Switzerland

You submit an application to the responsible office. You can send the application by post, send it electronically or submit it in person. The responsible office will inform you.

The responsible office receives the application. It will confirm to you after a maximum of one month that the application has been received. Once the competent office has received all the documents from you, it will process your application. The competent authority will then check: Is your professional qualification equivalent to the professional qualification in your federal state ? The competent body will compare the qualifications using certain criteria. Important criteria are, for example, the duration of the training, the content of the training and the number of subjects taught. The competent body will also take your professional experience, your other certificates of competence and your other qualifications into account when assessing equivalence.

If your professional qualification and the professional qualification in the selected federal state are equivalent, you will receive recognition.

Sometimes there are significant differences between the professional qualifications. If there are significant differences, you can usually take a compensatory measure.

There are various compensation measures:

• Adaptation course: you work as a teacher and perhaps do additional training. This means, for example, that you take part in courses at a university.
• Aptitude test: You take teaching tests and oral examinations. A teaching sample means that you conduct lessons with pupils. Examiners observe and assess your lessons. The responsible office will inform you about the necessary teaching samples and examinations.

You can usually choose between an adaptation period or an aptitude test. Sometimes the competent body decides which compensatory measure you should take. The responsible office will inform you.

If you successfully complete the compensation measure, you will receive recognition.

With this recognition, you can apply for the teaching profession in your federal state. apply. This is a separate procedure. The other requirements for the so-called teaching qualification are then checked.

If you meet all the requirements, you will be awarded the teaching qualification. The teaching qualification is always valid for the teaching position you have applied for. This means that you can teach your subjects at a specific school. You have the same professional rights as a person with a German professional qualification.

There are various options depending on the federal state, to work as a teacher without recognition, e.g. via a lateral entry or at a private school. The responsible office will inform you about the details.

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Opportunities for working as a teacher without recognition

There are various options for working as a teacher without recognition. Exactly which options you have depends on which federal state you would like to work in. The responsible office will inform you.

Options for working as a teacher without recognition include

• lateral entry
• lateral entry
• Direct entry
• Working as a substitute teacher
• Working at a private school
• Working at international schools
• Teaching in the language of origin (mother tongue)
• Working in preparatory classes and support classes (e.g. German as a foreign language - DaF or German as a second language - DaZ)
• Working outside of a school (e.g. in adult education)

Partial professional access for professional qualifications from the EU, EEA or Switzerland:
Your professional qualification is not equivalent and there are many significant differences? In some federal states, you may be able to work in the profession with partial access to the profession. With partial access to the profession, you can also work in the profession without recognition. There are certain requirements for this. As a teacher, you are then only allowed to take on certain tasks. You apply for partial access to the profession at the competent authority. The competent authority will inform you.

Equivalence with the 1st state examination
In most federal states, you can also have your professional qualification compared only with the German teaching degree (1st state examination). If your professional qualification is equivalent to the 1st state examination, then you can be admitted to the preparatory service or a lateral entry course, for example. The responsible office will inform you.

The preparatory service is the pedagogical-practical training. This training concludes with the 2nd state examination. The practical training is also called: Referendariat.

If you successfully complete the preparatory service, you can apply to teach at state schools. You have the same professional rights as a person with a German professional qualification.

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What deadlines must be paid attention to?

There are no deadlines.

How long does it take to process

As a rule, the equivalence check takes a maximum of 3 months after receipt of all complete documents.
Delays are possible due to special circumstances or complexity.

• Richtlinie 2005/36/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Anerkennung von Berufsqualifikationen
• Bremisches Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz (BremBQFG)
• Verordnung zur Anerkennung ausländischer Lehrkräfteberufsqualifikationen in Bremen (AV-L)
• Bremisches Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz (BremBQFG)

• Zentrale Servicestelle Berufsanerkennung (ZSBA)
• Finanzielle Hilfen für das Anerkennungsverfahren
• Informationen zum Netzwerk der einheitlichen Ansprechpartner in Deutschland auf der Internetseite des BMWi
• Öffentlich bestellte Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer in Deutschland
• Gemeinsamer Europäischer Referenzrahmen für Sprachen (GER)