Applying for recognition of foreign professional qualifications as a teacher

• Foreign professional qualification as a teacher for public schools You have a fully completed professional qualification as a teacher from abroad • Place of work Berlin You want to work as a teacher in public schools in the state of Berlin

• Application for recognition of foreign training as a teacher You can only submit your application online. • Identity document Passport or identity card • Curriculum vitae Curriculum vitae in tabular form with date and signature • Marriage certificate Marriage certificate or other proof of name change • Proof of training • Certificate of higher education entrance qualification • Certificates, documents and any other evidence required abroad in order to obtain the professional qualification as a teacher there • Subject and grade overviews (diploma supplement, transcript, study book, etc.) • Proof of employment (if available) Certificate confirming the duration and scope of your teaching activities, including details of the subjects and year groups you have taught; only activities within the last ten years will be taken into account. • Language certificate (if already available) Goethe-Zertifikat C2 - Grand German Language Diploma • Recognition or equality notice, if applicable Notifications on the recognition and/or equalisation of foreign training as a teacher, if another state of the Federal Republic of Germany has already made a decision • Translations of the documents www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/ • German translations must also be submitted for all documents that were not issued in German. For all certificates and documents or other official proof of school, university or professional qualifications, the translations must be carried out by a sworn translator. • Translations of foreign documents that are not written in Latin script must also contain a transliteration in accordance with the ISO standard.

• EUR 85.00 for a brief decision or in the event of a negative decision • EUR 340.00 for a detailed decision • No fees for a temporary brief decision

• Act on the Recognition and Equality of Foreign Teacher Qualifications (Teacher Qualification Assessment Act Berlin - LQFG Bln) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=EWG48%2F98uaG+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Regulation on the adaptation course and the aptitude test in accordance with the Berlin Teacher Qualification Assessment Act (Compensation Measures Regulation - AusglMV) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-LehrqAusglVBErahmen • Ordinance on Fees for the Examination of Professional Qualifications and the Assessment of Foreign Higher Education Qualifications (Professional Qualification Examination Fee Ordinance - BQPGebVO) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=BQPGebV+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true>

The Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family Affairs will confirm receipt of the application documents within one month and request any missing evidence. The decision will be made by the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family Affairs within four to six months of receipt of the complete application documents.

• Recognition of teaching qualifications (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/en/recognition-of-degrees-and-qualific • Frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the recognition of teaching qualifications in Berlin (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/anerkennung/lehramtsabschluesse/faq-an • Recognition of qualifications as a teacher (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/anerkennung/lehramtsabschluesse/englis • FAQ - Recognition of qualifications as a teacher (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/anerkennung/lehramtsabschluesse/faq-an • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications on ‘Recognition in Germany’ (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training) www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • Financial assistance in the recognition procedure (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training) www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support. • Single point of contact in Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/ • Publicly appointed translators in Germany (Justice Portal) www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/

The Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) is the authority responsible in Berlin for the recognition of foreign teacher training qualifications. You can obtain advice there even before submitting an application. On its website, the Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie offers detailed information, also in English.