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Germany: Statement of Professional Standing

You can obtain a Statement of Professional Standing from:

Germany

See the contact information for the state in Germany where you last taught.

Germany - Baden-Württemberg

Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport Baden-Württemberg, (Schlossplatz 4, 70173 Stuttgart) Postfach 10 34 42, 70029 Stuttgart, Germany

Germany - Bavaria (Bayern)

Bayerisches Staatsministerium fur Unterricht und Kultus, Hauptgebaude, Salvatorstrasse 2, 80333 Munchen, Germany

Germany - Berlin

Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, Beuthstrasse 6-8, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Germany - Brandenburg

Ministerium für Bildung, Jugend und Sport, Postfach 900 161, D-14437 Potsdam (Steinstrasse 104-106, 14480) Potsdam, Germany

Germany - Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen)

Senator fur Bildung und Wissenschaft, Rembertiring 8-12, 28195 Bremen, Germany

Germany - Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg)

Behörde für Schule und Berufsbildung, Hamburger Straße 31 (Postfach 76 10 48, 22060 Hamburg), 22083 Hamburg, Germany

Germany - Hesse (Hessen)

Hessisches Kultusministerium, Luisenplatz 10, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany

Germany - Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)

Niedersächsisches Kultusministerium, Schiffgraben 12, 30159 Hannover, Germany

Germany - Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Werderstrasse 124, 19055 Schwerin, Germany

Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

Ministerium für Schule und Bildung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Völklinger Straße 49, 40221 Düsseldorf

Germany - Rheinland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung, Forschung und Kultur, Mittlere Bleiche 61, 55116 Mainz, Germany

Germany - Saarland

Ministerium für Bildung des Saarlandes, (66117 Saarbrücken, Hohenzollernstrasse 60) Postfach 10 24 52, 66024 Saarbrücken, Germany

Germany - Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen)

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Kultus und Sport, (Carolaplatz 1, 01097 Dresden) Postfach 10 09 10, 01079 Dresden, Germany

Germany - Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Kultusministerium des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Turmschanzenstrasse 32, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany

Germany - Schleswig-Holstein

Ministerium für Bildung und Kultur Strasse 16-22, 24105 Kiel, Germany

Germany - Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen)

Thüringer Kultusministerium, (Werner-Seelenbinder-Strasse 7, 99096 Erfurt) Postfach 10 04 52, 99004 Erfurt, Germany

Statement of Professional Standing

A Statement of Professional Standing is a letter from a licensing body or an education ministry that says your right to teach has never been suspended, revoked or cancelled.

The Statement of Professional Standing provides the Ontario College of Teachers with information regarding your past professional practice as a teacher. For example, it tells the College whether your authorization to teach has ever been taken away for disciplinary reasons or whether you would still be welcome to teach in that country, province or state.

You must arrange to have this statement sent to the College from the jurisdiction where you completed your teacher education and from every jurisdiction in which you have been certified to teach.

The statement must:

  • verify you were authorized to teach in that jurisdiction
  • state that your authorization was never suspended, cancelled or revoked
  • come directly to the College from the licensing authority or department of education
  • be an original and signed by the appropriate official
  • not be more than one year old when the College receives it
  • be in the official language of the country in which you taught.

The College recognizes some jurisdictions have no central authority governing the teaching profession. In these instances the College will accept other documents.

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