Apply for permission as a childhood educator with professional qualifications from abroad
Description
In Germany, the profession of childhood educator is regulated by the individual federal states. This means that you may only work in this profession in some places in the state of Saxony-Anhalt if you are entitled to use the professional title "State-approved childhood pedagogue".
In order to obtain this authorization, your foreign professional qualification must be recognized by the state of Saxony-Anhalt and you must be awarded state recognition. This is done both on application to the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt.
An application for the examination of equivalence and the granting of state recognition as a childhood educator can be submitted by all persons who are qualified to work as a childhood educator in the country in which they obtained the vocational qualification.
It is irrelevant what nationality you have or in which country you obtained your qualification.
The state recognition for the profession "state-approved childhood pedagogue" is granted for the vocational qualification if you meet the following requirements:
- the evidence of formal qualification acquired abroad attests to the qualification for comparable professional activities as the corresponding proof of formal qualification regulated by state law, and
- in the case of a profession regulated both in Saxony-Anhalt and in the State of training, the applicant is entitled to practise the respective profession in the training State or the right to take up or exercise the respective profession has been denied for reasons that do not preclude admission to or pursuit in Saxony-Anhalt, and
- there are no significant differences between the proven professional qualifications and the corresponding professional qualification regulated by state law.
- Application
- a tabular list of the completed Training courses and gainful employment with indication of the current place of residence in German
- proof of identity in the original or certified copy,
- original evidence of formal qualifications obtained abroad or certified copy,
- evidence of relevant professional experience and other evidence of formal qualifications, where necessary to establish equivalence (original or certified copy),
- a declaration as to whether and to which body in Germany an application for a declaration of equivalence has been submitted and whether a decision has already been issued
maximum EUR 600,00
The competent body must decide on your application within 3 months. The period begins with receipt of the complete documents.
You will receive the information on objection or lawsuit in the notice.
Please contact the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt.
- You submit a written application including all necessary documents and send it to the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt.
- Subsequently, it will be checked whether your documents have been submitted in full. If this is not the case, you will be asked in writing to submit the relevant documents later.
- This is followed by the examination of equivalence with regard to, among other things:
- Overlaps or differences in professional qualifications
- Duration of training
- Eligibility to work in this profession in the state where you completed your education
- Professional experience gained
- Language skills
- personal and health suitability
The result of the examination will be communicated to you in writing in a notification and can have three main characteristics:
- Determination of equivalence and thus recognition
- Identification of significant differences and thus compensation necessary
- Determination of equivalence and rejection of state recognition
- Rejection of equivalence and consequently also rejection of state recognition
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Integration of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
09.02.2021
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
