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TEACHERS´ DASHBOARD

Germany

The attractiveness of the teaching profession

Monitor toolbox

Teachers report...

 

Collegial leadership

 
Share of teachers agreeing that school provides staff with opportunities to actively participate in school decisions (2024).
 

Autonomy

 
Share of teachers who report that having substantial or full autonomy over varios aspects of planning and teaching (2024).
 

Actual teaching time

 
Average number of reported hours teaching as a share of total working time during the most recent complete calendar week (2024).
 

Societal appreciation

 
Teachers' views of the way society values their profession (2024).

Appraisal...

yes-icon

Yes

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No

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Missing

  • no-icon NO
    | ...determines CPD needs
    info-icon Is the determination of professional development needs and activities one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
  • no-icon NO
    |...determines support needs
    info-icon Is the determination of needs and access to professional or personal support one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
  • yes-icon YES
    |...enables promotion
    info-icon Is promotion one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
  • no-icon NO
    |...enables salary progression
    info-icon Is salary progression one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)
  • no-icon NO
    |...enables allowances
    info-icon Are allowances one of the objectives of appraisal? (2023)

Readiness

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Yes

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No

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Missing

On-the-job training
info-icon Minimum length of professional training (including in-school placement) as a share of minimum duration of ITE for lower secondary education (2019-20)
Mentoring
info-icon Share of novice teachers who have an assigned mentor at the current school (2024)
yes-icon YES
| Competence frameworks
info-icon Existence and use of teacher competence frameworks in ITE by top-level authorities (2016-17)
na-icon Missing
| Quality assurance
info-icon Accreditation of providers of professional development activities for lower or upper secondary education (2021)
 

Pathways to becoming a teacher info-icon Apart from the mainstream ITE programmes, are there other alternative pathways to obtain a teaching qualification? (2023)

  • no-icon NO
    | Professional-oriented programmes
  • yes-icon YES
    | Employment-based training
  • no-icon NO
    | Certification or examination

A progressive pay range info-icon Difference between the statutory starting salaries of lower secondary teachers and their salaries after 10 years of service, after 15 years of service and at the top of the pay range (2023-24)

 
info-icon Teacher salary competitiveness relative to earnings for tertiary-educated workers in lower secondary education (2023)

Teachers earn

3.3% less

than the average worker

 

Flexibility

Stability
info-icon Share of teachers with permanent employment status (2024)
 
Single-level career structure
info-icon Type of career structure for fully qualified lower secondary education teachers (2019-20)
International mobility info-icon Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 staff mobilities (2019, 2024)
 

14,125

Cross-border
mobilities in 2024

 

Up

4,215

since 2019

Source: Eurydice (various years), Erasmus+ (2024) and OECD (TALIS 2024, Education at a Glance 2022 & 2025). Note: the indicator selection is based on a 2020 European Commission report (see the 2023 Education and Training Monitor’s comparative report for details); see Monitor Toolbox for all sources and links to country notes. EU average concerns different number of Member States depending on the source.

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