Oberstudienrat
ËbÉˈʃtuËdi̯ənËŒÊaËt(male) or Oberstudienrätin
ËbÉˈʃtuËdi̯ənËŒÊÉ›Ëtɪn(female; both abbreviated with OStR; literally "senior councillor of studies" or "senior educational councillor") is an official title for a certain rank of teacher in
Germany
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, mostly employed in state-run grammar schools. An ''Oberstudienrat'' is a civil servant who belongs to the ''höherer Dienst'' (higher service), a category which is senior to the ''gehobener'' (elevated), the ''mittlerer'' (middle) and the ''einfacher'' (ordinary) ''Dienstgrad'' (service rank) in the civil service. An ''Oberstudienrat'' is remunerated according to category "A 14", which means a salary of at least some 50 000 € per year, exactly as much as the lower-half Lieutenant Colonels, and after at least two but no more than eight years of service is roughly as much as the lowest rank of judges and state prosecutors. The equivalent title of an official in civil administration is ''Oberregierungsrat'' (senior councillor in government administration).
The ''Oberstudienrat'' is the position immediately superior to the ''
Studienrat Studienrat (abbreviated StR) is an official title/rank of higher teachers in the German and Austrian education system. Even though the German and Austrian education systems use the same term, there are differences in the level and usage of this rank ...
'' (Educational Councillor). Until the 1980s, this promotion was regularly achieved after a certain period of service. Today, promotion usually requires additional functions and duties; teachers in this rank are usually heads of a subject area, deputy department heads, or commissioners for a specialist field.
About 20 percent of civil servants at educational institutions in Germany are ''Oberstudienräte'' (2014).
The following higher ranks are ''Studiendirektor'' ("director of studies" or "educational director") and ''Oberstudiendirektor'' ("senior director of studies" or "senior educational director").
In the former
German Democratic Republic
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
, ''Oberstudienrat'' was not used as denominating a rank but solely as an honorary title of high reputation.
References
Books
* Henrik Bispinck: Bildungsbürger in Demokratie und Diktatur: Lehrer an höheren Schulen in Mecklenburg. 2012.
* Torsten Gass-Bolm: Das Gymnasium 1945-1980: Bildungsreform und gesellschaftlicher Wandel in Westdeutschland. Wallstein Verlag, 2005
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German civil servants