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The Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) offers a wide range of training and qualification opportunities for teachers of German courses and examiners. These provide subject-specific, methodological, and legal foundations and support high-quality language teaching as well as the standardized administration of examinations. The offerings range from a qualification platform for teachers and advanced training courses for teachers to training and licensing for examiners.
Teachers who offer German courses at ÖIF-certified course providers must first be electronically registered with the ÖIF. This registration is based on the qualification requirements stipulated in the Integration Act Implementing Regulation . Electronic registration serves to verify and document professional qualifications and is an essential instrument for quality assurance in the course and examination sector.
Before you can hold German or integration courses with an ÖIF-certified course provider, you must be electronically registered with the ÖIF .
For data collection, you will need in particular:
- completed form for electronic recording
- current CV in German with photo
- current criminal record extract
- Evidence of education and teaching experience
- If applicable, proof of additional training in German as a Foreign Language (DaF) or German as a Second Language (DaZ).
- Proof of German language skills at level C1 (if applicable)
Personal requirements
- personal suitability
- current criminal record extract, not older than three months
- If your first language is not German: German language skills at least at level C1
Technical requirements
Different qualification requirements apply depending on the training program. The following are required:
- a relevant degree or qualification
- Depending on qualifications, at least 450 or 1,500 teaching units of experience in adult education in the field of German as a Foreign Language (GFL) or German as a Second Language (GSL)
- Depending on qualifications , additional training in German as a Foreign Language (DaF) or German as a Second Language (DaZ).
Additional training in German as a Foreign Language/German as a Second Language
If additional training in German as a Foreign Language (DaF) or German as a Second Language (DaZ) is required, it must generally comprise at least 180 teaching units of 45 minutes each, covering both theory and practice. Further subject-specific and methodological-didactic requirements apply to the training.
For teachers licensed or registered with the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF), further training and professional development opportunities are available. These support teachers in expanding their methodological and didactic skills, integrating current content into their lessons, and designing high-quality, target-group-oriented instruction. The workshop "Teaching Values and Orientation Knowledge in Language Teaching" provides practical approaches for integrating values and orientation knowledge into lessons, even at lower language levels. It is available as a self-paced, location-independent course on the ÖIF-licensed teacher qualification platform.
The qualification platform is the central point of contact for ÖIF-licensed teachers and brings together digital continuing education and qualification opportunities. The following services are available on the platform:
- Further education and training opportunities
- Current learning content on topics relevant to teaching
- Additional qualifications
- Training materials and certificates of further training
- Information on licenses and licensing
- Digital service offerings
Participation in examiner training courses requires that the qualification requirements for teaching – including the necessary language skills according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) – are met and that electronic registration by the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) has been completed. Only then is it possible to obtain an ÖIF examiner license.
The examiner training covers and assesses the necessary examination skills for all parts of the respective examination format. The qualification to assess relates exclusively to the oral examination, specifically the "Speaking" subtest.
No qualification is provided for evaluating the written subtests. The examiner's license is issued after successful qualification assessment for the respective integration test or language level and is valid for three years. It can then be extended for a further three years by attending a refresher course.
Prerequisite for registration
Before registering for an examiner training course, the admission test on the qualification platform must be passed.
Personal requirements
- strong social skills
- excellent German skills
- C1 level for testing language levels A1–B2
- C2 level for testing language level C1
- Anmeldung Prüfer/innen-Schulung
- for Examiners
Examiner refresher training A1 – Fit for Austria and Integration Exam A1
This training is exclusively for ÖIF-licensed teachers!
- Anmeldung Prüfer/innen-Schulung
- for Examiners
Initial training for examiners A2 – ÖIF test and integration exam A2
This training is exclusively for ÖIF-licensed teachers!
- Anmeldung Prüfer/innen-Schulung
- for Examiners
Examiner refresher training A2 – ÖIF test A2 and integration test A2
This training is exclusively for ÖIF-licensed teachers!
- Anmeldung Prüfer/innen-Schulung
- for Examiners
Examiner refresher training B2 – ÖIF test and integration exam B2
This training is exclusively for ÖIF-licensed teachers!