In December 2023, the Standing Scientific Commission (SWK) of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder published a report on teacher recruitment and teacher training for high-quality teaching . The report makes a total of eleven recommendations for teacher training, i.e. starting with studies, continuing through the preparatory service and on to further education and training.

• Recommendation 1: Systematically collect data for a reliable and comparable forecast and close existing data gaps in all federal states.
• Recommendation 2: Create transparency about the assumptions used in the forecasts in all federal states.
• Recommendation 3: Model the demand for and supply of teachers in all federal states in a needs-based and comparable manner.
• Recommendation 4: Target eligible students, especially non-traditional target groups, specifically for teacher training, especially for the subjects and school types affected by the shortage.
• Recommendation 5: Improve studyability based on data and strengthen social and academic integration at universities.
• Recommendation 6: Raise the status of teacher training at universities through structural anchoring and targeted incentives.
• Recommendation 7: Establish cross-phase, reliable coordination structures and quality management procedures and further develop the transition between the first and second phases.
• Recommendation 8: Design science-based teacher training in the first and second phases as well as the career entry phase with a strong focus on teaching requirements in the sense of cumulative skills development.
• Recommendation 9: Open up a science-based, qualified second route into the teaching profession.
• Recommendation 10: Further develop teacher training courses into a research-based, needs-oriented and quality-assured further training system (on the basis of a common quality framework for all federal states).
• Recommendation 11: Expand further training and career paths for an additional teaching subject or special educational focus as well as for management and assistant functions in schools and teaching.