 Oberstudienrat

Oberstudienrat (OStR) (senior councillor of studies) is an official title for a certain rank of teacher in Germany, 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.