“I touch the future. I teach” Christa McAuliffe

1. “I touch the future. I teach” Christa McAuliffe “It is what teachers think, do and are that ultimately shapes the kind of learning young people get” Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullen “Education is not the filling of buckets but the lighting of a fire” W.B. Yeats

2. The Teaching Profession • By law, all teachers who wish to teach in publically funded schools must register with GTCS. • The General Teaching Council for Scotland is the professional regulatory body for teachers in Scotland. We maintain and enhance professional standards of Scotland's teachers and support new teachers.

3. Role of GTC Scotland Maintaining & Enhancing Standards • CPD and the SFR • Headship (SfH) • Student Teacher Code

4. Applying for Registration • Teacher Induction Scheme • Timescales • Communication

5. Applying for Registration • Legal requirement • Apply using an online facility • Available from November • Induction preferences/PWP • Declaration • Disabilities Monitoring • Direct Debit Mandate

6. Criminal Records Checks • PVG Scheme membership • Full or Short Scheme check • 3 forms of ID • 5 year address history • Cost

7. Teacher Induction Scheme Scotland’s approach to Teacher Induction is World Class (OECD Report 2007)

8. Teacher Induction Scheme • Guaranteed offer of a one-year teaching post to eligible students. • Maximum class commitment of 18.5 hours with remaining time set aside for professional development. • An experienced teacher as a supporter. • Opportunity to achieve full registration in one-school year

9. Teacher Induction Scheme • Must have completed course and notification by university to be made to GTCS by 5 July 2013 • Must have been assessed as a ‘Home Fees student’ by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland. • Includes UK and EU students with UK and EU passport

10. Teacher Induction Scheme • Preference Waiver Option • Your 5 preferred choices • Think location • You could be allocated your 5th choice • Changing preferences • Gaelic medium • Denominational – approvalwww.sces.uk.com/approval • The allocation process • Deferrals • Withdrawing

11. 2012 Allocation Statistics

12. Timescales • Nov – Dec • Students apply for registration • GTCS start processing criminal record checks (approximately 3,000) • 22 Feb – No further changes to preferences • End of May – Students informed of allocated local authority (email & MyGTCS) • July – registration completed

13. Communications

14. MyGTCS • View induction preferences and induction allocation (with local authority contact information) • Access to ITE Profile system • Access to Teaching Induction Scheme profile system • Update contact details • View registration details (once qualified) • View qualifications (once qualified) • Access MyCommunity forum

15. Communications • Change of details • Withdrawing or leaving the course • Preference changes • Email bulletins • www.gtcs.org.uk/students • studentadmin@gtcs.org.uk

16. The GTCS and the Teacher • Teaching Scotland magazine • Teaching Scotland Online www.teachingscotland.org.uk • Twitter • www.gtcs.org.uk