Registration with the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) Presentation by Mark Fieldsend

What is the GTCE? Set up in 2001 –Independent professional body for teaching 3 main roles –Register –Regulate –Advise Additionally the GTCE awards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Who needs to register with the GTCE? Two types of registration –Full Qualified Teachers (564045) –Provisional Trainee Teachers (49363) Overseas Trained Teachers (4590) Instructors (8111) (Figures from Jan 2010)

Data Collected by the GTCE (1) Qualifications and QTS First/initial degree details Teacher training details Induction AST NPQH

Data Collected by the GTCE (2) Registration –Personal details –Employment details –Diversity Forms are available from the GTCE website

Information on Science Teachers The GTC does not specifically segregate teachers with science specialism's however information is available on; –First/initial degree subjects –Teacher training subject specialism’s ( With over two thousand of degree subject classifications of which over 300 are science related and over 60 science related science related teaching subject specialism’s the following slides do carry a health warning)

Information on Science Teachers Teachers with QTS and First degree in Chemistry, Physics, Biology or General Science SubjectGTCE Registration Y/N Count BiologyN25034 BiologyY ChemistryN22311 ChemistryY PhysicsN14678 PhysicsY General ScienceN21429 General ScienceY

Information on Science Teachers Teachers with QTS and a teacher training specialism in Chemistry, Physics, Biology or General Science SubjectGTCE Registration Y/N Count BiologyN8616 BiologyY ChemistryN4691 ChemistryY PhysicsN4398 PhysicsY General ScienceN15677 General ScienceY

Information on Science Teachers Provisionally registered trainee teachers with a first degree in a science subject Biology1395 Chemistry928 Physics652 General Science2807 Provisionally registered trainee teachers with a science teacher training specialism Biology1300 Chemistry959 Physics611 General Science1547

Information on Science Teachers In addition to the data the GTCE holds on teachers which is linked to employment another useful resource is the DCSF School Workforce Census.

Other Issues Licence to Practise –GTCE likely to administer –Likely to carry an entitlement to CPD –Likely to be linked to performance management which does cover pedagogic and subject knowledge