1. The General Teaching Council for Scotland
Autumn Briefing:
Registering as a Teacher
Student Support Team

2. Where does GTC Scotland fit?
Education
Scotland and other national bodies
Universities
Local Authorities
Scottish Government

3. What does GTC Scotland do?
accredits all teaching programmes and some professional learning programmes
regulates the profession by controlling access to and removal from the Register, using standards for competence and codes of conduct
promotes professionalism through a suite of professional standards, codes of conduct, professional recognition awards and Professional Update

4. What will be covered today?
Existing PVG application forms or criminal records checks
Applying for Registration
Teacher Induction Scheme
Flexible Route
Dual Registration
Timescales and communication
Using your MyGTCS account

5. How do criminal record checks work?
You must be a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme through Disclosure Scotland:
Full or Short (Existing) scheme check – likely to be existing scheme member due to placements
3 forms of ID needed – photocopies only

6. How do criminal record checks work?
You must be a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme through Disclosure Scotland:
Cost – payment method via data capture sheet to be included with ID on return to GTCS
Scheme Membership Statement – cannot be used for registration
What happens if I declare a criminal record?

7. How do I apply for registration?
You must apply – it is a legal requirement
You apply online:
Available from November
Choose FIVE local authority preferences or choose Preference Waiver (go anywhere)
Dual Qualified and Sponsored Students
Online declaration
Disability monitoring
Direct debit mandate

8. What routes are there to becoming a fully registered teacher?
Routes for probationer teachers:
Teacher Induction Scheme (TIS)
2. Flexible Route (FR)

9. What is the Teacher Induction Scheme?
Eligible if completing a TQ at a Scottish University
and you are a UK or EU citizen
Funded by Scottish Government
Guaranteed employment by a local authority
Takes 190 days (1 continuous school year)
Only available on a full-time basis
Reduced class contact time to 80%, the rest is to allow for extra professional learning (about 18 hours a week)
Support at school and local authority levels
Time limit 3 years
Must meet Standard for Full Registration
“Scotland’s approach to Teacher Induction is World Class”
(OECD Report)

10. What’s the Flexible Route?
Can be employed by local authority or independent schools
Can choose own local authority
Can work part-time
BUT ...
It takes 270 days (about a year and a half)
You must find your own post
No guaranteed work or support
Time limit 5 years
Must still meet Standard for Full Registration FR
If you are eligible for TIS you can choose FR
Has been designed so that probationers have the flexibility to be able to complete their probation
-Within five years at their own pace
-Does mean that you will have to find employment in order to complete this
Indy schools not part of TIS
Can do in 190 days so long as the school and LA are willing to sign off on your records
Can go abroad and complete probation however there are certain rules surrounding this so please check this out on our webpage
Support is there but it is not as structured as TIS

11. (*TIS is strongly recommended
So what now?
First, you need to decide whether to:
Proceed through TIS* (if eligible) OR
Proceed through FR
(*TIS is strongly recommended
if you are eligible)

12. What happens if I choose TIS?
You will need to decide whether to:
Choose FIVE local authorities in order of preference OR
Choose the Preference Waiver Option (willing to go anywhere)

13. What happens if I choose TIS?
You need to make 5 preferred local authorities choices:
Think carefully about your circumstances
Think carefully about location: there’s a map on the online application form and links to some local authority information on the in2teaching website
Remember you could be allocated your 5th choice

14. What happens if I choose PWP?
You can be allocated to a vacancy anywhere in Scotland
You are given financial assistance of £6,000 in Primary and £8,000 in Secondary (due to difficulties in placing in Secondary) payable in 3 instalments (August, January and April during your TIS year) paid by the allocated local authority

15. You ALSO need to think about..
No matter whether you choose 5 preferences or the Preference Waiver option, you need to think about:
Gaelic Medium you should indicate this on the application
Denominational approval may/will be needed by the Catholic Church (see SCES website) but vacancies not guaranteed
Disabilities you are advised to disclose in order to be supported and placed appropriately, but it’s a personal choice
Withdrawing from your course you must inform us immediately if you leave your course
Deferrals only eligible to apply in exceptional circumstances beyond your control
Dual Qualification need to choose if you are completing your probation in one or two subjects for registration

16. Deferring from your course
Involuntary
Voluntary
(Initiated by university)
No Deferral
Decided by GTCS Panel
Deferred
Travel purposes (including teaching abroad)
Confirmed and ongoing medical condition
Pregnancy
Not going to complete on time
Further studies
Delegated Carer
Alternative career option
Undelegated Carer
Teaching in independent sector
Dissatisfaction with TIS Allocation or school allocation

17. Allocation Process
System will match you to one of your preferred local authorities but, unlike student placements, it takes no account of:
Your personal circumstances
Your address

18. Dual Qualified Teachers
If you are studying towards dual qualification, you have the option to complete your probationary period in both subjects
Become provisionally registered in both subjects
This is voluntary

19. Dual Qualified Teachers
You can qualify in one of the following:
Sciences any 2 from Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Social Subjects and Religious Education any 2 from Geography, History, Modern Studies, Religious Education
Modern Foreign Languages any 2 from French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish
Computing with Business Education or Mathematics
Drama with Music or English
Physics with Mathematics
Gaelic and any subject

20. Sponsored Students
You will complete your probation in the local authority that is sponsoring you
This is in agreement between you, the university and the local authority
You will not be eligible for PWP
Ability to select 5 local authorities will be removed from online application

21. So what happens next?
Complete your EPVG and hand back to your university administrator by mid-December
Choose your 5 local authorities before mid-December
Make changes online through your MyGTCS account until Friday 16 February 2018:
switching your 5 preferences to PWP or vice versa
change your local authority preferences and their order
change from dual qualified to single qualified
Will receive a confirmation when changes are made and they will show on your MyGTCS page

22. What are the timescales?
November – December 2017
Students apply for registration
Students complete EPVG scheme
GTCS start processing EPVG scheme applications (approximately 3,500)
16 February 2018
No further changes to preferences or dual option
End of May 2018
Students informed of allocated local authority by and MyGTCS
July:
Registration completed

23. Communication between the GTCS and you
Change of details make any changes on MyGTCS straight away
Withdrawing or leaving the course let us know straight away by phone and
Make preference changes via MyGTCS by 16 Feb
bulletins and text messages watch out for these from us
check our website from time to time
use this address if you need to contact us

24. What can I do through MyGTCS account?
Your MyGTCS account will be set up when you apply and you will be able to:
View and change your TIS preferences
View allocation information with local authority contact information
Complete your ITE Profile by next spring
Access your TIS profile during your probation
Update your contact details any time
View registration details (once registered)
View qualifications (once registered)
Access the MyCommunity forum
Access a new research area: over 1,700 education journals via our free EBSC service

25. How do I get more information?
Teaching Scotland Online
or #gtcs