1. Review of Professional Standards A National Conversation
“Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
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2. Review of the Professional Standards
Background to the Professional Standards
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3. Review of the Professional Standards Setting the Context
The current suite of Professional Standards came into effect 1st August 2013
The Professional Standards were written in 2012 by working groups
Launched August 2013
To be reviewed in 5 years
Passed by Council December 2012
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4. Review of the Professional Standards The Professional Standards Journey
Professional Knowledge and Understanding
Professional Skills and Abilities / Professional Actions
Professional Values and Personal Commitment
Standard for Registration
Standard for Career-Long Professional learning
Standard for Leadership and Management
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5. Review of the Professional Standards Intended Outcomes
To produce an updated suite of contemporary and forward- thinking professional standards which:
Actively engages the profession
Are sustainable and can be embedded in both thinking and practice
Enhance the reputation of GTCS as a modern regulator which supports the principle of serving the public interest
Have a positive impact on outcomes for not only young people but registrants and the wider educational community
Are accessible, relevant, coherent and are under-pinned by the Professional Values
Enhance professionalism, professional learning and promote high quality teaching and leadership to improve learner outcomes
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6. Review of the Professional Standards The Review Process
Consultation, engagement & research
Engagement/info gathering phase (Phase 1)
May 2017 – March 2018
Share progress with Council and Education Committee
Analysis, discussion, working group writing, early drafts (Phase 2)
January 2018 – June 2018
Progress report to Education Committee and Council
Feedback, redrafting, consultation (Phase 3a)
Draft Standards Consultation (3b)
June October 2018
Draft to Education Committee and Council.
Final consultation document approved
Final version Consultation (Phase 4)
November 2018
Consultation launched, outcomes considered and final version produced
Development of Resources to support the Revised Professional Standards
(Phase 5)
January 2019
Engagement with key personnel re quality and appropriateness of the developed resources
Final version of the Revised Professional Standards for Council approval (Phase 6)
March 2019
Final version of Standards to be approved at March Council
Effective Communication Strategy to launch revised Standards
Mandatory Use (full launch of Standards and all resources)
August 2019
Post launch development
Dates for Review Group Meetings:
May 12th
June 19th 2017
September 11th 2017
October 30th 2017
December 12th 2017
January 31st 2018
March 8th 2018
May 2nd 2018
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7. Review of the Professional Standards
The National Conversation
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8. Review of the Professional Standards Purpose
To engage participants in a structured discussion about the suite of professional standards.
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9. ‘not a complete review but rather a time for a refresh’
Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
5 years have now passed since the introduction of the suite of Professional Standards.
Having given a commitment to review the Professional Standards,
it is time to reflect on how these have impacted on the profession
and to consider in what ways they can be improved.
Original thinking is that this is;
‘not a complete review but rather a time for a refresh’
But this is subject to change in the consultation phase
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10. Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
National conversation
Launched at the Scottish Learning Festival, the next step in this review process is to start a National Conversation around the Professional Standards.
There will be a Scotland wide data gathering exercise led by GTCS staff to engage partners, teachers, parents, children and young people and stakeholders in discussing what Professional Standards mean to them and what they should look like in the future.
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11. ‘engaging your professional voice’
Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
Engagement
School leaders/leaders are invited to engage staff in their establishment, either in small groups e.g. departments/faculties or in a whole staff meeting, to all participants to share their perceptions and experiences and contribute their voice to the national conversation.
‘engaging your professional voice’
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12. Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
We would like you (and your colleagues) to reflect as individuals or consider collaboratively the following questions with respect to the professional standards:
What works?
What doesn’t work?
What would you change and how?
The how to do this is up to you!
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13. Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
Data Gathering
You know your context better than anyone else, what will be the best way to gather the responses?
You may want to capture your professional voices:
on flip chart and then photograph these and
in another format that can be
on the webform on the GTCS website, here
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14. Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
What’s next?
From January 2018 to June 2018 we will analyse all the responses and collate the key messages which will be shared with the working groups and on the GTCS website.
The working groups, informed by the data gathering exercise, will then offer some suggested changes to the Professional Standards for consultation with stakeholders from Autumn 18.
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15. Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
In a nutshell
Why? 5 year review to ensure that Professional Standards are contemporary, relevant and reflect the demands on teaching now and in the future
What? Review all the Professional Standards to ensure they remain contemporary and relevant
How? A National Conversation to collect stakeholder voices
Engage, discuss and respond to the following questions:
What works?
What doesn’t work?
What would you change and how?
When? Stage 3: May March 2018
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16. Review of the Professional Standards A National Conversation “Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice”
“Your Professional Standards, Your Professional Voice” Professional Standards belong to the profession,
make your voice heard.
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