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Professional RegistrationProfessional Registration
Professional registration forms part of the Framework for Professional Recognition/ Registration and allows teachers to gain registration in different subject areas or sectors.
Professional registration is available to primary and secondary teachers and Further Education lecturers. It allows teachers who have been fully registered for two years to add additional subjects/sectors to their current registration.
In order to achieve or gain professional registration teachers and Further Education lecturers need to meet the following criteria:
- Have held full registration for a minimum of two years
- Have met the academic and/or CPD requirement required for registration
What's the Framework?
The Framework for Professional Recognition/Registration explains in detail how teachers can gain professional recognition and/or registration. It was established to help teachers develop their knowledge and skills and to ensure that they are able to gain the recognition they deserve.
Routes to Professional Registration
Information on what is required for Professional Registration can be found below:
For Primary teachers
If you are a fully registered primary teacher you can gain professional registration:
For Secondary teachers
If you are a fully registered secondary teacher you can gain professional registration:
For Further Education lecturers
If you are a fully registered Further Education lecturer you can gain professional registration:
Professional Registration in ASN
If you are a fully registered primary teacher, secondary teacher or Further Education lecturer, you can gain professional registration as an ASN teacher.
For primary teachers wishing to teach in S1/S2
To become registered to teach in S1 or S2 you will need to demonstrate that you have the necessary academic requirements and have undertaken CPD activities to develop your professional knowledge and skills in the subject at S1/S2 level.
What subjects can I teach in S1/S2
As long as you meet the appropriate academic requirements you can gain registration in:
- S1/S2 Community Languages (applicants must also have a degree equivalent to a degree from the UK along with study of their native tongue up to "A" level or equivalent)
- S1/S2 English (in addition applicants must have a degree with at least 60 credit points in English, 30 of these in English or Scottish literature)
- General science
- S1/S2 Mathematics (applicants must also have a degree with at least 60 credit points in Mathematics covering pure mathematics, calculus and algebra>
- S1/S2 Modern Foreign Languages (applicants should have more than one language and for the first foreign language they should have a degree with at least 60 credit point in the language they want to teach, some of which must include literature)
- Social subjects
Academic requirements
The academic requirements for a primary teacher to teach a particular S1/S2 subject are, 60 credit points, at least 40 of which must be SCQF level 7 (equivalent to first year of a degree course) and at least 20 credit point at SCQF level 8 (equivalent to the second year of a degree course.
For primary teachers wanting to gain registration in a secondary subject
To gain registration as a secondary teacher, eligible primary teachers are required to demonstrate that they have the necessary academic requirements and have undertaken an agreed CPD programme to develop their professional knowledge and skills of teaching in the secondary sector.
What Subjects can I teach
View the full list of Secondary teaching subjects that you can gain registration in.
Academic requirements
The academic requirements for a primary teacher to teach a secondary subject are:
- 80 SCQF credit points (at higher education level) in the Secondary teaching secondary subject – some subjects have specific requirements
- at least 40 credit points must be SCQF level 7 (first year of a degree course)
- at least 40 credit points must be SCQF level 8 (second year of a degree course)
For secondary teachers wanting to register as a primary teacher
Gaining registration as a primary teacher is complex because of the breadth of the primary curriculum and the pedagogy used in teaching primary children.
To gain registration in this area, eligible teachers must meet the Standard for Full Registration, and are required to demonstrate that they have undertaken an agreed CPD programme that enables them to teach the nursery/primary curriculum.
Before submitting an application, you should:
- arrange to gain primary teaching experience with your primary liaison co-ordinator
- arrange to visit a local nursery school class
- contact our Teacher Registration Department to discuss the primary curriculum CPD modules
- talk to your employer about your situation and enquire if they provide a one year teaching post that will enable you to gain registration as a primary teacher
Contact
Our Registration Department can be contacted on +44(0)131 314 6000 or email ear@gtcs.org.uk
For Further Education lecturers wanting to register as a primary teacher
Gaining registration as a primary teacher is complex because of the breadth of the primary curriculum and the pedagogy used in teaching primary children.
To gain registration in this area, eligible lecturers must meet the Standard for Full Registration, and are required to demonstrate that they have undertaken an agreed CPD programme that enables them to teach the nursery/primary curriculum.
Before submitting an application, you should:
- arrange to gain primary teaching experience with your primary liaison co-ordinator
- arrange to visit a local nursery school class
- contact our Teacher Registration Department to discuss the primary curriculum CPD modules
- talk to your employer about your situation and enquire if they provide a one year teaching post that will enable you to gain registration as a primary teacher
For Further Education lecturers wanting to gain registration as a secondary teacher
To gain registration as a secondary teacher, eligible Further Education lecturers are required to demonstrate that they have the necessary academic requirements and have undertaken an agreed CPD programme to develop their professional knowledge and skills of teaching in the secondary sector.
What Subjects can I teach
View the full list of Secondary teaching subjects that you can gain registration in.
Academic requirements
The academic requirement for a Further Education lecturer to teach a secondary subject is a degree including:
- 80 SCQF credit points (at higher education level) in the Secondary teaching – some subjects have specific requirements
- at least 40 credit points must be SCQF level 7 (first year of a degree course)
- at least 40 credit points must be SCQF level 8 (second year of a degree course)
For primary teachers, secondary teachers and further education lecturers wanting to register as an ASN teacher
To gain registration in this area, eligible teachers and lecturers must have completed an appropriate degree-level qualification in ASN teaching – e.g. Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma or Masters degree in ASN teaching.
NB this type of registration in not age range specific.
Please note that qualifications in more specialised areas of ASN (e.g. Master of Education in Visual Impairment) are not accepted for Professional Registration in ASN teaching due their narrow focus but may be considered for Professional Recognition instead.
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Are you eligible?
Do you hold full registration with GTC Scotland?
Have you completed a further two years of teaching service since gaining full registration?
and
If you wish to add a secondary subject, do you have 80 SCQF points in that subject?
or
Have you gained CPD for the primary age group (if you wish to apply for Primary Education)?
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