What is this guide for?
Teaching is complex work which requires constant ethical decision making. What teachers value, say and do really matters. As a teacher, you are expected to act in an ethical way by striving to promote equality and diversity, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and that individual differences are valued. Our schools, colleges and workplaces are enriched with a diverse mix of people with different experiences and from different cultures and backgrounds. Inequality against those with protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation must be addressed and prevented.
This guide is intended to inform your understanding of ethical behaviour in these areas and how they interact with legislation and your professional responsibilities. It will help support discussion and interaction to encourage an understanding of diversity, equality, inclusivity and co-operative working. It outlines what to do if you experience or witness harassment or discrimination in your workplace and prompts you to consider your actions and whether you might require further advice or professional learning.
One of GTC Scotland’s roles as the independent regulator for teachers in Scotland is to champion and enhance teacher professionalism. We work in the public interest to enhance trust in teaching by setting, upholding and promoting high standards. This involves providing information or advice where we identify any risk areas, where further focus is required to embed teaching standards or when action is needed to assure trust in teaching.
For the purposes of this guide, teachers include teachers of primary, secondary, additional support needs and further education. You should read this together with the Professional Standards and the Code of Professionalism and Conduct (COPAC). Together, these form the teaching standards set by GTC Scotland which describe teacher professionalism in Scotland.
This guide is for GTC Scotland registered teachers and is also relevant to anyone, including members of the public, wishing to understand the expectations of registered teachers in the context of equality and diversity
Teaching is complex work which requires constant ethical decision making. What teachers value, say and do really matters. As a teacher, you are expected to act in an ethical way by striving to promote equality and diversity, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and that individual differences are valued. Our schools, colleges and workplaces are enriched with a diverse mix of people with different experiences and from different cultures and backgrounds. Inequality against those with protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation must be addressed and prevented.
This guide is intended to inform your understanding of ethical behaviour in these areas and how they interact with legislation and your professional responsibilities. It will help support discussion and interaction to encourage an understanding of diversity, equality, inclusivity and co-operative working. It outlines what to do if you experience or witness harassment or discrimination in your workplace and prompts you to consider your actions and whether you might require further advice or professional learning.
One of GTC Scotland’s roles as the independent regulator for teachers in Scotland is to champion and enhance teacher professionalism. We work in the public interest to enhance trust in teaching by setting, upholding and promoting high standards. This involves providing information or advice where we identify any risk areas, where further focus is required to embed teaching standards or when action is needed to assure trust in teaching.
For the purposes of this guide, teachers include teachers of primary, secondary, additional support needs and further education. You should read this together with the Professional Standards and the Code of Professionalism and Conduct (COPAC). Together, these form the teaching standards set by GTC Scotland which describe teacher professionalism in Scotland.
This guide is for GTC Scotland registered teachers and is also relevant to anyone, including members of the public, wishing to understand the expectations of registered teachers in the context of equality and diversity
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