What is this guide for?
Teaching is complex relational and intellectual work which requires constant ethical decision making. Teaching is not only a technical role, but also an ethical one. It requires hour by hour, sometimes minute by minute, effective ethical reasoning. Ethics are essential to teaching (Truscott & Crook, 2016). What teachers think, value and do really matters.
From time to time, we all engage with situations that present us with a professional challenge. Individually, we can be faced with an issue where something doesn’t feel right, which requires us to have the professional courage to speak up. Collectively as a profession we can find ourselves reflecting on matters highlighted by a public inquiry or systemic investigation. This guide is intended to inform your understanding of ethical behaviour in relation to speaking up and how this interacts with legislation and your professional responsibilities. It 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 relation to speaking up.
Teaching is complex relational and intellectual work which requires constant ethical decision making. Teaching is not only a technical role, but also an ethical one. It requires hour by hour, sometimes minute by minute, effective ethical reasoning. Ethics are essential to teaching (Truscott & Crook, 2016). What teachers think, value and do really matters.
From time to time, we all engage with situations that present us with a professional challenge. Individually, we can be faced with an issue where something doesn’t feel right, which requires us to have the professional courage to speak up. Collectively as a profession we can find ourselves reflecting on matters highlighted by a public inquiry or systemic investigation. This guide is intended to inform your understanding of ethical behaviour in relation to speaking up and how this interacts with legislation and your professional responsibilities. It 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 relation to speaking up.
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