Appendix 1 - conditions bank

Condition

You must inform the following parties that your GTC Scotland registration is subject to these conditions and provide them with a copy of the Decision Notice that resulted in this Order being imposed upon you:

(a) Any organisation or person employing you as a teacher or in a post for which GTC Scotland registration is required (whether on a permanent, temporary or supply basis).

(b) Any prospective employer covered by (a) above at the time of making your application for employment.

Particular considerations

Consideration should be given to including this condition in any Order in order to support the monitoring, enforcement and general effectiveness of the other condition(s) imposed.

Condition

You must inform GTC Scotland within 7 days if you cease to be employed by your current employer or take up any other or further employment as a teacher or for which GTC Scotland registration is required. You must also provide GTC Scotland with contact details for any new employer within that same timescale.

You must inform GTC Scotland within 7 days of commencement of any disciplinary or fitness to practise proceedings against you by your employer or any other professional regulatory body.

In the event that you are the subject of enquiry or investigation in relation to alleged criminal conduct, you must inform GTC Scotland of such enquiry or investigation within 7 days of the date upon which the relevant authorities first contacted you.

If you are employed as a teacher or in a role for which GTC Scotland registration is required, towards the end of each academic year and immediately before the end of the period of these conditions, you must obtain a report from your head teacher or education manager confirming that there have been no issues concerning your fitness to teach during that year. Such report must be forwarded by you to GTC Scotland within one month of the end of each academic session.

Particular considerations

It is essential that clear timescales are provided throughout to enable the conditions to be monitored and to measure compliance.

Condition

In order to improve your xxxx skills/knowledge, you are required to complete satisfactorily a training course in relation to xxxx that is approved by GTC Scotland, and complete it by xxxx.

It will be your responsibility to identify the training course and seek approval of it from GTC Scotland in advance of undertaking it.

On completion of the training course, you must provide to GTC Scotland written evidence of your successful completion of it.

Each [STATE FREQUENCY], you must provide GTC Scotland with written reports from your [head teacher/line manager] confirming that you have kept your knowledge and skills up to date in [INSERT AREA] and have successfully completed any appropriate courses accordingly.

Particular considerations

• The panel must be confident that a course exists at the time the Order is imposed that will meet the condition set.
• The panel may be in a position to identify a specific training course/training provider. If this is the case and the condition will still be realistic with this level of specificity, the specific training course/training provider may be specified in the condition.
• The panel should consider the overall cost of the training required and the teacher’s ability to meet those costs in the context of considering whether the condition is realistic.

Condition

You must attend regularly [alcohol/drug counselling sessions] [meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous/ any other appropriate support group] and must provide GTC Scotland with evidence of such attendance [on a monthly basis].

You must provide GTC Scotland with, at xxxx monthly/xxx yearly intervals, written reports from xxxx which state you are [participating in, and responding positively to, alcohol or drugs rehabilitation treatment].

You must submit on a [INSERT FREQUENCY] basis [blood] [urine][hair] samples to an accredited laboratory for testing for the presence of: [INSERT SUBSTANCES]. You must submit the reports of the results of such tests to GTC Scotland within [TIME PERIOD] of receipt by you.

Annually on 30 June, if you have been employed in the preceding year, you must provide to GTC Scotland a report from your employer specifying that there have been no concerns relating to any misuse of [alcohol][drugs] by you in that year.

Condition

You must work with [XXX] to formulate a Professional Development Plan designed to address the deficiencies identified in the following areas of your teaching practice: [INSERT AREAS].

You must complete a Professional Review and Development (PRD) process within 6 months of commencing employment as a teacher and must submit the PRD paperwork to GTC Scotland within one month of completion of the process.

You must meet with [XXX] [Head Teacher] on a [monthly basis] to consider your progress towards achieving the objectives set out in your Professional Development Plan.

Each [STATE FREQUENCY], you must provide GTC Scotland with written reports from [XXX] confirming that you have met the requirements specified above.

You must provide a copy of the Professional Development Plan formulated to GTC Scotland within [three months] of the effective date of this Order.

You must maintain a [reflective practice] [continuing professional development] portfolio detailing every occasion when you [XXX] and must provide a copy of that portfolio on a monthly basis to GTC Scotland. The first profile must be received by XXX.