Home > Registration > Becoming a Teacher Apply for Registration Qualified in Scotland Qualified outside Scotland College Lecturer Additional Support Needs Independent Schools Becoming a Teacher Instrumental Music Instructors Return to the Register and Teaching Manage your Registration Add an additional subject/sector Retire/Cancel Registration Update your contact and employment details Proof of registration in Scotland (LOPS) Fee and Criminal Records Checks Registration Fee Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Criminal Record Check Becoming a Teacher Teaching is a highly rewarding, challenging career that gives you the opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise with children and young people in a wide variety of settings. Whatever route you chose to go down, whether it be primary or secondary, you need to be registered with GTC Scotland. To gain registration you need to hold an appropriate qualification. If you hold a first/undergraduate degree (a bachelor's degree) then, depending on the sector/ subject you wish to teach, the minimum qualification you may need is a Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) or equivalent. If you don't hold a first degree then you'll need to gain a degree-level qualification which allows entry to the relevant Primary or Secondary PGDE programme or complete a degree which also incorporates a teaching qualification. Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Programmes of ITE in Scotland So you want to teach in Scotland? - Guide to becoming a teacher Undergraduate Intitial Teacher Education Programmes Postgraduate Initial Teacher Education Programmes in Scotland Useful Links myjobscotland Teach in Scotland