Home > Regulation > Regulation Fitness To Teach What is Fitness To Teach Process Make a Referral Criminal convictions The Investigation process About Hearings Rules and Policies Professional Update and Fitness to Teach Outcomes Hearings schedule and decisions Fitness to Teach Statistics Regulation GTCS regulates the teaching profession in Scotland through its fitness to teach process. What is the fitness to teach process? The fitness to teach process is in place to ensure public protection and maintain proper teaching standards. The process is not about disciplining or punishing teachers, it is about ensuring that we have a teaching profession in Scotland that is and remains fit to teach so that public trust and confidence in teachers is maintained and the learning of our children and young people is protected. Downloads Code of Professionalism and Conduct Fitness to Teach Rules Framework on Teacher Competence Professional Guidance on the Use of eComms and Social Media The GTCS Fitness to Teach Process Fitness to Teach Process: Information Booklet for Referred Teachers Contact T: +44 (0)131 314 6000 E: regulation@gtcs.org.uk