YOUR ONLINE PROFILE
Throughout your probationary period you should be gathering evidence to prove you are meeting the Standard for Full Registration (SFR). Flexible Route probationers should compile this information and submit it in an online profile.
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Probationers
Flexible Route
Now you are a probationer teacher, this area of our site will provide you with guidance and support throughout your probationary period via the Flexible Route.
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Advice for Probationers
An update for probationer teachers on our position regarding Covid-19 is available here: advice for probationers
From Teaching Scotland
Make a Change
One small thing from you as a teacher can change the lives of our children who have compliant autism. Frances Young, Support for Learning Teacher and mother of an autistic child, shares her story.
News
Initial Registration Fee
The initial Registration Fee for those starting the Teacher Induction Scheme or Flexible Route in August 2019 will be deducted on or around 16 July. This amounts to £65.
Please note: if you have not passed or completed your course, payment will not be taken.
Blog
A swing of the pendulum
Teacher Fiona Jones gives her views on Outdoor Learning and the importance of nature in childhood.
GTCS Webinar
Making practitioner enquiry doable
In this webinar, co-authors Kate Wall and Elaine Hall discuss their new book Research Methods for Understanding Professional Learning. Along with GTCS Education Officer Charlaine Simpson, they discuss areas within the new book which they think are helpful in supporting teachers to engage in enquiry.
News
Mental health training
SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) has launched a new free e-learning resource 'We All Have Mental Health' for school teachers across Scotland. The online training resource aims to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to pupils who are experiencing mental health problems.
Teaching Scotland
Make a change
Support for Learning teacher Frances Young writes about some of the challenges parents of children with compliant autism face. She offer suggestions for how teachers can help support pupils with compliant autism in their classroom.
She didn't – a poem about behaviour
Secondary school teacher Blair Minchin took inspiration from his poetry class to write a poem about zero tolerance approaches to behaviour.
Blog
Taking the Flexible Route
Modern Studies teacher, Hannah Smith, talks about her Flexible Rote experience and taking the plunge in becoming a teacher.
Event
Scottish Learning Festival
The Scottish Learning Festival (SLF) is a free education event in Scotland welcoming thousands of education professionals, organised by Education Scotland. SLF 2019 takes place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September in the SEC, Glasgow.