National documents
Scottish Executive: A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century
In May 2000, the report of the McCrone Inquiry into professional conditions of service for teachers was published. It outlined the agreement reached to improve the professional conditions of service and pay for teachers. This included a commitment to CPD - that teachers should have an ongoing commitment to maintain their professional expertise through an agreed programme; that they would have an annual plan agreed with their immediate manager; and that they would be required to maintain an individual CPD record.
Scottish Executive: Continuing Professional Development: Teaching in Scotland
The CPD Framework helps teachers to identify and access relevant, high quality development opportunities to help them meet their full potential. This booklet explains how that can work. It also outlines some of the key aspects of the CPD Framework and answers some frequently asked questions.
Scottish Executive: Guidelines on the Procedure of PRD
The national agreement, 'A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century', sets the contractual context for professional review and development. It requires teachers to have an ongoing commitment to maintain their professional expertise through an agreed programme of CPD. This document sets out a framework for professional review and development (PRD) and a checklist for the operation of local authority systems.
Scottish Executive: Standard for Chartered Teacher
'A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century' introduced the qualification-based Chartered Teacher grade as a means of rewarding teachers who wished to pursue a challenging career without having to leave the classroom. The Standard would comprise part of the national framework for teachers' CPD. This document outlines and expands on the four key components, central professional values and commitments involved.
Scottish Executive: Chartered Teacher Status - FAQs
Chartered Teacher status was introduced following the agreement 'A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century'. It is a means of rewarding teachers who wish to pursue a challenging career without having to leave the classroom. The Chartered Teacher programme aims to encourage teachers to focus on the enhancement of teaching and learning and to separate the concepts of teaching from those of administration and management. This document addresses some of the frequently asked questions.
Scottish Executive: Continuing Professional Development for Educational Leaders
Within the context of the Professional Review and Development Guidelines, which help teachers to plan their CPD needs on an annual basis, this document is intended to assist the development of authority or school-based frameworks by outlining a progressive set of qualities and functions pertinent to different responsibilities in education.
General Teaching Council Scotland: The Standard for Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
The Standard for Initial Teacher Education was established to provide a comprehensive set of requirements for universities that offer programmes of training to be a teacher in Scotland. The Standard specifies the standard of skills, abilities, knowledge, understanding and values that programmes of initial teacher education should address and assess.
General Teaching Council Scotland: The Standard for Full Registration
The Standard for Full Registration sets out what is expected of new teachers during their induction / Probation year and provides a professional standard against which the decision on whether to grant full registration is made.
General Teaching Council Scotland: The Standard for Headship
The Standard for Headship was established in 1998 to provides a framework for a professional training programme for headship. The purpose of the Standard for Headship is to define the leadership and management capabilities of headteachers.