GTC Scotland Professional Standards & 
  Professional Learning Resource Overview
            PART 1   Taking ownership and bringing the Professional Standards to life
            PART 2   Explore the inter-connections between the Professional Standards and teacher 
                     professionalism as central to Professional Update
            PART 3   Explore your Professional Learning focus and the Professional Standards
                     Consider next steps for your own professional learning; using the Professional Standards 
            PART 4   to support this journey
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     Workbook
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    Workbook
                         PART ONE
              Taking Ownership and Bringing the 
                  Professional Standards to Life 
    GTC Scotland                                                         Saturday, August 27, 2022
              Professional Standards for 
               teachers in Scotland have 
                       multiple purposes 
                                                                          to provide a framework for 
   to create a shared language             as a benchmark for              Initial Teacher Education, 
    for teaching professionals          professional competency            probation and leadership 
                                               (SPR & SFR)                pathways and professional 
                                                                           learning programmes;   
     to develop and enhance              to support career-long             to ensure and enhance 
                 GTC Scotland                                              Saturday, August 27, 2022
         professionalism                  professional growth             public trust and confidence 
                                                                          in the teaching profession.
              Making the Professional Standards 
                     meaningful in and through our 
                                   professional practice
                                                                                   I use the Professional 
                                                                                   Standards to critically 
      This Coaching Wheel                                                          examine my attitudes, 
                                                                                    beliefs and values in 
      asks teachers to rate                      I use the Professional                    action 
                                                  Standards to explore 
      themselves against                         areas of interest for my                                                I use the Professional Standards 
                                                  professional learning                                                    to reflect on the impact of my 
      statements and ask                                                                                                  professional learning on my own 
                                                                                                                             professional development
      questions to explore 
      their thinking.
                                      I use the Professional 
                                       Standards to identify 
                                       and build upon areas                                                                      I am confident moving across 
                                        of strength and for                                                                      and between the Professional 
                                           development                                                                           Standards as developmental 
                                                                                                                                          frameworks
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      ort self-evaluation 
                                        I know which aspects of the 
                                         Professional Standards link                                                   I maintain a reflective record of 
                                           to my current role and                                                         professional learning and 
                                                 aspirations                                                             evidence of its impact on my 
                                                                                                                      thinking and professional actions 
                                                                                   I use the Professional                 linked to the Professional 
                                                                                  Standards to support my                         Standards
                                                                                  professional learning in 
                   This is activity one in the workbook                       meaningful ways  and discuss 
     Workbook                                                                      this as part of my PRD