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College Lecturer

Regulators
  • General Teaching Council for Scotland
Nations
  • Scotland
Sectors
  • Education

Regulatory or professional bodies

Primary regulator

Address

Clerwood House, 96 Clemiston Road
Edinburgh
EH12 6UT

Email address
gtcs@gtcs.org.uk
Phone number
+44 (0)1313 146 000

Regulation

Regulation summary

GTC Scotland registers and regulates those college lecturers who are eligible to register on the Register of Teachers. GTC Scotland's functions are set out in the Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) 2011.

GTC Scotland is responsible for the professional standards of those registered on the Register of Teachers and regulates this through its Fitness to Teach (FtT) process. This ensures public protection and the maintenance of proper teaching standards.

GTC Scotland investigates and makes decisions about a registered teacher’s fitness to teach in line with its Fitness to Teach Rules, which set out the process it follows.

Regulation type

Certification

Reserved activities

Where required to by their employer, eligible college lecturers must be registered with GTC Scotland to teach in Scottish Colleges

More about regulated activities and titles
https://www.gtcs.org.uk/registration/college-lecturer-registration/

Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification

Registration is qualifications based.

You are required to have obtained a recognised teaching qualification.

Registration criteria is set out in the GTC Scotland Registration and Standards Rules 2015.

Professionals from other UK nations

Routes to recognition within the UK

Anyone who has qualified outside Scotland, including within UK, must meet the requirements set out in Schedule 2 of the Registration and Standards Rules 2015.

Professionals from outside the UK

Recognition for professionals outside the UK
Some - qualifications from some countries may be recognised, but professionals from other countries will have to re-qualify
Summary of routes

We provide the Qualified Outside Scotland route to registration. This enables college lecturers from outside of Scotland to have their qualifications assessed. Where their qualifications meet our requirements for registration, we will award registration in the Further Education registration category and the individual will become registered upon payment of the annual registration fee. Where qualifications awarded in a particular country do not meet our requirements this will mean that college lecturers qualified in that country will not be able to gain registration. These individuals would require to obtain qualifications that meet our registration requirements before being able to gain registration. Information about applying to register as a college lecturer qualified in Scotland is provided on our website.


Registration

Registration requirements

Registration with GTC Scotland is required through a College Lecturers employment contract. It is therefore a requirement of the employer to access the profession.

You must maintain your registration in line with the Registration and Standards Rules 2015. This includes, among other things:
- completing 'Professional Update' requirements;
- remaining a member of, or be approved in terms of, such disclosure or vetting scheme as may be in place in Scotland in order to protect children and vulnerable groups;
-adhering to the relevant GTC Scotland relevant professional standards;
- payment of annual fee

More about registration
https://www.gtcs.org.uk/college/

Legislation

Title of relevant act or charter

Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011

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