HOW HAVE YOU DEMONSTRATED YOUR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING WHEN MEETING PUPIL NEEDS?

(Consider the following: how you have developed an informed and critical stance which focuses on improvements in curriculum and pedagogy so that learners can demonstrate their potential; how you use assessment to identify need and inform future learning, how you have promoted and participated in collaborative practice; how you have contributed to the staff development and leadership of learning.)

QUALIFICATION, REGISTRATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of the school team to support pupils and families.
• You will contribute and lead on areas school improvement.
• You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.
• Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration.
• For posts within primary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in primary.
• For posts within secondary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in secondary for the specific subject.
• You are required to model all behaviour expected of a Teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
• Full registration is required for all permanent posts, for temporary Class Teacher posts, provisional GTCS registration in the relevant sector will be considered.
• Candidates holding GTCS registration in Further Education must also hold primary or secondary registration to meet the essential criteria as determined by Fife Council. For teaching specific subjects you must be fully registered with GTCS to teach those subjects.
• For further information regarding Fife Council’s essential criteria for GTCS registration please review Essential Criteria for GTCS Registration .

PURPOSE AND VALUES OF EDUCATION DIRECTORATE

The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.

WAYS IN WHICH YOU HAVE MODELLED AND PROMOTED THE GTCS PROFESSIONAL VALUES (SOCIAL JUSTICE, TRUST, RESPECT AND INTEGRITY) AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT IN YOUR CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ROLES.

(Consider the following: how you have ensured equity of opportunity for all; how you have developed relationships built on trust and; how your moral, ethical principles and professional learning underpin your practice as a Teacher to ensure that all learners are included.)