General Teaching Council (other)

	General Teaching Council (other) General Teaching Council could mean: * General Teaching Council for Scotland The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland) () is a fee based registered charity and the world's first independent registration and regulation body for teaching. The current Chief Executive and Registrar is Pauline Stephen. The GTC Sc ... * General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland * General Teaching Council for England (until 2012) * General Teaching Council for Wales (until 2015) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	General Teaching Council For Scotland The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland) () is a fee based registered charity and the world's first independent registration and regulation body for teaching. The current Chief Executive and Registrar is Pauline Stephen. The GTC Scotland maintains a register of qualified teachers and college lecturers; there were 80,695 teachers and college lecturers on the register on 31 March 2022. History GTC Scotland was the first professional registration and regulation body for teachers in the United Kingdom, and one of the first teaching councils in the world. It was set up in 1965 under the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 following concerns that entry requirements had lowered after the Second World War and unqualified teachers were working in Scottish schools. Its powers, remits and duties have since been amended by other legislation, including the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000. It is a legal requirement f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	General Teaching Council For Northern Ireland The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI) is the body overseeing the qualification, registration, and good conduct of teachers in Northern Ireland. Functions The GTCNI is responsible for upholding the standards of the profession and the registration of new teachers. History The GTCNI was established by the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. In 2016, the organisation consisted of 19 staff and a council consisting of 33 members. The Department of Education introduced a number of "special measures" to the GTCNI, after a lack of trust was identified between members of the council and senior management.. The review also recommended reducing the size of the council to "10 to 12". No change had been made to the size of the council by 2019.. In 2019, ten of the seventeen staff who took part in an investigation said they had been bullied. In May 2021, eight people resigned from the 33-member council. In December 2021, the Minister of Education An education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	General Teaching Council For England The General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) was the professional body for teaching in England between 2000 and 2012. The GTC was established by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 which set two aims: "to contribute to improving standards of teaching and the quality of learning, and to maintain and improve standards of professional conduct among teachers, in the interests of the public". The GTC was abolished in 2012 with some of its functions being assumed by the Teaching Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Education, which in 2013 became the National College for Teaching and Leadership. Functions In line with the aims set by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, the GTC had three principal functions. Maintaining a register of teachers in England The GTC was the awarding body for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England. Registration with the GTC was a legal requirement for all qualified teachers in maintained schools, pupil referral units and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]