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■A Briefing Session on GTCS Registration for Japanese Teachers in Scotland

 

The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) is self-regulating body for teaching in Scotland and it is a legal requirement for any teacher teaching in Scottish schools to be registered with GTCS. From January 2016, some changes are made to the registration rules for Qualified Outside Scotland and Professional Registration applicants.


Following this change, the Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh is hosting a briefing session on the new GTCS Registration system for those who currently teach Japanese language, are willing to teach it in the future, or have teaching qualifications in Japan and are interested in teaching Japanese in Scotland, and so on.


Ms Ellen Doherty (Director of Education, Registration and Professional Learning) from GTCS will explain what exactly has been changed under the new rules, and what kind of preparation you would expect to do to be registered as a Japanese language teacher in Scotland.


Time & Date: Monday 26 September 2016, 17:30 – 19:00　*including reception
Place: Room LG.09, David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh
Fee: Free Entry


If you would like to attend the session, please send us an email to info@ed.mofa.go.jp with your name and contact details, mentioning that you are coming to the event by Monday 19 September.

For those who are considering to register with GTCS, please also fill out our questionnaire from the following link. It mainly asks your teaching qualification backgrounds, and the data will be shared with Ms Doherty prior to the session to make some advice more case-specific.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PK66RYM

 

We hope many of you can utilise this opportunity to learn about teaching qualification in Scotland even if you are not so sure yet.