Scots Language Teacher CPD – Course Guide

C.1 Professional Recognition Process

1. If you are registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland and complete the requirements successfully, you will receive the award of Professional Recognition: Teaching Scots Language and Culture. The Open University will present you to the General Teaching Council for Scotland on successful completion of this element.

2. During the online tutorial in the induction week you will be given more information on the Professional Recognition in this course. Check the course timetable for the session time and where to join. We will record the session for you, too. It provides a full explanation of the Professional Recognition requirements outlined in this guide.

3. Also, as part of the Induction activities at the start of this course, you are required to complete a GTCS coaching wheel. This provides a pre-course baseline of your current practice in including Scots language and culture in your teaching and areas for development. Your coaching wheel is for your own information, you are not required to share it with your tutor at this time but can do so if you wish. You will revisit this coaching wheel at the end of the programme to evaluate your progress and development over the period of the course.

4. Contact your tutor in can you wish not to undertake the programme’s Professional Recognition element.

5. For being able to gain your GTCS professional recognition award, please contact the course administrator by the end of week 3 of the course citing your GTCS registration number and using the Scotland-Languages@open.ac.uk email address.

6. You will receive your certificate directly through the post from the GTCS. The award is valid for 5 years and will appear automatically on your GTCS registration record. Following that period, you can apply for a renewal of the award based on further development work you have done in this area.