Home > Professional Standards > Professional Standards 2021 The Standards Professional Standards Engage with the Professional Standards 2021 FAQs and Myths about the Standards Engaging with the standards Engage with the Standards Professional Values into Action Learning for Sustainability Headship Qualifications Self-evaluation What is self-evaluation? Using a coaching wheel Self-evaluation against the Standards Reflective Questions Professional Standards 2021 The Professional Standards 2021 are available to view below, together with supporting materials. A period of enactment support will now begin, allowing teachers and others to engage, explore and understand the relevance of the Professional Standards before formal enactment on 2 August 2021. What has changed? The refreshed and restructured Professional Standards now include a section called ‘Being a teacher in Scotland’ which highlights the professional values of social justice, trust and respect and integrity as being at the heart of what it means to be a teacher in Scotland. This roots the Professional Standards as a framework that supports what it means to become, to be and to grow as a teacher in Scotland. Having a strong focus on professional values helps teachers develop their professional identity and underpins a deep commitment to all learners’ cognitive, social and emotional growth and wellbeing. They are integral to, and demonstrated through, teachers’ professional relationships, thinking and actions in their professional practice. Commitment to reflecting on the connections between values and actions and career-long professional learning is a critical part of developing teacher professionalism. Read and compare the refreshed and revised Professional Standards 1. Interactive Standards Use our interactive Standards to view and compare up to three of the Professional Standards 2021 side by side. Interactive Standards 2. PDF versions of Standards Standard for Provisional Registration 2021 Standard for Full Registration 2021 Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning 2021 Standard for Middle Leadership 2021 Standard for Headship 2021 3. Side by side comparison Professional Standards 2021 - Side by side comparison 4. Literature Review Literature Review - Professional Standards for Teachers 5. Standards on a Page Standard on a page: Provisional Registration Standard on a page: Full Registration Standard on a page: Career-Long Professional Learning Standard on a page: Middle Leadership Standard on a page: Headship 6. Comparison to previous Professional Standards Comparison of Professional Standards 2012 and 2021 (ppt) 7. Teachers on the refreshed and restructured Professional Standards Revising the Professional Standards What is happening with the Professional Code? A revised Professional Code was put out for consultation in October 2019. Further engagement with registrants is required and our ambition is to have two Codes (one for teachers and one for lecturers) in place by August 2022. Contact Us Email us at standards@gtcs.org.uk On Twitter: @gtcs #professionalstandards