GTCS matters for every teacher
The EIS supports the work of the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in its significantly important role in Scottish Education.
The work of the GTCS impacts on teacher professionalism and the professional lives of teachers throughout their careers. This role is of particular importance in light of Professional Update, the development of teacher professionalism and the need to enhance the status of the teaching profession.
Why strong teacher voice on GTCS Council matters
- To be able to teach in Scotland, every teacher must be registered, and remain registered, with GTCS.
- The GTCS sets 7 Professional Standards: the Standard for Provisional Registration; the Standard for Provisional Registration (college lecturers); the standard for Full Registration; the Standard for Full Registration (college lecturers); the Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning; and the Standard for Middle Leadership and the Standard for Headship.
- The GTCS accredits Initial Teacher Education as well as playing a critical role in supporting professional learning though the Professional Standards and
related activity.
- Cases of alleged teacher misconduct or incompetence are reported to the GTCS, which has the right to use the ultimate sanction of removing teachers from the GTCS Register.
- The GTCS is influential to a great extent in discussion and debate related to the work of the teaching profession and the quality of learning and teaching within our education settings.
Voting is solely online; your voting PIN will be emailed to you directly by the Independent Scrutineers, Civica Election Services Ltd.
All teachers on the GTCS register will receive an email with ballot instructions by Tuesday 13 January 2026 and online voting will be open from that date until noon on Friday 6 February 2026.
