Created on: 31 Mar 2026 | Last modified: 13 Apr 2026
A GTCS Professional Learning Day will be hosted on Friday, 8th May at a venue (tbc) in Glasgow with the EIS Professional Learning Co-ordinator and Education & Equality department.
The event is open for all EIS-FELA members, whether you are currently GTCS registered or not. All attendees can use these Professional Learning workshops to count towards Professional Learning hours and those who are registered may wish to consider using them as part of Professional Update.
Participation in this Professional Learning day will allow for collegiate discussion of good practice, enhanced connectivity with colleagues, and allow for lecturers' professionalism to be celebrated and recognised, in a peer-supported space.
A draft outline of the day is below:
9.30am - Registration
10am – Welcome and Introductions
10:30am – Plenary session on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Scotland's Colleges.
11am – First round of workshops (delegates to pick one):
An introduction to emotions coaching/behaviour management.
Understanding neurodiversity and how to differentiate.
Theories of teaching and learning.
12:30 – Lunch
1:30pm – Second round of workshops (as above, pick one).
3pm – GTCS Professional Standards session
3:45pm – Feedback
4pm – Close
If you are interested in attending, please register here as soon as possible in order that we can gauge numbers. Please ensure you seek the time off from your employer to attend.