Written Question · S3W-33241 · Session 3
Whether it considers that the Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education and the Standard for Initial Teacher Education have been appropriate…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education and the Standard for Initial Teacher Education have been appropriately adhered to in the accreditation and approval of Initial Teacher Education programmes since December 2006, with particular emphasis on preparing new teachers with the competencies to deliver modern languages in the primary school cross-referenced against section 3.2 of the Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education and sections 1.1.1, 1.1.3, and 2.1.1 of the Standard for Initial Teacher Education.
The answer
The Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education courses in Scotland are not prescriptive about the balance of course content. Accordingly, courses will include varying proportions of subject content.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which is currently being established as the independent, profession-led regulatory body for the teaching profession in Scotland, conducts a thorough process of accreditation of all programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Officials on behalf of the Scottish ministers approve programmes only on the basis of the council''s recommendations.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which is currently being established as the independent, profession-led regulatory body for the teaching profession in Scotland, conducts a thorough process of accreditation of all programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Officials on behalf of the Scottish ministers approve programmes only on the basis of the council''s recommendations.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-33241 by reference.