What is Professional Recognition
Professional Recognition and the Standards
GTC Scotland’s Professional Recognition is an award that recognises the enhanced, significant, sustained and reflective enquiry a teacher has undertaken and the development of their professional learning in a particular area.
Professional Recognition aligns with the Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning which describes the advanced professional knowledge and pedagogical expertise that registered teachers develop and maintain as they continue to progress in teaching and across the education profession. This award also aligns with the Standard for Middle Leadership and/or the Standard for Headship.
Pausing of Professional Recognition
From April 2025 GTC Scotland paused activities relating to the Professional Recognition accreditation for new programmes and individuals. Registrants who already hold this award will not be impacted. We are actively working with partners in the context of education reform to ensure clarity of individual organisational roles, responsibilities and complementary functions.
A broad range of professional learning programmes have been accredited with Professional Recognition by our Accreditation panel. Professional Recognition can be awarded to registrants who successfully complete one of the accredited programmes.