Qualified outside Scotland (college lecturer)

You will need to have taught in a college setting for a minimum of 190 days in order to be considered for registration in the Further Education category.

We require reference reports on this service from the college(s) where you were employed.

We will ask you to confirm:

• college name(s)
• dates of employment

We require a copy of your original qualification certificate issued by the Higher Education Institution/Universty/College or alternative proof as outlined below. This is a mandatory document and you will be unable to submit the application unless uploaded.

Details you will be asked to enter in the application form:

• the title of your teacher qualification
• name of awarding education institution
• country where you qualified
• date of the award
• age range your teacher qualification relates to

If you are yet to be issued with your award certificate and have recently completed your teacher qualification, you should provide an official statement from the awarding education institution where you qualified, giving the following information:

• the title of the qualification
• the date on which you passed the qualification
• that you are not subject to any appeals process
• that there are no known impediments to you being issued with your teaching qualification certificate at graduation

If you have lost/no longer have a copy of the document, then you will need to provide an official statement from the awarding education institution, confirming the title of your teacher qualification and the date of the award.

This is the document showing the modules studied during your teacher qualification.

We need clear scans of photographs of forms of identity to confirm:

• name (e.g. birth certificate, passport)
• date of birth (e.g. birth certificate, passport)
• current address (e.g. utility bill, bank statement, drivers licence).

One of these must be a photo ID.

We are required by Disclosure Scotland to obtain these documents in order for us to issue you with a link to the PVG/EPVG application form.

If you are using your passport as one of these forms of ID, the image below shows an example of the passport page required. This page should show your photograph and details.

As part of the assessment process, we will check whether your teacher qualification is comparable to the Scottish Teaching Qualification in Further Education.

We need the following information to be confirmed by the awarding education institution:

• the age range your teacher qualification relates to
• that teaching practice in the 16 and above student age range was included

If the above is not clear from your teacher education transcript, you will also need to provide an official statement from the education institution where you qualified, clearly confirming the above information.

This document can be uploaded at the end of the application process via the upload page.

This can either be a Marriage Certificate or Deed Poll document.

We require a criminal record check from applicants who have spent 3 months or more (in a single period) in a non-UK country in the last 10 years and applicants who were born and have lived overseas until adulthood. Learn more about criminal record checks.

If you do not submit a criminal record check, your application will be put on hold and will not be assessed until the criminal record check is received.

All applicants are required to be a member of Disclosure Scotland’s Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme for regulated work with children and protected adults. Learn more about the PVG Scheme.

We require all documents that are not in English to be officially translated. We would recommend that you visit Association of Translation Companies where you can find your nearest translation company.