Placement
You will complete an 18-week placement in two different secondary schools in Scotland . Placements are an invaluable way of building on your theoretical learning and seeing the evidence of how teaching home economics can benefit young people . Placements are generated through the GTCS Student Placement System ( SPS ) and are based on a student ’ s term time address . Students may be required to travel within a 90 minutes radius to their placement and are required to pay for any additional expenses that may occur whilst on placement ( eg travel or accommodation ). Under no circumstances should students source their own placement .
Careers
Scottish students are guaranteed a job for one year in a Scottish school following graduation as part of the GTCS Teacher Induction Scheme . After graduating , candidates register with the GTCS for provisional registration and on successful completion of a probationary teaching year will be awarded full registration .
Working as a teacher
When a person successfully completes a teacher education programme at a Scottish university they will receive a teaching qualification .
By law they must register with the GTCS before they can be employed as a teacher in a Scottish education authority nursery , primary , secondary or special school . A teacher ’ s fitness to teach ( i . e . in terms of conduct ) will be considered at the point of application for registration .
Newly qualified teachers in their probation year currently start on a salary of £ 27,498 in Scotland . Secondary teachers get an additional £ 8,000 if they choose to complete their probationary year anywhere in Scotland , and primary teachers get £ 6,000 extra .
Once you are fully registered , this increases incrementally over the first six years from £ 27,498 to £ 41,462 .
The Teacher Induction Scheme offers a guaranteed one-year training post to every eligible student graduating with a teaching qualification from one of Scotland ’ s universities ., see : www . in2teaching . org . uk / Students / studentteacher-induction-scheme-faqs . aspx
In addition , see the ‘ Working as a teacher ’ section opposite .
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