Teacher – Religious Education

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:

Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values (social justice, trust, respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in your current and previous roles? 

(Consider the following:  how you have promoted health and wellbeing for all; how you have built positive relationships build on trust and respect; how you have motivated and included all learners; how you have demonstrated your values and moral purpose?)

Ways in which you demonstrated your professional knowledge and understanding of learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum through an enquiring stance.  

(Consider the following:  how have you increased your knowledge of research and used this to enhance, and apply, individually and collaboratively to inform your professional practice; how is your professional commitment evident in your engagement with professional learning that has enhanced your practice; how have you used innovation and creativity including the use of digital technologies to motivate and engage learners?)

Ways in which you have effectively planned to meet all learners need

(onsider the following:  how you have used assessment evidence as an integral part of the teaching process to support and enhance learning, which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for learners?)

Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for learners

(Consider the following:  how have you have demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with learners about their wellbeing; how have you established positive and purposeful relationships within your school community; how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for learners?) 

Job Details

We are looking for a highly skilled Religious Education teacher who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential.   As a teacher in Fifeyou will be responsible for leading learning within your classroom context, promoting inclusion, diversity and equality, communicating with other stakeholders and for contributing to wider improvements across the school community. 

Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements

You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.

You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

For posts within Secondary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Secondary for the specific subject, in this case that is Religious Education, but for temporary class teacher posts, provisional GTCS registration in the relevant sector may be considered.

Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration is required for all Permanent posts.

You are required to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.

Candidates holding GTCS registration in Further Education must also hold Primary or Secondary registration to meet the essential criteria as determined by Fife Council.  For teaching specific subjects you must be fully registered with GTCS to teach those subjects.

For further information regarding Fife Council’s essential criteria for GTCS registration please review: Essential Criteria for GTCS Registration

Further Information

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