Useful reading

• GTCS Professional Standards for teachers
• Professional Guidance on the Use of Electronic Communication and Social Media
• GTCS Code of Professionalism and Conduct
• GTCS Student Teacher Code

Policy documents to familiarise yourself with:

• The Building the Curriculum series of documents from Education Scotland
• Realising the Ambition
• CIRCLE resource to support Inclusive Learning and Collaborative Working and The National Framework for Inclusion: Supporting inclusive practices in Scotland
• Not a policy document, but useful nonetheless - BERA blog

Additional reading

If you would like to undertake additional background reading over the summer, these are the texts that we would recommend. When your University account is activated, these should be available through the library and/or digitally. 

We understand that students are in a range of different circumstances which make them more or less able to engage with reading prior to the start of the programme – this is optional and we would encourage you to engage with the chapters of each source which particularly interest you rather than the entire publication.

• Akala (2018) Natives : race and class in the ruins of empire. London: Two Roads.
• Bolton, G. and Delderfield, R. (2018) Reflective practice: writing and professional development. 5th Ed. London, England: SAGE Publications Ltd.
• Bryce, T. G. K., Humes, W. M., Gillies, D., Kennedy, A., Davidson, J., Hamilton, T. and Smith, I. (eds) (2018)  Scottish Education. 5^th Ed.  Edinburgh:  Edinburgh University Press
• hooks, b., 2014. Teaching to transgress. Routledge.
• Pollard, A. (2019) Reflective teaching in schools. 5th Ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Sensoy, O. & DiAngelo, R. (2017) Is everyone really equal? an introduction to key concepts in social justice education. 5th Ed. New York: Teachers College Press.

We would also recommend joining/visiting your local library and spending some time having a look at as many different picture books and other reading material suitable for primary-aged children as you can.