What Happens After I Graduate?
You're guaranteed a teaching post with a Scottish local authority for a full school year. This is known as the Induction year.
However, for this guaranteed post, you will have to be a newly-qualified teacher, who has graduated from a Scottish university and assessed as a home student for fees.
To teach in a school in Scotland you need to be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).
After you successfully complete your course, you'll be provisionally registered with the GTCS until you meet the Standard for Full Registration.
Your Induction year is designed to give you full registration.
TESTIMONIAL
Angela Reid, 25, a Maths teacher at St Mungo's High School in Falkirk, says that the security of a permanent job is what first attracted her to a career in teaching.
"I've always thought that a teaching job is for life – and it offers a secure and rewarding career. Don't get me wrong, it's not easy, you're always really busy and sometimes I take marking home but what other job can you do where you enjoy your job, get paid really well and you get 13 weeks holiday a year?
Angela was so sure that teaching was for her, that she undertook a four-year degree at Stirling University that combined Maths and Education, which gave her a teaching qualification.
"I've always thought that I should be a teacher. I've always got on well with kids and I used to help the younger children at school with reading. As a teacher, you feel immense satisfaction seeing a child develop or watching them achieve good results.
"You do need to put a lot of effort into it but there's nothing better than seeing a child finally understanding what you are teaching them – it makes you feel you're having an effect on someone's life."
Angela also thinks that the Government's commitment to reduce class sizes will greatly benefit students.
"You can see some of the kids in the class that need more one-to-one tutoring, so if class sizes were reduced for Maths and English, you would be able to give more of your time to those kids that really need it."