## Docent in Schotland

The Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning supersedes the Standard for Chartered Teacher (GTC Scotland 2009) and is part of the suite of GTC Scotland’s Professional Standards which also includes The Standards for Registration and The Standards for Leadership and Management.

The Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning is based on sound national and international research, as well as on the successes of the Standard for Chartered Teachers and related programmes of professional learning. Having attained the Standard for Full Registration, teachers will continue to develop their expertise and experience across all areas of their professional practice through appropriate and sustained career-long professional learning.

The Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning has been developed to support teachers choosing to reflect on this Standard as part of their professional learning. As they progress through their careers this Standard will help them to identify, plan and develop their own professional learning needs and to ensure continuing development of professional practice.