Professional Values and Practice: Achieving the Standards for QTS

The professional code of the General Teaching Council lists eight new standards, each of them analysed here in detail using questions and activities to describe what trainee teachers need to know, understand and demonstrate as they work towards Qualified Teacher Status. Each of the eight standards cover the following issues:




expectations, diversity and achievement


personal and professional values


values in the classroom


values, rights and responsibilities in the wider community


the community of the school


professional relationships


personal and professional development


professional responsibility.

This practical and jargon-free guide features an extensive range of examples and suggestions for further reading, designed to help those in their early professional development.