Getting it Right for LGBT Teachers: Community Discussion

Report from April 2016 community discussion hosted in partnership with LGBT Youth Scotland providing a space for LGBT+ teachers and educators to come together and discuss their experiences of being LGBT+ in education and share best practices to include LGBT+ educators.

There were around 30 delegates present from across Scotland, including teachers from Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Fife. Notably there were teachers from both rural and city schools. Also joining us at the event were representatives from the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), Education Institute of Scotland (EIS), The National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and Scottish Workplace Networking for LGBT people (SWAN), to provide guidance and information about support services and initiatives aimed at improving the professional life of LGBT+ teachers in Scotland.