Common use of Headteacher/Principal Clause in Contracts

Headteacher/Principal. The commitment of the headteacher/principal is essential for successful partnership and ensuring a whole school commitment to ITT. The headteacher/principal has a responsibility to ensure that the school can offer both an appropriate setting for effective training and is able to meet the requirements of the specific school experience, managing the fee paid per student for each school experience to support both of these criteria. The headteacher should be committed to enabling and providing opportunities for their staff working as mentors and professional tutors with student teachers to attend the relevant mentor / professional tutor training and briefing sessions, recognising this as a valuable form of continuing professional development as well as quality assurance for the Partnership. The school should be able to offer student teachers access to support, good practice and necessary resources. In many schools, this responsibility is delegated to an experienced member of staff – such as the professional tutor - who also oversees all communication and negotiations with the University. The headteacher is also responsible (either directly or via the member of staff to whom they have delegated the task) for communicating with the Head of Partnership regarding any changes to the school context that might significantly affect it as an appropriate setting for ITT (e.g. issues arising from a recent Ofsted inspection of the school or a significant change in staffing). Normally, the headteacher should be willing to assist the University with occasional “re-sit” school experiences in their school (in negotiation with the Head of Partnership or Co-ordinator for School Partnership). In extreme cases of student failure (including serious instances of unacceptable professional conduct) the headteacher may terminate the school experience (see section 4: Troubleshooting, for further details). Other responsibilities include:  have in place school policies or development plans that support ITT (including having, or be working towards having, a specific ITT policy for the school);  select and share, where appropriate, school data with student teachers for assignment/directed task/professional development purposes;  take responsibility, when requested, for writing references for final-year students, including - where appropriate - delegation of this responsibility to the professional tutor/member of staff with overall responsibility for ITT in the school or the mentor of the student concerned (This is in addition to the references required to be written by the University staff about the student);  agree to support the University in its implementation of its Health and Safety procedures (see section 6.5) and all Equal Opportunities / Race Equality policies (see section 6.6) as they relate to the student teachers’ experience in schools;  support and authorise/facilitate opportunities for school staff (ie subject mentors and professional tutors) to assist the partnership in the selection and interviewing of applicants for a place on Secondary ITT programmes and to attend Partnership Training sessions (including mentor training);  where possible / appropriate facilitate - in consultation with the professional tutor and / or Head of Partnership - visits by external examiners, Ofsted inspectors and internal University moderators to their school for the purpose of quality assuring and enhancing the work of the partnership as well as for the moderation and assessment of student teachers.

Headteacher/Principal. The commitment of the headteacher/principal is essential for successful partnership and ensuring a whole school commitment to ITT. The headteacher/principal has a responsibility to ensure that the school can offer both an appropriate setting for effective training and is able to meet the requirements of the specific school experienceplacement, managing the fee paid per student for each school experience to support both of these criteria. The headteacher should be committed to enabling and providing opportunities for their staff working as mentors and professional tutors with student teachers to attend the relevant mentor / professional tutor training and briefing sessions, recognising this as a valuable form of continuing professional development as well as quality assurance for the Partnership. The school should be able to offer student teachers access to support, good practice and necessary resources. In many schools, this responsibility is delegated to an experienced member of staff – such as the professional tutor - who also oversees all communication and negotiations with the University. The headteacher is also responsible (either directly or via the member of staff to whom they have delegated the task) for communicating with the Head of School Partnership regarding any changes to the school context that might significantly affect effect it as an appropriate setting for ITT (e.g. issues arising from a recent Ofsted inspection of the school or a significant change in staffing). Normally, the headteacher should be willing to assist the University with occasional “re-sit” school experiences placements in their school (in negotiation with the Head of School Partnership or Co-ordinator for School Partnership). In extreme cases of student failure (including serious instances of unacceptable professional conduct) the headteacher may terminate the school experience placement (see section 4: Troubleshooting, for further details). Other responsibilities include:  • have in place school policies or development plans that support ITT (including having, or be working towards having, a specific ITT policy for the school);  • select and share, where appropriate, school data with student teachers for assignment/directed task/professional development purposes;  • take responsibility, when requested, for writing references for final-year students, including - where appropriate - delegation of this responsibility to the professional tutor/member of staff with overall responsibility for ITT in the school or the mentor of the student concerned (This is in addition to the references required to be written by the University staff about the student);  • agree to support the University in its implementation of its Health and Safety procedures (see section 6.5) and all Equal Opportunities / Race Equality policies (see section 6.6) as they relate to the student teachers’ experience in schools;  • support and authorise/facilitate opportunities for school staff (ie subject mentors and professional tutors) to assist the partnership in the selection and interviewing of applicants for a place on Secondary ITT programmes and to attend Partnership Training sessions (including mentor training);  • where possible / appropriate facilitate - in consultation with the professional tutor and / or Head of School Partnership - visits by external examiners, Ofsted inspectors and internal University moderators to their school for the purpose of quality assuring and enhancing the work of the partnership as well as for the moderation and assessment of student teachers.

Headteacher/Principal. The commitment of the headteacher/principal is essential for successful partnership and ensuring a whole school commitment to ITT. The headteacher/principal has a responsibility to ensure that the school can offer both an appropriate setting for effective training and is able to meet the requirements of the specific school experience, managing the fee paid per student for each school experience to support both of these criteriaSchool Direct salaried programme. The headteacher should be committed to enabling and providing opportunities for their staff working as mentors and professional tutors with student teachers trainees to attend the relevant mentor / professional tutor training and briefing sessions, recognising this as a valuable form of continuing professional development as well as quality assurance for the Partnership. The school should be able to offer student teachers trainees access to support, good practice and necessary resources. In many schools, this responsibility is delegated to an experienced member of staff – such as the professional tutor or School Direct co-ordinator - who also oversees all communication and negotiations with the lead school and University. The headteacher is also responsible (either directly or via the member of staff to whom they have delegated the task) for communicating with the Head of Partnership lead school and University regarding any changes to the school context that might significantly affect it as an appropriate setting for ITT School Direct trainees (e.g. issues arising from a recent Ofsted inspection of the school or a significant change in staffing). Normally, the headteacher should be willing to assist the University with occasional “re-sit” school experiences in their school (in negotiation with the Head of Partnership or Co-ordinator for School Partnership). In extreme cases of student failure (including serious instances of unacceptable professional conduct) the headteacher may terminate the school experience (see section 4: Troubleshooting, for further details). Other responsibilities include:  • ensure that all School direct activity is in accordance with the School Charter (Appendix 3) • have in place school policies or development plans that support ITT (including having, or be working towards having, having a specific ITT School Direct policy for the school – this may be an alliance policy adopted by the school);  • select and share, where appropriate, school data with student teachers trainees for assignment/directed task/professional development purposes;  • take responsibility, when requested, for writing references for final-year studentstrainees, including - where appropriate - delegation of this responsibility to the professional tutor/member of staff with overall responsibility for ITT in the school or the mentor of the student concerned (This is in addition to the references required to be written by the University staff about the student)trainee concerned;  • agree to support the University partnership in its implementation of its all Health and Safety procedures (see section 6.5) and all policies including Equal Opportunities / Race Equality policies (see section 6.6) as they relate to the student teachers’ trainees‟ experience in schools;  • support and authorise/facilitate opportunities for school staff (ie subject mentors and professional tutors) to assist the partnership in the selection and interviewing of applicants for a place on Secondary ITT programmes and to attend Partnership Training sessions (including mentor training);  • where possible / appropriate facilitate - in consultation with the professional tutor tutor, lead school and / or Head of Partnership University - visits by external examiners, Ofsted inspectors and internal University partnership moderators to their school for the purpose of quality assuring and enhancing the work of the partnership as well as for the moderation and assessment of student teacherstrainees. The trainee timetable must adhere to the University of Chichester programme requirements i.e.: that they receive at least the equivalent of 4 – 6 hours planned training activity per week and that no trainee will be required to perform more than 90% of the teaching duties normally required of a full- time qualified teacher.

Headteacher/Principal. The commitment of the headteacher/principal is essential for successful partnership and ensuring a whole school commitment to ITT. The headteacher/principal has a responsibility to ensure that the school can offer both an appropriate setting for effective training and is able to meet the requirements of the specific school experience, managing the fee paid per student for each school experience to support both of these criteria. The headteacher should be committed to enabling and providing opportunities for their staff working as mentors and professional tutors with student teachers to attend the relevant mentor / professional tutor training and briefing sessions, recognising this as a valuable form of continuing professional development as well as quality assurance for the Partnership. The school should be able to offer student teachers access to support, good practice and necessary resources. In many schools, this responsibility is delegated to an experienced member of staff – such as the professional tutor - who also oversees all communication and negotiations with the University. The headteacher is also responsible (either directly or via the member of staff to whom they have delegated the task) for communicating with the Head of Partnership regarding any changes to the school context that might significantly affect it as an appropriate setting for ITT (e.g. issues arising from a recent Ofsted inspection of the school or a significant change in staffing). Normally, the headteacher should be willing to assist the University with occasional “re-sit” school experiences in their school (in negotiation with the Head of Partnership or Co-ordinator for School Partnership). In extreme cases of student failure (including serious instances of unacceptable professional conduct) the headteacher may terminate the school experience (see section 4: Troubleshooting, for further details). Other responsibilities include:  • have in place school policies or development plans that support ITT (including having, or be working towards having, a specific ITT policy for the school);  • select and share, where appropriate, school data with student teachers for assignment/directed task/professional development purposespurposes (see 6.9 re: Data Protection);  • take responsibility, when requested, for writing references for final-year students, including - where appropriate - delegation of this responsibility to the professional tutor/member of staff with overall responsibility for ITT in the school or the mentor of the student concerned (This is in addition to the references required to be written by the University staff about the student);  • agree to support the University in its implementation of its Health and Safety procedures (see section 6.5) and all Equal Opportunities / Race Equality policies (see section 6.6) as they relate to the student teachers’ experience in schools;  • support and authorise/facilitate opportunities for school staff (ie subject mentors and professional tutors) to assist the partnership in the selection and interviewing of applicants for a place on Secondary ITT programmes and to attend Partnership Training sessions (including mentor training);  • where possible / appropriate facilitate - in consultation with the professional tutor and / or Head of Partnership - visits by external examiners, Ofsted inspectors and internal University moderators to their school for the purpose of quality assuring and enhancing the work of the partnership as well as for the moderation and assessment of student teachers.

Headteacher/Principal. The commitment of the headteacher/principal is essential for successful partnership and ensuring a whole school commitment to ITTITE. The headteacher/principal has a responsibility to ensure that the school can offer both an appropriate setting for effective training and is able to meet the requirements of the specific school experienceplacement, managing the fee paid per student for each school experience to support both of these criteria. The headteacher should be committed to enabling and providing opportunities for their staff working as mentors and professional tutors with student teachers to attend the relevant mentor / professional tutor training and briefing sessions, recognising this as a valuable form of continuing professional development as well as quality assurance for the Partnership. The school should be able to offer student teachers access to support, good practice and necessary resources. In many schools, this responsibility is delegated to an experienced member of staff – such as the professional tutor - who also oversees all communication and negotiations with the University. The headteacher is also responsible (either directly or via the member of staff to whom they have delegated the task) for communicating with the Head of School Partnership regarding any changes to the school context that might significantly affect effect it as an appropriate setting for ITT ITE (e.g. issues arising from a recent Ofsted inspection of the school or a significant change in staffing). Normally, the headteacher should be willing to assist the University with occasional “re-sit” school experiences placements in their school (in negotiation with the Head of Partnership or Co-ordinator for School Partnership). In extreme cases of extreme student failure (including serious instances of and unacceptable professional conduct) the headteacher may terminate the school experience placement (see section 4: Troubleshooting, for further details). Other responsibilities include:  have in place school policies or development plans that support ITT ITE (including having, or be working towards having, a specific ITT ITE policy for the school);  select and share, where appropriate, school data with student teachers for assignment/directed task/professional development purposes;  take responsibility, when requested, for writing references for final-year students, including - where appropriate - delegation of this responsibility to the professional tutor/member of staff with overall responsibility for ITT ITE in the school or the mentor of the student concerned concerned. (This is in addition to the references required to be written by the University staff about the student);  agree to support the University in its implementation of its Health and Safety procedures (see section 6.5) and all Equal Opportunities / Race Equality policies (see section 6.6) as they relate to the student teachers’ experience in schools;  support and authorise/facilitate opportunities for school staff (ie subject mentors and professional tutors) to assist the partnership in the selection and interviewing of applicants for a place on Secondary ITT ITE programmes and to attend Partnership Training sessions (including mentor training);  where possible / appropriate facilitate - in consultation with the professional tutor and / or Head of School Partnership - visits by external examiners, Ofsted inspectors and internal University moderators to their school for the purpose of quality assuring and enhancing the work of the partnership as well as for the moderation and assessment of student teachers.