Hi Therona
Just to add to Michaels' comments, HR are responsible for identifying a new lecturer recruited who is not a "qualified" teacher (for example an engineer who is leaving an engineering role to teach engineering without a formal teaching qualification- but will be working on one in the near future) which means they potentially have not been screened as should occur at Initial teacher training (ITT) as specified in the guidance then we have a more indepth questionairre for them to complete.
our estates staff should be seen pre employment for baseline health surveillance.
Jacqui
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Hi Therona
It was me who posed the question initially and you were right, the response wasn't great. I did however get some expert guidance from Greta Thornbory and used some research from Carol Hargreaves which came out in 2006 called 'screen test'. Our OH team decided on a 5 question PEHA form which was agreed did cover the fitness to teach guidance. If you would like a copy I would be happy to send you one.
Thanks
Michael
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:10:05 +0000
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Someone posted a similar query some time back but it seems that response was minimal. So am hoping for some more feedback to my query!
We updated our pre employment questionnaires similar to the three questions PEQ recommended by Greta Thornbury et al, but we still use our old 22-questions medical questionnaire for teaching staff, while we consider if the 3-Q PEQ would fit the criteria under Fitness to Teach guidelines.
For those who assess teaching staff or any other group of people that deal with vulnerable children , In your opinion would you feel that the above 3 Q PEQ be sufficient to meet all requirements regardless of post (barr thoese who require any form of health surveillance of course)?
Looking forward to your response(s).
Therona Goldsmith
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