Common use of Placement Policy Clause in Contracts

Placement Policy. It is not possible to guarantee partnership schools making placement offers for any given academic year that they will, as a result, definitely be allocated student teachers. In the event of the partnership having more offers of placements than are able to be taken up, the following criteria will be applied by the Head of School Partnership in deciding which partnership schools are allocated student teachers:  commitment to work with student teachers - both current and historic;  past experience and effectiveness of work with student teachers, as well as present effectiveness;  availability of a trained mentor in the school or a suitable member of staff prepared, able and allowed to attend mentor training prior to the possible arrival of a student teacher in the school;  accessibility of the school to student teachers requiring placements, taking into account available transport and geographical factors;  suitability of the (school) placement in relation to specific student teacher needs (e.g. the specific subject area and key stage needed)

Placement Policy. It is not possible to guarantee partnership schools making placement offers for any given academic year that they will, as a result, definitely be allocated student teachersstudents. In the event of the partnership having more offers of placements than are able to be taken up, the following criteria will be applied by the Head of School Partnership in deciding which partnership schools are allocated student teachersstudents:  commitment to work with student teachers - both current and historic;  past experience and effectiveness of work with student teachers, as well as present effectiveness;  availability of a trained mentor in the school or a suitable member of staff prepared, able and allowed to attend mentor training prior to the possible arrival of a student teacher in the school;  accessibility of the school to student teachers requiring placements, taking into account available transport and geographical factors;  suitability of the (school) placement in relation to specific student teacher needs (e.g. the specific subject area and key stage needed)