What if ....? Policing in Schools

Synopsis

Investigates how teachers can ensure a safe school environment and prevent their challenging pupils from getting involved in crime. It considers whether having the police based full-time on school premises would help or hinder. Eight experts respond to an imaginary case study that poses dilemmas created through handling troubled youngsters. Professor Ted Wragg asks a panel of teachers, governors and policemen to tackle the issues of pupils carrying offensive weapons, drug abuse, and stealing at school and within the community. Panellists include: Philip O’Hear, head of Capital City Academy; Robin Bosher, headteacher from Fairlawn Primary School; Christ West, a police officer from the Haringey Safer Schools Team; Paul Mihill, a police officer from the Greenwich Youth Offending Team.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

2004

Subjects

Education; Social welfare

Keywords

discipline in schools; police; schoolchildren; teacher training

Online availability

URI

http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=3&transmissionProgrammeId=210807

Price

30 minutes

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Distributor

Name

Teachers’ TV

Email

info@teachers.tv

Web

http://www.teachers.tv/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7182 7430

Address

6-18 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LN

Notes

Funded by the Department for Education, Teachers’ TV was a producer and supplier of over 3,600 free videos and lesson resources to support the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field. Previously broadcast on digital television, the service became exclusively online from 31 August 2010, with programmes being available for free online viewing or download. Thge DfE terminated the contract with Teachers TV and delivery via the website ceased on 29 April 2011, with the programmes being offered to educational distributors free online delivery. Further details from the DfE website Until 29 April 2011 programmes from Teachers Television were streamed on the website and available for download to registered users (free registration). Programmes are aimed at primary and secondary school teachers in all subject areas, as well as headteachers and governors, and include observation of teaching sessions, materials for use in the classroom and discussion of issues relevant to education. Teachers TV was funded by the Department for Education but the contract ended in April 2011 and the programmes are being offered to educational distributors to deliver free at the point of use from their websites. Details of which titles are available in this way are on the DfE website http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandinitiatives/teacherstv