1. Mental Health and teaching
Alex Suthern
Senior Lecturer
Programme Leader for PGCE Drama and English

2. Flight paths
Background. Numbers increasing where trainees have mental health issues. Some disclose and some don’t.
All trainees have different paths to reaching the same goal – becoming a teacher.

3. Support for trainees Support for pupils
A two strand approach
Support for trainees
Support for pupils
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4. Strand 1: Support for trainees Day Zero!
We compile data on pupils from UCAS and a pre-induction day in June.
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5. Day one The Middlesex way
Trainees meet with dedicated tutor for a 1-1 on day one of the course.
Trainees complete a personal details document with subject tutors to pick up any other needs.
They then register with our Disability and Dyslexia service
We produce an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) which is monitored across the year.
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6. Individual Learning Plan (ILP)
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7. Ongoing monitoring
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8. Day
Dedicated academic writing appointments around the time of assignments.
Monthly 1-1 with dedicated PGCE tutor who acts as an impartial support.
Updated ILP at key points.
Early interventions if there are any problems.
Carousel days in Return Week in January that have a dedicated session on Mental Health and teaching This includes relaxations techniques such as yoga, and practical strategies for coping with mental health issues.
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9. Strand 2: Teacher to Pupil Transfer
What we do for trainees in turn prepares them to teach pupils on different flight paths:
1. A day in a partnership SEND school for all PGCE trainees.
Observations
Workshops to plan how to integrate into mainstream.
Q&A with experts.
On-going point of contact set up.
2. SEND training day at University: Keynote and carousels delivered by experts.
3. Optional third placement at the end of the course in an SEND or alternative school setting.
4. Second assignment: They have to use an SEND pupil in their case study sample.
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