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Coleg Sir Gar, Ammanford Picture: Google Maps A college lecturer told a pupil she could spend the night at his home if she agreed to carry out work at the property, a fitness to practise committee has been told. Mark Jones, who taught the teenager on his introductory painting and decorating course, is accused of repeatedly contacting her on his personal phone, giving her gifts, and completing a college exam paper in her name. The girl – referred to as Learner A – told staff at Coleg Sir Gar in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, that Mr Jones was once stood so close behind her while demonstrating a painting technique that she felt him breathing on her neck, the committee heard. ....
Presenting officer Sara Lewis told the remote hearing that in September 2019 the girl alleged to staff that Mr Jones had offered her £100 to complete a decorating job at his house and said she could stay overnight in a spare room. Sarah Hopkins, who carried out the college’s internal investigation, said: “It was not appropriate for Mark Jones to offer her paid work at his home or to stay overnight. This behaviour compromised his professional responsibilities.” The girl described Mr Jones as being “over-friendly with her”, and said he had told her over text during the final two weeks of college that he had completed an examination on her behalf. ....
College lecturer forged exam papers of three pupils, hearing told Painting and decorating course tutor Mark Jones also allegedly told a female pupil she could stay the night at his house if she carried out work on the property, an Education Workforce Council hearing was told 17:17, 11 MAY 2021 Mark Jones denies unacceptable professional conduct while running a painting and decorating course at Coleg Sir Gar in Ammanford (Image: Google) There are always big stories on WalesOnline - don t miss any with our daily emailInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. ....
Unions say the issue is all the more important during the pandemic as teachers are increasingly being called on to support students worried and depressed or facing poverty. Austerity funding cuts over the past decade have meant schools can no longer rely on educational psychologists and welfare workers to help students, leaving the job to teachers. In February this year the TRA heard the case of a senior teacher with a long and unblemished record who had been referred by a school in Norwich because, in April 2019, he had made mistakes in his handling of a student with a history of self-harm. When the student brought a knife into school the teacher handed it in to be locked away and notified the student’s mother, but he was later accused of failing to inform the police and lying to a colleague about the incident. He was also accused of failing to protect the student because he did not confiscate a blister pack of eight paracetamol tablets. ....