Teacher put her own art into pupil's exam folder

A BIRMINGHAM teacher who added her own work to a pupil's GCSE art portfolio has avoided a classroom ban.

- KELLY ASHMORE News Reporter

Monica Anna Cendrowicz's actions resulted in a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) professional conduct panel.

The panel heard that ahead of a moderator arriving in the classroom at Smith's Wood Academy in Birmingham to look at a sample of year 11 GCSE artwork on May 27, 2022, a man referred to as Witness A, had visited the art room.

He had looked at the artwork on display and was impressed with three pieces that had been attributed to a student referred to as Pupil A.

Witness A later had taken photographs of the work and later congratulated Pupil A - but when he showed Pupil A the images, she said the work was not hers. Mrs Cendrowicz claimed she believed the pieces belonged to Pupil A when she added them to the display on May 26, 2022, but Witness A stated that when he explained his concerns to Mrs Cendrowicz, she admitted that it was her own work.

The panel found the allegation proven.