Who can take part?
This professional development is for Secondary Early Career Teachers (ECTs) in their second or third year of teaching the primary phase. It is not suitable for teachers in their first year of teaching.
What is involved?
This professional development supports Secondary ECTs to develop specialist knowledge for teaching maths, complementing teaching for mastery approaches as exemplified in NCETM’s Essence of Mathematics Teaching for Mastery. This project aligns with the ECT Expertise in Teaching Maths Modules.
Participants will attend the equivalent of four days over one academic year, where they will collaboratively work on maths tasks, facilitated by Cohort Leads. Work Group sessions offer the opportunity for structured conversations to unpick the maths, the pedagogy modelled within sessions, misconceptions that pupils have, and how the approaches can be transferred to the participants’ classrooms. Between sessions, participants contribute to their online community, complete school-based tasks, and share their reflections through discussions with peers (including their mentor).
All ECTs participating in this programme will be enrolled onto the ECT Expertise in Teaching Maths Modules. ECTs can complete these at their own pace and at a time best suited to their schedule. Whilst ECTs do not need to complete the Modules to participate in this programme, the learning from them is explored in greater depth.
What are the intended outcomes?
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Students will:
• engage with confidence when faced with appropriately challenging content within a task.
• reason with increasing confidence in response to effective questioning within the classroom.
Participants will:
• observe closely their students’ engagement with the task or lesson, considering the implications on their practice of what they notice.
• recognise that by anticipating student responses, effective questioning can take place within their classroom.
• consider task and lesson design, with their students’ needs in mind, adapting where necessary.
• engage constructively with colleagues and mentors, sharing with them the professional learning taking place within this programme.
Participants will:
• recognise appropriately challenging content within a task or lesson and anticipate a student’s response, adapting the task or lesson as necessary.
• notice aspects of students’ learning behaviour, and be supported to plan a response.
• notice aspects of teaching for mastery within a given task or lesson and be able to articulate their purpose.
• develop their expertise in maths specific pedagogies aligned to teaching for mastery and the ITTECF.
What is the cost?
This project is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participating schools.
What is the time commitment?
Participants will attend the equivalent of up to four days of sessions, and will focus on the use of tasks in the classroom between sessions.
How do I sign up?
Click the link above to register.