Who can take part?
The project is for those who lead maths across multiple schools within a MAT, including at least one secondary school. This includes MAT maths leads who are continuing from previous years, and new participants. To better engage in the programme, participants are encouraged to have at least one school in a Secondary Teaching for Mastery Work Group.
What is involved?
Participants need to be supported by their MATs to be released to attend three face-to-face days across the academic year. They are also expected to take part in any inter-sessional learning that supports their work on the programme to develop themselves and others. Examples of such activity might include auditing an aspect of pedagogy or curriculum across the trust; reflection, action planning and vision-setting; working strategically with groups of leaders or teachers; working collaboratively with groups of teachers or students; or delivering professional development to groups of teachers or leaders.
In addition, there is an active and supportive online community of maths MAT leads on this project; it is hoped that participants will contribute. During the project, participants will have opportunities to engage with research, and with national leaders in educational fields, which have an impact on their work in schools.
What are the intended outcomes?
Participants and their schools’ maths leaders will:
• promote and develop a shared vision, culture and set of principles for effective teaching and learning in maths.
• ensure that there are approaches in place to improve outcomes for students and to meet the professional development needs of teachers in a sustainable way.
• ensure that the curriculum design is coherent and translates into schemes of work which are well established and provide pedagogical content knowledge to support for teaching for mastery across their schools.
Participants will:
• work with subject leaders across their MAT to lead and manage maths teaching effectively and to develop teaching for mastery approaches within their own schools.
• develop a coherent and connected curriculum which promotes teaching for deep and sustainable understanding.
• develop collaborative ways of working with peers to reflect on and develop their own working practice, as well as within and across their schools to support ongoing developments.
• develop as leaders of curriculum and pedagogical change in order that they can support all of their schools in implementing a teaching for mastery approach, and develop as leaders of professional development, both with teachers and teacher leaders.
Participants will:
• have a deep understanding of the practices aligned to those in the NCETM’s Essence of Mathematics Teaching for Mastery.
• have a clear understanding of the leadership and management skills required to enable them to effectively promote and develop principled teaching approaches within their schools.
• understand the principles and practices behind the creation of a coherent and connected curriculum which promotes teaching for deep and connected understanding.
• understand the benefits of collaborative professional development for sustained development of professional knowledge and practice: for themselves; within a department; across groups of schools.
• develop an understanding of effective models of maths teacher professional development, the rationale for using them, and the evidence that supports them.
MAT maths leads will:
• have opportunities to work collaboratively with their peers, building an ongoing learning culture and fostering wider professional relationships.
• have their thinking constructively challenged and develop new ideas, including through critical engagement with research and other literature.
• through engaging with peers, gain confidence in articulating their vision for maths to both middle and senior leaders, including developing objective criticality towards educational initiatives.
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 are expected to commit to attending three face-to-face sessions across the academic year and should be supported by their MAT to do so.
How do I sign up?
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