Improve pupil outcomes and continue to refine school structures and systems to ensure that all teachers can be supported to embed and sustain teaching for mastery across the school.
Who can take part?
These Work Groups are for schools that have previously participated in a Primary Teaching for Mastery (Introductory) project. Participating schools will continue to work alongside other schools to embed and refine teaching for mastery approaches in their school to benefit all pupils.
What is involved?
These Work Groups are ongoing, with schools participating year on year to strive towards improved pupil outcomes through fidelity to teaching for mastery.
There are now 3 aspects involved in the Teaching for Mastery Programme:
- Core Leadership Sessions (Maths Lead and could involve another teacher)
- Collaborative School Visits (Maths Lead)
- Focus Theme Days (any teacher)
The essential aspect of the programme is the Core Leadership Sessions. These are a mixture of full days and half-days (equivalent to 3 days). These sessions are for the Maths Lead and could include one other teacher. Each session will have a different focus aimed at supporting your school.
Schools will also have the opportunity to attend Collaborative School Visits. This activity is for Maths Leaders only. Schools are encouraged to attend one Collaborative School Visit out of three available dates. The aim of these is to give dedicated time to undertake collaborative leadership activities, which not only benefit the host school but all leaders in the group and are bespoke to the needs of the schools involved. These also give an opportunity to develop reflective practice of the maths subject leaders.
As mentioned in the registration form, there will also be an opportunity for schools to attend three additional half-day sessions. These Focus Theme Days will focus on developing teaching for mastery within a particular context/theme (for example, Oracy, SEND in mainstream, etc). This is open to any teacher within the school.
What are the intended outcomes?
Click on the options below to take a look at the intended outcomes for each of the following areas:
In the focused areas of the maths curriculum addressed by the Work Group during the year, pupils will:
• have high expectations of themselves as mathematicians; they will continue to show a positive attitude towards the subject.
• demonstrate mathematical behaviours during lessons associated with a teaching for mastery approach.
• experience coherent, well-designed lessons.
This leads to:
• fewer pupils failing to meet age-related expectations (ARE), and an increased depth of understanding in the focused areas addressed by the Work Group.
Participants will work with their school/subject leaders to:
• develop their understanding of and practice of implementation leadership.
• continue to refine school structures and systems to ensure that all teachers can be supported to embed and sustain teaching for mastery across the school.
• continue to ensure a sustainable models for continuous professional development activity such as for collaborative planning and ongoing specialist subject knowledge development for all adults, and have systems in place to identify and support teachers who require more input than others with regards to teaching for mastery.
• ensure that good practice is shared beyond the participant schools.
• ensure organisational leaders develop system leadership whilst working with other schools.
Participants will:
• plan, teach and reflect collaboratively, within school and across other settings, drawing on their deeper subject knowledge in order to provide a coherent mastery curriculum.
• demonstrate their understanding of the teaching for mastery Five Big Ideas in their normal practice.
Participants will:
• enhance their maths subject knowledge with an emphasis on progression, especially within the key areas of maths addressed by the Work Group.
• (if subject leaders) learn more about how to implement teaching for mastery further in their setting including developing an effective collaborative planning culture for their teachers, which supports ongoing specialist subject knowledge development.
• understand and value ongoing professional development in order to uphold the cycle of improvement.
What is the cost?
This project is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participating schools.
How do I sign up?
Click Register to secure your place.