Who can take part?
This programme will be relevant for teaching assistants who work for most of their time with students in the KS3 maths classroom, or who lead intervention sessions with groups of students.
The participants’ schools should be engaged with a Teaching for Mastery Work Group, and this programme will complement this provision.
What is involved?
This programme is designed to improve the subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge for all TAs supporting the learning of secondary maths.
Participants will focus on using precise mathematical language, representations, and reasoning within the topics: addition and subtraction; multiplication and division; ratio; and fractions. They will also carry out follow-up tasks in school to enable practice transfer to the classroom. The programme will take place over the equivalent of four days; participants must attend all sessions.
What are the intended outcomes?
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Students will:
• demonstrate a positive attitude towards the learning of maths.
• think, reason and discuss their maths in order to deepen their understanding.
Participants will:
• review their practice as a result of the sessions and make specific adaptations to support the students they are working with.
• use appropriate mathematical language and representations with confidence.
Participants will:
• enhance their maths specialist knowledge with a particular focus on mathematical structures and representations in each of the following topic areas: Addition and subtraction (extending to negative numbers); Multiplication and division (extending to negative numbers); Fractions; Ratio and proportion.
• work towards developing their understanding of how to suitably work towards developing their understanding of how to suitably scaffold support/resources to meet the needs of their students.
• develop an understanding of how algebra relates to the generalisation of number.
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, focusing between sessions on the use of tasks in the classroom.
How do I sign up?
Click Register to express your interest.