Primary Teaching for Mastery
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‘Children’s chances of success are maximised if they develop deep and lasting understanding of mathematical procedures and concepts.’ - NCETM
A CPD journey which enables schools to continue developing the vital skills and practices to build a sustainable and coherent approach to the teaching of mathematics through a teaching for mastery approach. The Mastery approach encourages learning through carefully sequenced small steps that build on prior learning, ensuring that every child can learn and enjoy maths.
What Will You Learn?
Participants will:
- Continue to refine school structures and systems to ensure that all teachers can be supported to embed and sustain teaching for mastery across their school.
- Enhance their maths subject knowledge with an emphasis on progression within key areas of maths.
- Collaboratively plan, teach and reflect on teaching for mastery principles.
- Continue to promote a collaborative learning culture, supporting deep, sustained professional learning through the implementation of professional development structures.
- Continue to ensure a sustainable model for staff CPD including ongoing specialist subject knowledge development, and have systems in place to identify and support teachers who require more input than others with regards to teaching for mastery.
Pupils will:
- Have high expectations of themselves as mathematicians; they will continue to show a positive attitude towards the subject.
- Demonstrate improved learning and an increased depth of understanding, evidenced by internal school data and teacher reflections.
- Demonstrate mathematical behaviours during lessons associated with a teaching for mastery approach.
- Learn maths through coherent, well-designed lessons.
What is involved?
Participants will:
- Meet regularly throughout the year and continue to work with other schools to embed and refine teaching for mastery approaches in their own school.
- Continue to develop their understanding of teaching for mastery approaches through collaboration, and will develop their leadership practice - ensuring they uphold the cycle of improvement.
Who can take part?
Maths Leads, or those involved in developing the implementation of the maths curriculum, from schools that have previously engaged in Development, Embedding or Sustaining Work Groups.
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