Sue Mainstone Assistant Principal (National Challenge) Sir Charles Lucas Arts College

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We have a variety of tutors in the maths department 7Teachers from Sir Charles Lucas Arts college 5 Maths teachers 2 ICT 1 retired teacher 1 on maternity leave 2 from other schools

What tutoring is effective Failure  Too many students do not make progress because they have some fundamental learning blocks, misunderstandings, and topic prejudice. Repeated failure undermines subsequent learning. Maths examples:- negative numbers Q subtract 2 from a A 2 - a fractionsQ ⅓ + ¼ A 2/7 Attitude  Unlock a positive attitude by facing these fears head on and giving them keys to understanding that are too often not adequately embedded during whole class teaching and learning

Extent of Pupil Involvement Target years% of MGP students from KS3 Year 925% Year 925% Year 873% Year 873% Year 72% Year 72%  Sessions and Tutors  Maths11 tutors Approx 121 students have been identified and tutoredApprox 121 students have been identified and tutored 35 slots a week at the moment35 slots a week at the moment  English6 tutors 8 students8 students 22 available slots22 available slots

How is tutoring organised?  Student identification Failing trendFailing trend More than one level below targetMore than one level below target Evidence of disaffectionEvidence of disaffection Parental requestParental request Student requestStudent request  Class teacher summarises weakness by topic  Tutor has meeting with class teacher………  Discussion with student  Letter to parent/guardian  Schedule arranged, weekly, same day, same time  Letter to confirm tuition sent to parent/guardian

How is tutoring organised?  Progress recorded for each session  Certificate awarded (Bronze, Silver, Gold certificate given depending on number of sessions attended)  2 strikes – out  Payment of tutors…….

What does tutoring look like ?  Cards Playing cardsPlaying cards TarsiaTarsia  Dominoes, Sorting and pairing  Games Board gamesBoard games ATMATM  Computers - MyMaths, Omnigraph Put a picture of tarsiaPut a picture of tarsia

Ambiance Students and tutor at same table in different rooms  Refreshments available  Students see the teacher cohort in a relaxed departmental setting  Separate classrooms for each tutor  Informal dress code for students  Flexibility and rapport

Benefits of tuition  Improved results  Improved attitude to learning ‘Chris Lewis effect’‘Chris Lewis effect’

Benefits of Tutoring  The most disaffected students present far more positively in a one-to-one environment  The difference persists after the tuition is complete  Assessment is immediate  Progress is rapid  A wide range of learning strategies can be employed  Tutored students bring their refined skills back to the classroom

Moving on  Tutoring on a similar style is now being used as part of our National Challenge Strategy

RESULTS Out of 27 year 9 students tutored last yearOut of 27 year 9 students tutored last year  44% achieved 1 grade higher than teacher assessment  3% achieved 2 levels higher than teacher assessment  19% achieved 1 level higher than their aspirational target  59% achieved their aspirational target

 Tuition is a wonderful and unique series of special occasions when the teacher student relationship can be fostered and developed in a way that is very rarely attained in a class situation. The relationship is the foundation of a rapid development of trust and progress where misconceptions can be fixed, challenges embraced and quickly fulfilled and both student and tutor invigorated by success. There are countless instances where students have stunned their regular classroom teachers with their new found ability. The scheme is a shot in the arm for all in the school environment who have agonised about the failure of an important core of students that have been unable to progress as predicted.

 It has been a privilege to be able to spend an hour a week on a one to one basis with students in a school situation where time is always at a premium.

What does this tutor do well?  Very good at explaining the subject  Explains things clearly – knows a lot about maths  He lets me work it out for myself and tells me ways I could work it out  She explains things really well  Explains things to my liking  Help me understand how to work out the problems  Explains things carefully  She explains things clearly and is a lovely lady  She has helped me get back on track with my maths and helped me understand it more  She explains things clearly and shows you easy ways to remember how to do things

Make any other comment or suggestions that you think would be helpful She has a really good sense of humour and I hope I have her next year  It has been useful and has helped with my maths  keep it going!  Make the lessons longer so you can learn to do more maths

The face of tutoring