1. Mathematics Leadership Steve Lomax Gloucestershire Local Authority This workshop explores how you can lead your department to improvement through CPD and how the NCETM can support this.

3. National Support for CPD

4. What are we aiming to achieve
What are we aiming to achieve? What are the vision and aims for the students we teach?
What are we ‘working on’ as a team? What am I currently researching in my own classroom?

5. Mathematics Leadership (EiML)
The NCETM aims to support and encourage mathematics-specific continuing professional development, for all teachers of mathematics across all phases
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Department Workshops

6. How do you identify priorities?
Self-evaluation
Data driven
Outcomes of Department Reviews
Student/staff voice

8. Mathematics Leadership (EiML)
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9. What’s your
top priority?

10. Graham McPhail – Cramlington Learning Village

11. Assessment & Reporting Classroom Environment Intervention & Tracking
Documentation Departmental Handbook & SOW
Student Behaviour
Disruption, rewards and sanctions?
Department Budget
Financial focus: maintenance or development?
Observations & Performance Management CPD & staff development
Teaching & Learning
Resources and lesson plans
Assessment & Reporting
Are teachers, parents & pupils able to track progress?
Classroom Environment
Arrangement of tables and access to ICT?
Intervention & Tracking
Use data to plan targeted interventions and evaluate impact
Whole School Vision
Does the department’s vision of teaching and learning fit with the whole school vision?

12. Interview all students who are underachieving – find out why.
Work out how much you spend annually on resources. Know how much is left over.
Plan for development over a period of years. If it is expensive write a curriculum bid. Explore other income sources e.g. NCETM, Royal Society, Business
Set up a lesson report.
Interview all students who are underachieving – find out why.
Create an automated detention system on a specific night Promote rewards and their use.
Visit classrooms – give feedback
Qn What goes in a handbook? Things you need to tell your staff Information for parents Exam analysis and action plans
What about the SOW? Use lesson plans to drive change in the department. Prepare lessons without text books.
Create a departmental data base to collect assessment results.
Track progress against sub levels or target grades. Inform parents if a pupil under achieves, find out why, discuss options.
Adopt a teaching and learning model for example the accelerated learning cycle. Use departmental time to explain the model and its purpose.
Write a unit of work using the model take feedback and improve on it.
Share with staff the features of an outstanding lesson. Agree a focus for an observation eg differentiation, plenary, engagement Set performance targets that will promote change in the department
What is the whole schools vision. If it is not clear to you, refer to the school development plan and follow this up with meetings with your Line Manager.
If there is no common lesson plan or observation sheets find out why.
Share how intervention can work in the classroom
Timetable intervention for maths staff to withdraw or support pupils Select pupils for SECURE
Employ a maths coach Inform tutors and use mentors
Plan for a ‘Starbucks Experience’
Ask yourself: What do I want the curriculum to deliver?
Make a plan of what you would like the department to look like. Design accommodation to meet the needs of the curriculum. Submit the plan to the head teacher.