1. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones Achievement Improvement Numeracy Peter Sullivan

2. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones The goals of the program were to: improve the experience of students when learning mathematics; improve numeracy outcomes, as measured by AIM data; build a sustainable supported school based culture of teacher learning through the study of practice.

3. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones The goals of the sessions were to: provide guidelines and illustrative exemplars of ways to enhance mathematics learning; pose directions for particular classroom investigations; and allow opportunities for teachers to share experiences.

4. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones The program overall consisted of 1.Program overview and mathematics teaching principles. 2.Using data as the basis of planning and teaching, including the data from AIM. 3.Enhancing the student experience – building understanding 4.Templates for mathematics teaching – building understanding 5.Enhancing the student experience – engaging students by increasing choices 6.Templates for mathematics teaching – engaging students by increasing choices 7.Pedagogies – developing classroom culture, ways of fostering group work, and differentiating tasks 8.Sustaining the initiative

5. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones The program overall consists of 1.Program overview and mathematics teaching principles. 2.Using data as the basis of planning and teaching, including the data from AIM. 3.Enhancing the student experience – building understanding 4.Templates for mathematics teaching – building understanding 5.Enhancing the student experience – engaging students by increasing choices 6.Templates for mathematics teaching – engaging students by increasing choices 7.Pedagogies – developing classroom culture, ways of fostering group work, and differentiating tasks 8.Sustaining the initiative Evaluate Explore Explain Elaborate Engage

6. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones The context 1.Equity 2.Creating opportunities through education 3.Building a better Australia 4.High within school differences

7. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones What needs to happen Regional initiative School leadership – Time, Focus Community engagement Ongoing teacher improvement Students

8. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU

9. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones What do we know about effective teaching Being clear about what you want the students to learn Establishing a rationale for that learning (create stories) Engaging students by – Building on what they know – Posing challenging tasks – Allowing them to make decisions Using a variety of forms of representation, and types of tasks Adopting pedagogies that foster communication, mutual responsibilities, learning from each other,...

10. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones What do we know about effective teaching Being clear about what you want the students to learn Establishing a rationale for that learning (create stories) Engaging students by – Building on what they know – Posing challenging tasks – Allowing them to make decisions Using a variety of forms of representation, and types of tasks Adopting pedagogies that foster communication, mutual responsibilities, learning from each other,...

11. Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones What makes challenge difficult