Secondary Teaching for Mastery – Development
Introduce teaching for mastery across your department
Heard about teaching for mastery? Interested in high quality professional development?
Being part of the Secondary Teaching for Mastery Development Programme will give you and your school chance to develop your whole maths department, and have an impact on the students you teach.
Hear from a teacher whose school has been part of the programme about the difference teaching for mastery has made to her practice and that of her department, and how her classes are enjoying maths lessons with a teaching for mastery approach.
Aims
The secondary teaching for mastery NCPs form a long-term programme for schools to develop highly effective classroom practices so all students develop a secure, deep and connected understanding of maths. It is vital not only that individual teachers develop teaching for mastery approaches, but also that the department as a whole has systems, policies and ways of working which are compatible with teaching for mastery, and allow for the collaborative professional development structures which are needed in order to develop and embed these approaches and to sustain them in the long term.
‘Teaching for Mastery gives me new ideas to think about and reinforces what we should be doing to keep our teaching dynamic and up-to-date.’
‘Through Teaching for Mastery, we have developed oracy within the classroom and pupils have developed more confidence to attempt problems.’
Who can take part?
Secondary schools and maths departments that want to introduce and develop teaching for mastery should nominate two teachers as Mastery Advocates.
All maths teachers, from ECTs to heads of department, can be nominated as Mastery Advocates. At least one of the Mastery Advocates from each school should be an experienced teacher with substantial responsibility within the department and the authority to make change happen.
All Mastery Advocates should have a passion for developing teaching and an enthusiasm to work with their departmental colleagues to instigate change.
Mastery Advocates need the full support of the head of department and headteacher, and mechanisms must be in place to enable department-wide development and change to happen over an extended timeframe.
Contact your local Maths Hub for further details. Please note: this project is for state-funded secondary schools in England.
What is involved?
Between the two Advocates, a minimum of 10 days’ work is expected in order to understand teaching for mastery and to develop the principles within their teaching.
Initially, Mastery Advocates will work with materials, such as the NCETM Secondary Mastery Professional Development Materials, which are designed to help them understand the Five Big Ideas.
The advocates will work with an assigned Mastery specialist to develop their own classroom practice (year 1), then enabling the Advocates to work with their colleagues (year 2), and finally developing their department’s structures and systems (year 3 and beyond).
In signing up to this Work Group, schools should appreciate that they have joined a long-term programme, so development will be a gradual process and the focus of activity will shift over time.
What is the cost?
The Secondary Teaching for Mastery – Development project is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participating schools. In addition participating schools receive £2000 towards the cost of releasing teachers.
Programme Arrangements
To be added at a later date
How to Apply
Please complete the following application form to register for Secondary Teaching for Mastery Development: https://forms.gle/6LfALmaAbX7f1vSf6