Dates
Workshop 1 - Tuesday 10th December 2024 - 1330-1615 Online
Workshop 2 - Tuesday 28th January 2025 - 1330-1615 Online
Workshop 3 - Tuesday 8th April 2025 - 1330-1615 Online
Workshop 4 - Tuesday 17th June 2025 - 1330-1615 Online
When booking, please note the dates and times in your diary, and submit your cover request in school.
This Work Group complements the AMSP’s wider professional development offer by providing a sustained collaborative environment for experienced A level Maths teachers to further explore their classroom practice. It is designed to deepen teacher pedagogic content knowledge, empowering teachers to enhance their classroom practice and also to influence A level teaching across their department. It is an engine for improving student understanding of A level Maths, and driving their subsequent success.
Each Work Group will have a specific theme or focus, generally related to the ‘overarching themes’ in the A level Maths specification, or one of the Five Big ideas from the teaching for mastery approach, although it could encompass any aspect of A level Maths teaching and learning. The activity of the Work Group will involve insights from experts, research, and discussion leading to collaborative planning of tasks for the classroom.
Participants will attend a sequence of sessions lead by expert Work Group Leads and supported by central resources and training. Work Groups include collaborative planning and school-based activities to complete between sessions.
This project has proven incredibly valuable to previous participants with a wide variety of experience. The flexibility of the Work Group model means that participants benefit from experiences that are tailored to their needs. This has included changing approaches in schools and colleges and a renewed enthusiasm for teaching A level Maths
Quotes from previous participants
Martin Withington and Gayle Scot
Martin has taught A level Maths and Further Maths and is an Associate for the Advanced Maths Support Programme (AMSP). He has extensive experience in using IT both in the classroom and for resource preparation. Martin also supports the professional development of teachers as a popular workshop lead at conferences.
Gayle is a Level 3 NCETM Accredited PD Lead and Post-16 Lead for SHaW Maths Hub. She has taught A level Maths and A level Further Maths for over 20 years and is an experienced subject mentor for ITT maths trainees.
Participants will be established teachers of A level Maths who are looking to deepen their pedagogical understanding around a locally selected theme. Participants must be teaching a current A level Maths group. Participants who will find this Work Group particularly useful include those who may have already completed other A level subject knowledge and pedagogy CPD. It is NOT a subject knowledge enhancement project. It is focused on A level teachers working collaboratively to improve their practice.
Participants’ institutions must commit to:
Participants must commit to:
Student outcomes
Students will:
Whole school/departmental policies and approaches
Participants will work with their school/subject leaders to:
Practice development
Participants will:
Professional learning
Participants will:
Free - funded equally by Maths Hubs and AMSP