Multi-Academy Trust Maths Leads Community

What are the intended outcomes?
Participants and their schools’ maths leaders will:
• promote and develop a shared vision, culture and set of principles for effective teaching and learning in maths
• ensure that there are approaches in place to improve outcomes for students and to meet the professional development needs of teachers in a sustainable way
• ensure that the curriculum design is coherent and translates into schemes of work which are well established and provide pedagogical content knowledge to support for teaching for mastery across their schools.

Practice development
Participants will:
• work with subject leaders across their MAT to lead and manage maths teaching effectively and to develop teaching for mastery approaches within their own schools

• develop a coherent and connected curriculum which promotes teaching for deep and sustainable understanding

• develop collaborative ways of working:
– with peers to reflect on and develop their own working practice
– within and across their schools to support ongoing developments

• develop as leaders of curriculum and pedagogical change in order that they can:
– support all of their schools in implementing a teaching for mastery approach
– develop as leaders of professional development, both with teachers and teacher leaders.

Professional learning
Participants will:
• have a deep understanding of the practices aligned to those in the NCETM’s Essence of Mathematics Teaching for Mastery

• have a clear understanding of the leadership and management skills required to enable them to effectively promote and develop principled teaching approaches within their schools

• understand the principles and practices behind the creation of a coherent and connected curriculum which promotes teaching for deep and connected understanding

• understand the benefits of collaborative professional development for sustained development of professional knowledge and practice: for themselves; within a department; across groups of schools

• develop an understanding of effective models of maths teacher professional development, the rationale for using them, and the evidence that supports them.

Community culture
MAT maths leads will:
• have opportunities to work collaboratively with their peers, building an ongoing learning culture and fostering wider professional relationships

• have their thinking constructively challenged and develop new ideas, including through critical engagement with research and other literature

• through engaging with peers, gain confidence in articulating their vision for maths to both middle and senior leaders, including developing objective criticality towards educational initiatives.