Teaching for Mastery Secondary
Developing Mathematical Thinking Across a Maths Department
This Work Group will support participants in developing mathematical thinking across their whole department.
What is involved?
Participants work with a small group of local schools, led by a Mastery Specialist, to embed teaching for mastery approaches across their department.
Work Groups provide opportunities for lesson observation and collaborative planning.
The focus in for this Work Group will be on looking at and discussing strategies to help students learn to solve problems, and will consider how to make problem solving accessible for all students.
Benefits of taking part
- You will deepen your understanding of teaching for mastery and how to embed it consistently
- You will build a culture of sustained professional learning through collaboration
- You will improve collaborative approaches to planning, teaching and curriculum development
- You will choose a focus area that aligns with your department’s priorities with resources to support it
- You will strengthen students’ understanding, reasoning and fluency
What is the cost?
The Developing Mathematical Thinking Work Group is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participating schools.
