Full day workshops: Our co-founders run whole-school, hands-on mathematics curriculum days as intensive workshops. Our workshops are very practical, hands-on and developmentally-sequenced, highlighting the pedagogy behind the units, while also showing teachers examples that can be used in the classroom the very next day. We deliver professional learning in a classroom-based manner. Teachers transform into the students for the day and actively participate in each challenging task, while being taken on a journey along a developmental sequence of a critical concept. 

 

Curriculum days available: We have four days available, all of which have been trialled and
refined based on over ten years of delivering these to our member schools across Australia:  

• Intensive full-day focus - Place Value developmental sequence 

• Intensive full-day focus - Additive thinking (Addition and Subtraction developmental sequence) 

• Intensive full-day focus - Multiplicative thinking (Multiplication and Division developmental sequence) 

• Intensive full-day focus - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages developmental sequence 

During the first workshop at most of our member schools, we generally focus on our place value sequence (however, this can be altered to another focus if you prefer), progressing through each critical skill from the early years up to year 6. We can also focus on the early years exclusively if preferred, or years 3-6, based on school goals; however, generally, we recommend whole-staff participation (including learning support officers) as we brainstorm enabling/extending prompts throughout all sessions. This involves modelling and teams participating in our highest impact hands-on lessons for that concept. In the process, we explain and demonstrate strategies for modelling with materials, questioning and feedback tips, common misconceptions, as well as brainstorming enabling and extending prompts and strategies for ongoing extension and support within very mixed ability classrooms. The navigation of the planning packages, assessment options and links to the units are consistently highlighted throughout the day as well.

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Included in the above photo gallery - Professional Learning Workshop delivered at the request of the Department of Education School Improvement Regional Team; whole-school and team-based PL workshops delivered in tropical north QLD, remote communities in WA, the NT and SA; inner Sydney and Perth; south eastern and northern Melbourne; as well as regional Victoria and NSW; in addition to many specialist education settings across Australia. Also features Maths Association of NSW 2022 Annual Conference. 

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Engaging, hands-on workshops: As demonstrated by the feedback above, our workshops are very dynamic, fast-paced, interactive and engaging for teachers, rather than lecture-style presentations. Teachers ask lots of questions and are shown practical tips to gain the most from the units and assessments to assist with the daily elements of hands-on maths planning based on students’ points-of-need. We can also adapt the workshop for your school’s numeracy goals.

 

Participant numbers: For smaller schools, we regularly deliver these workshops for 2-8 teachers, with schools often arranging for other small schools in the region to attend as a cluster (provided each school is a member of the Top Ten planning packs and has been part of the quote for the PL). For large schools, we can manage up to 150 participants at once (as a whole-school curriculum day), although some leaders prefer to release their teams over three days to work with us more intensively on each year level/stage's content in smaller groups. The smaller groups (early years, years 3-4, years 5-6) work extremely well for large campuses and our presenters believe these workshops are amongst our very best, as teachers are provided with a huge amount of practical support to trial in the classroom over the next term of learning.  

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Request a quote and check date availability:

 

Please note: Due to high demand for dates in 2023, professional learning workshops are exclusively available to Top Ten member schools (campuses with access to at least the Early Years Package or both planning packages). We are currently booked out for term two and most of term three for 2023. Dates for term 4 are available, as well as pre-bookings for throughout 2024. 

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All our PLs are delivered by one of our co-founders who contributed to developing the packs for years in their own classrooms and as maths leaders of their schools.

Please fill in the form below to receive a quote for a whole-school curriculum day .