(Term 3 2018) Maths Successes
http://www.ero.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/ERO-17763-Teaching-Strategies-that-work-Mathematics-v7.pdf ERO created a 68 page document in 2014 (see link above) to identify what schools around NZ did to be effective in accelerating student progress in mathematics. Honor Ronowicz, our maths facilitator, has been helping to create change in how teachers at our school teach maths. It came to a point that no matter what PD we did around maths it did little to change the outcomes for our students. This need for more extensive PLD was triggered by my attendance at an ALiM. The professional development Honor has provided (along with the maths leadership team) to our school is well-planned and targeted for the needs of our staff. This PLD was designed to improve the teaching of maths in our school from year 0 to year 6. It became a more collaborative approach to how we used to teach maths. That we as a staff had a collective responsibility to improve our...