Target Road Staff PD 2018

Effective Pedagogy in Mathematics By Glenda Anthony and Margaret Walshaw Creating a safe environment for learning Allowing group discussions and individual thinking time to solidify learning Building a students thinking; Relating interests to the learning, hands on tasks, incorporating prior knowledge. Pitch the learning at a reasonable level, reduce complexity of the task to ensure students are still successful. No "busy work", you tend to fall back on worksheets that they already know the answers to; there is no valuable learning happening here. Mixed ability approach supporting inclusive maths environment. Using misconceptions and errors as building blocks. Natural to make conceptual errors, but instead of telling them they're wrong, we should use it as a basis of discussion and talk about alternative solutions. Focus students on their thinking and tasks so they are not just doing busy work. We need to know the next steps and mathematical progressions i...

Ways to run your Student Led Conferences Met in Room 11. Charlotte walked us through what she does with her students. It is a very in-depth student reflection and the students lead the conference start to finish. Students know Miss O is there to help if they get stuck on any questions from mum and dad, but otherwise Miss O has a basically silent role. Students flag pages in each book that they are really proud of and have to justify why they are proud of their work; statements like "because it was cool" are not acceptable. Highlight for Charlotte is getting feedback from parents on their children's learning on the last page; this is feedback the students can use to improve their learning, or take pride in their work further based on parent praise. Notes to help students structure what they are going to say, they know what they're going to say, they're not stuck on the spot with mum and dad and teacher all staring at them expectantly. Means they're n...