Leading Whole School Numeracy Planning

Program Overview:

Based around the work and thoughts of Dr Paul Swan, this workshop will provide participants with a framework for developing a Whole School Numeracy Plan. The plan will focus on improved numeracy practices for teachers, with the aim of improving outcomes and practices for students.

Who will benefit:

Principals, deputy principals, senior leadership teams, school leaders and curriculum leaders will benefit from attending this one day workshop.  

Content:

• Participants will engage with latest research conducted by Peter Sullivan regarding the teaching of Mathematics.
• The iStar model of explicit teaching of a numeracy block.
• Paul Swan learning trajectories and exemplars of WSNP for other schools.

Learning Outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

• Be provided with key questions to undertake discussions

with staff around Whole School Numeracy Planning, along with examples of a numeracy block.

• Examine a whole school assessment matrix will be also presented for discussion.
• Develop an action plan utilising the day’s information.