Course description
This one-day face-to-face course will prepare teachers for upcoming content on curriculum maps by focusing on how to improve teaching of statistics and trigonometry. The use of digital tools for organising and summarising real-world data will be explored so that students learn to manage data more efficiently. A first principles approach which supports students in gaining conceptual understanding of the trigonometric ratios will also be modelled.
Course outcomes
Participants will develop a deeper understanding of:
- How to use the progression of key concepts when planning for learning and how to connect new learning to prior learning.
- Evidence-based Tier 1 instruction in Mathematics/Numeracy (using the Pedagogical Framework and teaching strategies which are relevant for specific mathematical concepts).
- Monitoring student learning and planning next steps using conceptual development guides and ASGs.
- How to use the resources on the TLC (including sample mathematics tasks) to support differentiation and meet the needs of learners.
A future PL day with the same program outcomes but a content focus of Measurement and Space will be offered in Term 3 Week 10.
Australian Professional Standards
- Standard 1 – Know students and how they learn
- Standard 2 – Know content and how to teach it
- Standard 3 – Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
- Standard 5 – Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
- Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning