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Professional Development

Now is the time to plan your Professional Development for this year ... and beyond.
Teachers at Play
The Mushroom Hunt
A task from the Task Centre Kit for Aboriginal Students in a workshop for
Oneida Nation Elementary School, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA.

Managed by Black Douglas Professional Education Services
Tel: +61 3 9726 8316
Fax: +61 3 9727 4644
doug@blackdouglas.com.au
for Curriculum Corporation, Australia

Background

For more than a decade, Mathematics Professional Services has collected success stories from classrooms. Teachers have found the hands-on presentation of these stories in a challenging workshop environment to be both practical and thought-provoking. Maths on the Move offers a suite of 'off-the-shelf' one day and six day workshop courses which have been successfully used by schools and systems.

courses address many issues frequently identified by teachers. They can be presented by our leaders, or we can prepare and resource key system leaders, who are then able to connect the courses to official curriculum documents.

Your Fractions in a Fraction of the Time session has revolutionised my teaching.
Peter Illingworth
Lenah Valley Primary School, Tasmania
For the last two years I haven't enjoyed teaching maths, but tomorrow I am really looking forward to it.
Christine, Brisbane, Queensland
Learning to Work Like a Mathematician

2009 MOTM Courses

ACT ... New South Wales ... Northern Territory ... Queensland
South Australia ... Tasmania ... Victoria ... Western Australia
Beyond Australia

Thank you again for your work with the Numeracy Professional Learning team - I think the sessions have had a significant impact on the teachers involved.
Kate Evans, Cluster Educator
Wantirna Innovations & Excellence Cluster

  • 2008 MOTM courses were in:
    Moana S.A. (1), Melbourne (2), Montrose (1), Melton (1), Noble Park (1), Newborough (1), Mt. Eliza (Days 1 & 2 of 6 day course)
  • 2007 MOTM courses were in:
    Adelaide (3), Albury (1), Beechworth (1), Boronia (1), Brisbane (1), Churchill North (1), Colac (1), Hopper's Crossing (1), Riverland S.A. (6 Day Course), Mt. Gambier (1), Taylors Lakes (1)
  • 2006 MOTM courses were in:
    Adelaide (5), Bendigo (1), Kyneton (1), Melbourne (3), Moonta (1), Mt. Compass (1), Swan Hill (1)
  • 2005 MOTM courses were in:
    Adelaide (11), Alice Springs (2), Bendigo (1), Cairns (2), Darwin (2), Geelong (2)
  • 2004 MOTM courses were in:
    Adelaide (6), Cairns (2), Darwin (2), Doncaster, England (1), Northam (1), Wantirna (1)
  • Will the next series or session be for your system, sector, cluster or school?

Objective

Typical workshop
Learning to Work Like a Mathematician
A Maths on the Move course adapted to the needs of a cluster in Cairns.
Resources from the Task Centre Kit for Aboriginal Students and Maths300.

Our objective is 100% professional development - more success more often for teachers and students. We see no 'magic' in any materials. It is teachers who weave magic in the classroom. We offer practical, hands-on, professional support which draws ideas and resources from decades of classroom experiences. We want to encourage all teachers to enter the debate about what makes better mathematics learning.

  • Our experienced consultants can provide teacher development courses anywhere in the world. We have been involved in such programs from Stockholm to Hobart and New Hampshire to Northern Territory.
  • Choose from our MOTM Workshop Library or consider other options in the PD Partnerships link above.

Principles

In our Workshop Library we offer a range of six day and one day courses. The one day courses can stand alone, or be built into a series over time.

Providing time is a major objective of each session:

  • time to explore mathematics
  • time to explore teaching craft
  • time to reconsider educational research
  • time to engage in debate with colleagues
  • time to reflect on personal best practice
Workshop Set Up
A Maths on the Move workshop room ready to roll

Numbers are limited to workshop size of around 30.
Parent participants are welcome at any sessions.

Maths on the Move workshops are resource dependent. Teachers make use of problem solving support materials in the workshops, discover the pedagogical and mathematical depth they embrace, then take a sample back to school to support their on-going personal exploration and to assist in retelling the story to others. Printed material is also supplied. To gain greater benefit for your schools, we recommend that at least two teachers attend from each school.

Our courses are backed up by extensive support which includes:

  • hands-on problem solving tasks applicable to a wide range of student ages and abilities
  • whole class problem solving investigations for mixed ability, multiple intelligence classrooms
  • detailed lesson plans and teacher-created software consistent with the objectives of all official documents and consistent with accepted research on teaching and learning
Problem Solving
Hands-on problem solving

Bringing your own notebook computer is an efficient way to access the technology used in most courses.

Technology
Integrated use of technology