Program

Day 1

TimeSessionTopic
8:30 am – 8:45 am Registration and refreshments
8:45 am – 11:00 amSession 1
Leading mathematics
  • Establishing your 'Maths Crew'
  • Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction
  • Anita Chin's Primary Maths Framework
  • Developmental sequences of learning in the syllabus
  • How Anita structures a week of teaching in maths
11:00 am – 11:30 amMorning tea
11:30 am – 1:00 pmSession 2
Fast-tracking change to make differentiation doable
  • Supporting your teachers to embed maths language
  • Setting up your teachers to implement visual models with ease
1:00 pm – 1:40 pmLunch
1:40 am – 2:40 pm




2:40 pm – 3:30 pm
Session 3




Session 4
Optimising the classroom learning environment
  • Getting the most out of your concrete materials
  • Setting up the ultimate classroom learning environment to make teaching maths easier

Considerations for task design
  • Designing tasks with differentiation and explicit teaching in mind

Day 2

TimeSessionTopic
8:30 am – 8:45 am Registration and refreshments
8:45 am – 10:30 am




10:30 am - 11:00 am
Session 5




Session 6
Implementing consistent lesson structure throughout your school
  • Anita's 5-part lesson structure
  • Making the most of lesson warm-ups to 'plug gaps' and connect concepts

Hear how Anita's approach works from school leaders in her journey schools
  • Q&A with Maths Crew members and Principals who have been there and done that!
11:00 am – 11:30 amMorning tea
11:30 am – 1:00 pmSession 7
How Anita teaches a maths lesson - you be the student!
Experience Anita teach a 60-minute maths lesson including:
  • Differentiating to meet the needs of all learners
  • Explicit teaching with Rosenshine's Principles in mind
  • Effective questioning techniques and productive struggle
1:00 pm – 1:40 pmLunch
1:40 am – 3:10 pmSession 8
Implementing a whole-school approach to maths
  • Where to start and what to do when you get back to school