Who can take part?
This FREE programme is designed to support secondary Early Career Teachers, – suited to those in their second or third year of teaching, in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support pupils in maths in the classroom.
While the programme is designed with ECTs in mind, it is also open to any Secondary Maths teachers who would like to develop, refresh or strengthen their subject knowledge for teaching mathematics.
What is involved?
This one-year professional development programme runs over 4 days across the year and offers high-quality subject knowledge and pedagogy maths support.
The communities formed as part of the programme provide an opportunity for participants’ conversation to remain focused on the teaching of maths, with teachers at a similar stage of their career.
All ECT’s participating in this programme will also gain access to the ECT Expertise in Teaching Maths Modules which are hosted on a learning management system. Whilst ECTs do not need to complete the modules to particpate in the programme, the learning from them is explored in greater depth within the sessions.
What will you learn?
You will work collaboratively and deeply on one area drawing in the associated pedagogy, and activities will include lesson analysis and lesson design.
- You will identify essential concepts, knowledge, skills within the topic area and provide opportunity for all students to learn and master these critical components
- You will develop an understanding of approaches to assess students’ prior learning, so that learning sequences are planned to take this into account
- Your students will be seen to elaborate when responding to questions, showing that their answer stems from a secure understanding
What is the cost?
The SKTM Secondary Early Career Teachers Programme is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is provided completely free to participating state-funded schools.
Where and when?
4 full day sessions (face to face).
What should i do next?
We are currently planning dates/venues for our Work Groups. In the meantime we encourage you to register your interest to participate in 2026/27 and we’ll be in touch as soon as registration opens.