Hands-on Professional Learning Workshops
delivered by Top Ten Numeracy Coaches
An overview of our professional learning workshops
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Our numeracy coaches deliver whole-school professional learning workshops over the course of a full day. The PL workshops are very practical, hands-on and developmentally-sequenced, highlighting the pedagogical basis for each task, while also showing teachers examples that can be used in the classroom the very next day.
We deliver professional learning in a classroom-based manner. Teachers transform into the students for the day and actively participate in each explicitly modelled challenging task, while being taken on a journey along a developmental sequence of a critical concept.
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​Whole-school Professional Learning Options
We have five full-day professional learning options available, all of which have been trialled and refined based on over ten years of delivering these to our member schools across Australia:
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Option 1 - Place Value developmental sequence
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Option 2 - Additive thinking (Addition and Subtraction sequence)
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Option 3 - Multiplicative thinking (Multiplication and Division sequence)
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Option 4 - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages sequence
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Option 5 - Measurement, Space/Geometry, Statistics and Probability
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Every workshop emphasises ongoing differentiation options, assessments and the four proficiencies within the concept of choice. We also offer intensive planning days (teams bring data and plan with our numeracy coaches) following at least one curriculum day workshop.
​During the first workshop, we generally focus on our place value sequence (however, this can be altered to another focus if your school prefers), progressing through each critical skill from the early years up to year 6. We can also focus on the early years exclusively if preferred, or years 3-6 exclusively, based on school goals; however, generally, we recommend whole-staff participation (including learning support officers) as we brainstorm enabling/extending prompts throughout all sessions.
This involves modelling and teams participating in our highest impact hands-on lessons for that concept. In the process, we explain and demonstrate strategies for modelling with materials, questioning and feedback tips, common misconceptions, as well as brainstorming enabling and extending prompts and strategies for ongoing extension and support within very mixed ability classrooms. The navigation of the planning packages, assessment options and links to the units are consistently highlighted throughout the day as well.
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​​We travel all around Australia and can cater for 2 to 80 teachers in a full-day workshop.​
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Request a quote and check date availability
All our workshops are delivered by one of our co-founding numeracy coaches
(primary teachers with a university degree in both primary education and mathematics)
who contributed to developing the packs for years in their classrooms and as maths leaders of schools.
Please fill in the form below to enquire about available dates and receive a complimentary quote.
Hands-on Numeracy
Planning Support Resources
NUMERACY LIBRARY
WITH LESSONS
Selectively-chosen numeracy picture book titles with over 150 linked lessons that are in addition to those in the early years and years 3-6 planning packs.
All titles are organised by year level and arrive packed into concepts (place value; addition; subtraction; multiplication; division; fractions; measurement and geometry; statistics and probability).
COMPREHENSIVE
EARLY YEARS PLANNING PACKAGE
Developmentally-sequenced, user-friendly
unit plans with detailed hands-on lessons for every critical skill throughout the early years. Diagnostic and formative assessments pinpoint points-of-need.
Lessons include enabling and extending prompts, engaging hooks, warm-ups, photographs of numeracy coaches modelling and student work samples.
CLASSROOM
MATHS TOOLBOXES