DfE English and maths Development Project Review Meeting: WMCETT maths hub

Julie Chamberlain The importance of a name

Mesh – Holding things together MESH – Mathematics Education Strategic Hubs MESH – who are the partners?

CETT

Leading Leading FE learning College provider

Leading Common Ed Dept sixth-form (Maths team) College purpose – (University Excellence in mathematics education Employer- Maths faculty Local links - University

FMSP Area NANAMIC Co-ordinator reps MESH – who would it serve?

All colleges and learning providers that choose to seek support from the MESH

MESH would become the “go to” source of support

MESH – how would it support?

Two strategic roles: • Identifying needs for specialist support • Ensuring provision to address these needs

Areas of workforce development support: • Recruitment • Training qualifications • Professional development and improvement of teaching and learning • Mathematics leadership development • Mathematics professional development leadership and teacher education

Who has attended? • Centre for Lifelong Learning, Centre for Professional Development, and Centre for Education Studies • • NCETM • NANIMAC • Further Mathematics Support Programme • emCETT • Central Maths Hub • AoC (Sue Blake last week) • Two local authority adult ed services - and Birmingham • Two WBL - Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce Training (and C&W Training Provider Network representative) and Babington Group • Six colleges – NEW College, now Heart of Worcestershire College, Stoke on Trent College, Hereward College, , Henley College, Warwickshire College

Others make contact for follow up info after seeing agenda / minutes.

What’s on the agenda?

• Updates from Steve Pardoe on WMCETT maths events ie Maths Fests! and ETF CPD

• Other maths CPD opportunities – ie NCETM, Bowland Maths CPD offers

• Presentations by organisations or individuals: Further Maths Support Programme Central Maths Hub (schools hub) Stoke College on their Real Maths Festival and Level 3 Core Maths experiences Sue Johnston-Wilder on Mathematical Resilience research

• Information about other projects WMCETT is involved in which might be of interest, ie English enhancement programme GCSCE Leadership and Governance website project New Professional Exchange project

• Individual updates / feeding back sessions and discussions.

WMCETT maths hub information • WMCETT website: • http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/cll/course s/professionaldevelopment/wmcett/resourc es/maths_teaching_resources/mesh/

• Julie Chamberlain, WMCETT Project manager, [email protected]