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? • University of Warwick Centre for Lifelong Learning, Centre for Professional Development, and Centre for Education Studies • Staffordshire University • NCETM • NANIMAC • Further Mathematics Support Programme • emCETT • Central Maths Hub • AoC (Sue Blake last week) • Two local authority adult ed services - Coventry 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, Walsall 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] .