Now recruiting for 26/27
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Supporting Level 2 Learners Cross Phase: Working together at Post 16
For teachers whose students will study Level 2 Maths across secondary and post-16 to develop ways to support students who need to study maths beyond age 16 to achieve a L2 qualification.
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Now recruiting for 26/27
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About the Event
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The aim of this Work Group is to develop teaching approaches across secondary and post-16 to support students to achieve a Level 2 qualification
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What are the intended outcomes?
Student outcomes
Students:
• are better prepared for transition from KS4 to post-16 (GCSE resit and/or Functional Skills)
• (in KS4) show an increased understanding of their route to a Level 2 qualification (either GCSE or Functional Skills)
• (in post-16 GCSE and/or Functional Skills) demonstrate a positive attitude to maths.
Whole-school/departmental policies and approaches
Participants will work with their school/college/subject leaders to ensure that:
collaboration between KS4 and post-16/FE colleagues on issues of curriculum and pedagogy is a normal part of transition practice
curriculum planning for GCSE resit and/or Functional Skills is better informed by prior learning at KS4
curriculum planning at KS4 identifies areas of priority to underpin progression to post-16 GCSE resit and/or Functional Skills.
Practice development
Participants will:
ensure that lesson design and pedagogy demonstrate a secure knowledge of curriculum continuity and sequencing. Secondary participants will:
change their practice to address areas where there are possible barriers to progression in post-16 GCSE resit/Functional Skills to reinforce continuity for students. Post-16 GCSE resit/Functional Skills participants will
make use of approaches, representations and language commonly seen in secondary practice to reinforce continuity for students.
Professional learning
Participants will:
have a deeper understanding of the approaches which will support students as they move from KS4 to post-16 (GCSE resit and/or Functional Skills), including the importance of consistency of language and representations relating to specific areas of the curriculum.
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
This Work Group is intended for teachers whose students will study Level 2 maths across the secondary/post-16 phases.
The target groups of participants in this Work Group are teachers of Year 10 and Year 11 students in secondary education AND teachers of post-16 GCSE Maths resit and/or Functional Skills Maths in secondary and further education.
Participants may be based in secondary schools, UTCs, FE colleges, Sixth Form colleges, schools with post-16 provision, or other post-16 settings.
Participants will be representing their institution and working with colleagues between Work Group sessions, so ideally will have some responsibility for developing teaching and leading change.
Participants are expected to attend the equivalent of three full days of workshops and to complete practice-based tasks between sessions. These tasks may include trying out an activity with students, observing the impact of different pedagogical approaches in their own class, reflecting on these activities, and preparing brief notes to support discussions in the workshop that follows. They may also be asked to contribute to online forum discussions.
This is a free to attend Maths Hub programme, funded by the DfE