Programmes for Students Contact Details

Accelerated Learning in Mathematics

(ALiM)

Training Days: June 2013

Programmes for Students contact details

Facilitator’s name
Facilitator’s email
Facilitator’s phone number
School Institution number
NZmaths Password

Introduction – Key Messages

Research Findings

Self Review Rubric

Rubric 4: Consultation and involvement with parents

Rubric 8: Effectiveness of classroom teaching practices for students achieving below curriculum Expectation in mathematics

Rubric 9.Accelerated progress for students achieving below curriculum expectations in mathematics

BES – 10 Principles

Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions

Getting Started

Teaching as inquiry

Equipment and resources

How can it operate (in-class & withdrawal)

Barriers to learning

Possibilities and Ideas

Expectations

Release days – Funded = 16 days

10-15 weeks

●3 days –2attendance at training days and 1 impact day

●3 days – reviewing-collecting data – planning – writing reflective summary for report

●10 days across the term for group teaching

e.g. 5 days per week at 1 hour per day for 10 weeks
or 4 days per week at 1 hour per day for 12 ½ weeks
At least 4 days per week

●One group in-class 4-5 students

●One withdrawal group 6-8 students

●Attend at least 2 cluster meetings

●Complete an online survey

Assessment

Use of standardised assessment (PAT)

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Whanau and Classroom Connections

Assessment Information for ALiM teachers

This document outlines the Assessment requirements and instructions:

NZMaths Database set-up
Numeracy
PAT Mathematics
National Standards Mathematics OTJs

NZMaths Database set-up

You need your school I.D. number and password.

Set up directions as follows for NZMaths database:

Go to

Click on ‘Numeracy Projects’ and then ‘Numeracy Results Database’
There are two approaches to entering student information and data:
Uploading from SMS – saved as a CSV file
Follow the instructions on NZMaths on how to upload from SMS into NZMaths using a csv file. Note: You will need to check that all students are in the system. Instruction link:
Entering all information manually.
Go to Edit Class and create a name for each of your groups

If the students are already in the system on nzmath database, then you will select the student and edit to add the ALiM/MST option as to whether they are withdrawal or in-class.
If the student information is not on nzmaths you will need toenter student information by selecting ‘Edit Students’.

To enter results click on ‘Results’. Choose the appropriate data collection time i.e. ‘Time 1’. Enter the results that you have collected for your students. You will need to enter Strategy (Add/Sub, Mult/Div and Proportions - COMPULSORY) and Knowledge (where possible) for each student. If you have completed JAM, GLoSS, IKAN or NuMPA enter the information in the areas that correspond.

The following information needs to be entered on the database:
Numeracy (Strategy and Knowledge)
Time 1 (on entry to ALiM/MST - 2013)
Time 2 (on completion of ALiM/MST)
National Standards OTJs
Final 2012
Final 2013 (Term 4)

Numeracy Assessment Information

The following Numeracy information needs to be placed on the NZMaths database:

Note: Strategy (compulsory) and Knowledge (where possible)

●Time 1 (on entry to ALiM - 2013)

●Time 2 (on completion of ALiM)

Key points

●Can use the following to collect information: GloSS or JAM (Junior tool), IKAN and formative assessment

●Information is where students are ‘achieving at, independently and most of the time’

●If you are unsure about the reliability and validity of previous year’s info, collect some new information using a formative assessment approach and talking to the current classroom teacher

●Sample moderation is required – within cluster, with a colleague and/or facilitator

National Standards Mathematics OTJs

The following needs to be placed on the NZMaths Database;

●Final OTJ 2012

●Final OTJ 2013 (Term 4)

If you do not have a 2012 OTJ for some students please make a judgment based on your initial Numeracy information in relation to the Mathematics Standard.

Information will be entered as the standard students are achieving at.

For example: If you have OTJs recorded as ‘below’ and ‘well below’ you will need to match these to the standard at which they would be achieving. Student A was in Year 4 in 2011 and has an OTJ that says below – record as Student A 2011: Achieving At ‘after 3 years at school’ standard.

Planning Time

Please type up and email to your supporting facilitator.

●School

●Teacher name – email

●Principal name – email

●Outline of timetable

●Possible target groups

●Classroom and school connections

●Whānau engagement

●Teacher Inquiry focus – What might be your focus?

Resources to support ALiM

Online Teaching Resources

ALiM resources

●Teaching materials including problem solving, picture books, key mathematical ideas, resource finder

●Home-school partnership resource resource to support students having difficulty in place value, basic facts and fractions

●Assessment Resource Banks

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● plenaries and starters

●An example of a maths blog from MST 2011

●Don’t forget YouTube

Online Student Resources

● for definitions, maths charts

● Battleship game

● activities and games

● like ‘Weebot’ giving directions to a turtle

● tessellation creator

● activities

● quizzes

● basic facts

● online games

● online games and activities