Program

Day 1: Leading maths & making differentiation doable

Time	Session	Topic
8:30 am – 8:45 am		Registration and refreshments
8:45 am – 11:00 am	Session 1	Leading mathematics Establishing your 'Maths Crew' Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction Anita Chin's Primary Maths Framework Developmental sequences of learning in the syllabus
11:00 am – 11:30 am		Morning tea
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Session 2	Fast-tracking change to make differentiation doable Supporting your teachers to embed maths language Setting up your teachers to implement visual models with ease
1:00 pm – 1:40 pm		Lunch
1:40 am – 2:40 pm	Session 3	Optimising the classroom learning environment Getting the most out of your concrete materials Setting up the ultimate classroom learning environment to make teaching maths easier
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm	Session 4	Considerations for task design How to meet the needs of all students using Anita's strategies for differentiation

Time	Session	Topic
8:30 am – 8:45 am		Registration and refreshments
8:45 am – 10:30 am	Session 5	Consistent lesson structure throughout your school How Anita structures a week of teaching in maths Anita's 5-part lesson structure and how to implement it school-wide
10:30 am – 11:00 am		Morning tea
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Session 6	How Anita teaches lesson warm-ups... you be the student! How Anita uses lesson warm-ups to 'plug gaps' and connect concepts Experience a range of Anita's strategies for lesson warm-ups
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Session 7	How Anita teaches parts 2–5 of a lesson... you be the student! Experience how Anita introduces new content and transitions to student practice: differentiating to meet the needs of the full range of learners explicit teaching with Rosenshine's Principles in mind
1:00 pm – 1:40 pm		Lunch
1:40 am – 3:10 pm	Session 8	Principles and strategies for a whole-school scope and sequence Anita's approach to writing scope and sequence documents K–6 How to take your school context (and those interruptions!) into account