jason darley
mathematics specialist
jdms

supporting leaders coordinate success
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empowering leaders in mathematics to confidently support their colleagues and develop pupils’ positive attitudes towards and success in mathematics
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undertaking a review of mathematics provision across a school or multiple schools to identify strengths and areas for development
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delivering or facilitating professional development to improve mathematics subject knowledge or approaches to teaching
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defining priorities and strategies to help bring about sustainable, transformational change
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enhancing published schemes of work with teaching for mastery principals

developing teachers' classroom practice
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mentoring recently qualified teachers in what high-quality mathematics teaching looks like in the classroom through instructional coaching
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sequencing teaching points for cohesion and to maximise the potential for long term security
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collaborating with teachers to help them adopt new and improved ways of explaining and modelling concepts
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demonstrating how to use the principals of teaching for mastery to help all children access the mathematics curriculum
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illustrating the deliberate design of individual (and sequences of) lessons to provide sufficient quality and quantity of pupil practice

encouraging all pupils to achieve
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identifying pupils’ difficulties and adapting practice to secure long-term understanding
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helping adults tailor mathematics provision for individual pupils
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working one-to-one or in small groups with pupils whose mathematical learning has resulted in a lack of security in their skills or knowledge
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designing opportunities for all pupils to demonstrate characteristics of understanding at a greater depth
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assessing for and supporting pupils with dyscalculia (coming soon)

designing high-quality pupil practice
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providing examples of pupil practice in mathematics that incorporate challenge for all through carefully considered variation