Agency - Empowering Your Mathematics Students

This is the best PD I've done in a while if not ever. My favourite aspect was the lack of long-winded theoretical research saying what should work - it was straight to the point, with real workable examples. Peter Davies, Narrandera High School.

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An Extensive 25-hr PD Program

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$690 pp-individuals +GST in Australia (Ask re pp price for 2+)

Equivalent to 4-days of face-to-face instruction over 4-8 months.
Classroom implementations are a key feature of the program.

Starts: Whenever you are ready!
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Do any of these apply to you?

Too many of my students take little-or-no responsibility for their learning.
I need my students to be genuinely engaged. I need them on my page, not opposing me.
I explain mathematics really well. Yet many students simply 'don't get it'!
I've lost some of my passion for teaching. Which is sad. I'd love to be passionate again.

Course curriculum

1. 100 Welcome To The PD
2. 105 Before We Start
3. 110 Aims and Requirements
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4. 115 To The Previewers …
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5. 116 Explaining the PD to teachers and School leaders (Preview Page)
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6. 120 Some Logistics For This PD
7. 125 Add a profile pic
8. 130 *Introduce Yourself*
9. 140 Strategy Implementations
10. 150 All About Teams
11. 160 This the Upgrades Page, Folks! (check in here occasionally).
1. 200 Presenting Maths In Ways That Has Students Owning Their Learning
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2. 210 Some Definitions of Student Agency
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3. 220 Thought Provoker One: Implementing Strategies
4. 230 Six Typical Classroom Scenarios
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5. 240 Thought Provoker Two: Student Behaviour
6. 250 The Teacher Factor
7. 260 Thought Provoker Three: The Teacher Factor
8. 265 *Your Thought Provoker Comment*
9. 270 Control
10. 280 What ‘letting go of control’ looks like in the classroom
11. 285 *Your 'Control' Comment*
1. 300 Student Engagement or Student Agency
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2. 305 Thought Provoker Four: Student Engagement
3. 310 The Engaged Maths Classroom
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4. 315 Are You Reading Replies To Your Comments?
5. 320 *What Constitutes An Engaged Classroom?*
6. 330 *What Is Your Default Approach ... And Are You Defending It?* (Article)
1. 400 How Do You Learn?
2. 410 What Can Skateboarding Teach Us?
3. 430 Thought Provoker Five: Independent, Student-centred, Self-directed learning
4. 440 Stepping Towards 'Independence'
5. 440b *Your Student-centric Comment*
6. 450 Independent Learning is good in theory – but does it actually work?
7. 460a Student Resistance
8. 460b *Student Resistance - Dealing With Their Objections* (Article)
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9. 470 The Power of Independent Learning
10. 475 *Your Module Four Comment*
11. 480 Your Initial Implementations
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12. 490 Some Past Implementations Reports
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13. 495 A couple of reminders
1. 500 TEAM Announcement
2. 510 Understanding-first vs Procedures-first Teaching
3. 515 *Why We Need An Understanding-first, Procedures-second Mindset When Teaching Mathematics* (Article)
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4. 520 Trick Teaching Anyone?
5. 525 *Your Trick-Teaching Comment*
6. 530 The Perils of Compartmentalisation
7. 540 The Memory Game
8. 545 *Your Memory Game - Rote Learning - Compartmentalisation Comment*
9. 550 Let The Strategies Unfold ...
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1. 600 Let's Abbreviate These Terms!
2. 610 An Example U-1, P-2 Approach (this example featuring Trigonometry)
3. 620 What is it about the Trigonometry example that makes it a U-1, P-2 approach?
4. 625 *Your Understanding-first Right-angled Trig Comment*
5. 630 Four Common Misconceptions
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6. 640 A couple of reminders
1. 700 Multiple Implementations and Module 7 Strategies
2. 710a Diagnostic Interactions
3. 710b *Diagnostic Interactions* (Article)
4. 720 Creating A Need To Learn
5. 730 The Brick Wall Strategy
6. 740 Good Questioning Techniques
7. 750a Metacognition
8. 750b *Metacognition* (Article)
9. 760 Peer Teaching
10. 780 Laying The Foundation For Conceptual Change
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11. 790 A Sobering Read ...
12. 795 *A Teacher Becomes A Student For Two Days. This Is What She Discovers!* (Article)
13. 796 *Your Intended Implementations*
14. 799 *Your Additional (Optional) Module Seven Comment*
1. 800 TEAM Announcement
2. 810 The Understanding-first, Procedures-second Approach - Some Examples
3. 820 Formative Assessment and Feedback
4. 830 Fractional Doings
5. 835 The 'Fractional Doings Explained' Student Video Series
6. 838 Fractional-Doings-Inspired Resources
7. 840 Fractional Doings: Tens & Make Your Own
8. 845 *Your Formative Assessment/Feedback + Fractional Doings comment*
9. 850 Workshopping Open-Ended Questions
10. 855 *Your Workshopping of Concept-Specific Open-Ended Questions Comments*
11. 860 Assessment for Learning
12. 870a Dynamic Geometry
13. 870b GeoGebra - The Best Files From Participants
14. 875 *Your Assessment for Learning + Dynamic Geometry Comment*
15. 880 The Example U-1, P-2 Activities - A Summary
16. 890 Three HSC Ext-2 implementations
17. 899 A couple of reminders
1. 900 Isn't It Better To Keep Them Together?
2. 910 The Mini Lesson
3. 915 *Your Student Spread and Mini Lessons Comment*
4. 920 Homework and Extension Activities
5. 930 An Understanding-first, Procedures-second Approach In Action
6. 935 *Your U-1, P-2 Approach In Action Comment*
7. 940 How's The Time?
1. 10-00 The Work Requirement Scheme
2. 10-10 Some Common Traps With The WRS
3. 10-20 Some Pertinent Questions re The WRS
4. 10-25 *Your Work Requirement Scheme Comment*
5. 10-30 Advantages of U-1, P-2 Revisited
6. 10-40 *How keen are you to embrace Understanding-1st, Procedures-2nd?*
7. 10-50 Some Past Implementations Reports
1. 11-10 Engaging Assessment - An Oxymoron?
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2. 11-20 The 'I Can Do' Assessment Task
3. 11-30 The Metacognition Assignment
4. 11-40 *Your 'Engaging Assessment' comment*
5. 11-50 A couple of reminders
1. 12-00 Your Classroom Implementations ...
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2. 12-10 *Your Understanding-first, Procedures-second Implementation Report (& Peer Review)*
3. 12-20 *Your Student-Centred Implementation Report (& Peer Review)*
1. 13-00 Have You Completed All Requirements ...
2. 13-10 *Your Experience Of The PD*
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3. 13-15 To The Previewers: Do you have any comments or questions? (Skip if you are a participant)
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4. 13-20 Extra Resources
5. 13-30 Related Courses And PD Programs
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6. 13-40 Tell Me You Are Finished

About this course

115 lessons

Testimonials

“This course was so inspiring with it's many great facets, ideas, articles, videos and links. It should be compulsory in all teacher training courses and then should be compulsory again after teaching for your first 2-3 years. Thanks Richard. ”

Paul Chesher, Westfields Sports High School

“This course made me reflect and carefully analyse my way of teaching. It made me become more willing to 'take risks', thus utilising a variety of different approaches/strategies within my teaching of Maths. It was also great to share ideas with my Team members. ”

Matthew Lafranchi, Bacchus Marsh Grammar

“I really like the self-paced nature of this course, the repeated reminders of what's good for the students and wonderful interactions with Richard. I'm inspired by the course to continue the good work of putting students in the center so we can endeavour to help each individual grow collectively through the power of open-ended tasks/questioning and metacognition. Yes, the course has had positive changes in me. Thank you!”

Liz Tan, Masada College

“Every maths teacher needs to take this course. It is a hands-on, practical course that creates opportunities to make genuine changes in your classroom as you go. Richard has a great understanding of the needs of a classroom teacher and the challenges that we all face. He provides us with strategies that are easy to implement. Every part of it is well-thought out, interesting and extremely practical. It requires you to stop regularly and reflect on different aspects of your own teaching style. (Team Course) ”

Debra Penny, Head of Mathematics, Bacchus Marsh Grammar, Victoria

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FAQs

Should we enrol more than one teacher in this online course?

If you are looking for department-wide improvement regarding student agency then the ideal way to achieve this is to enrol all or most of your teachers into this course as a Team. However, this course is also ideal for individual teachers wanting to see significant changes occur in their classroom teaching. https://www.learnimplementshare.com/teaching-and-learning-teams.html
When does the course start? Am I able to commence whenever I want?

Although you can request (on the form) to start 'now', officially the program commences on March 28th, June 20th, Sept 12th, Dec 5th. Teams choose their own start dates.
What happens if I don't complete the course within the allocated time?

As long as you make regular progress - or keep us posted when something unforeseen is preventing you from making progress - you will be given every opportunity to complete the course.
Will I have to be logged in at specific times?

No. The course is self-paced and accessible 24/7. There is no requirement to be logged in at any specific time.

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Instructor

Richard Andrew

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Hi! I’m Richard. I’ve been delivering PD to teachers since 2007 - after twenty-plus years in the classroom, six as a Department Head. My main PD thrust is to support teachers to improve their ability to foster agency and understanding in students. This is because we only shine as mathematics teachers when our students demonstrate agency ... when students assume ownership through experiencing a sense of control over their learning. I've always been fascinated by the craft of teaching maths. I have a knack for presenting complex pedagogical ideas in easy-to-follow ways, and in the absence of edu-babble.

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