Are you keen to see improvements in the teaching and learning of Mathematics or Numeracy?

Then we want to welcome you as a member of the national community of teachers of Mathematics currently engaged in the Teaching and Learning Programme.

You can engage with the Teaching and Learning Programme for Mathematics in a variety of ways:

• consider becoming a Subject Learning Coach for Mathematics
• consider becoming an E-Guide
• join a Mathematics network or community
• use the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities created by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM).

You can access all key national and regional improvement and CPD activities through the web portal of NCETM, which has been developed as the natural first point of contact for teachers of Mathematics and Numeracy for all your professional development needs.

The Teaching and Learning Programme for Mathematics can help you with your 30 hours (or pro rata) continuing professional development requirement as well as with achieving your Licensed Practitioner status with the Institute for Learning.

Try out the self-evaluation tools provided on the NCETM web portal.

Improving Learning in Mathematics is a multimedia resource developed for teachers of Mathematics. It builds on existing successful practice and explores approaches that encourage more active ways of learning through the use of group work, discussion and open questioning.

The resource includes many examples of session plans and activities, as well as video footage of learners and teachers working on those activities. It is designed to encourage and support discussion and reflection on good practice in Mathematics teaching.

Improving Learning in Mathematics can be downloaded in electronic format from the QIA archive. Find out more about this important resource and discover a huge range of other CPD resources at the NCETM web portal.

Could you become a Subject Learning Coach in Mathematics?

Subject Learning Coaches are teachers who have received training in coaching in general and with specific reference to Mathematics. They have a special set of skills to bring to their organisations.

Subject Learning Coaches can be used in a variety of ways: as coaches, as agents of change and as champions of innovative approaches to professional development. This can be within their Mathematics subject area or more widely in their establishments.