Empowered teaching

Transformed learning

An introduction to Numicon’s enhanced

Professional Development 2014

Numicon

Professional Development

What is the value of Numicon

professional development to schools?

Practitioners benefit from the time to focus on their

needs and developing skills to ensure a long term and

cohesive plan for the school improvement in

mathematical teaching and learning.

Numicon is founded on the question, ‘Why do some chil-

dren find maths so difficult to learn?’ We want to support

teachers in exploring this question, asking questions of

themselves and their own confidence and understanding

of mathematics and how children learn.

Model effective teaching and learning strategies

through consistent use of Numicon

Enable participants to develop skills, knowledge

and understanding in mathematics

Provided by experienced professionals within

education and mathematics with the necessary

experience, skills and expertise

Planned in communication with each individual

setting to ensure we meet their unique needs and

the outcomes sought PERFECT

FOR PUPIL

PREMIUM

An Introduction

to Numicon Suitable for:

School leaders, teachers, TA’s, and

school clusters

Our introductory Numicon Professional De-

velopment provides hands-on experience

enabling participants to realise Numicon’s

potential to transform children’s attitude to

maths and significantly increase their

achievement.

We work closely with participants to de-

velop their subject knowledge and peda-

gogy using Numicon effectively to meet the

needs of the school’s improvement plan for

mathematics. The course allows partici-

pants quality time to familiarise themselves

with the practical apparatus and the teach-

ing support materials.

An Introduction to Numicon consists

of the following:

Option 1

Numicon: Number, Pattern, Calcu-

lating, Measurement, Geometry,

Statistics

Day 1 Full day for staff

Day 2 Full day Implementation

Review

Day 3 Full day Follow up

Option 2

Numicon: Number, Pattern,

Calculating

Day 1 Full day for staff

Day 2 Full day Implementation

Review

For new

Numicon users

To get the most out

of professional de-

velopment, it is ad-

vised that school pur-

chase Numicon re-

sources before the

training commences.

For help and advice

in choosing the ap-

propriate resources,

please contact us

An Introduction

to Numicon: Course Guide

For new

Numicon users

Option 1

Day 1:

• Numicon: theory and methodology

• Firm Foundations to Year 4:

- Numbers and the Number System

- Pattern and Algebra

- Calculating

- Geometry

- Measurement

- Statistics

• Pedagogy and practice

• Gap task: getting started activity

Day 2:

In collaboration with school leadership:

• Review of progress and practice

• Strategic planning

• Supporting whole school community

Day 3: Continued implementation of Numicon

through pedagogy and practice from Day 2

Option 2

Day 1:

• Numicon: theory and methodology

• Firm Foundations to Year 4:

- Numbers and the Number System

- Pattern and Algebra

- Calculating

• Pedagogy and practice

• Gap task: getting started activity

Day 2:

In collaboration with school leadership:

• Review of progress and practice

• Strategic planning

• Supporting whole school community

These courses do not need to be delivered on con-

secutive days. It is recommended that at least a four

week period is used. We will work with each school to

ensure their needs are best met.

For new

Numicon users

One day or full day courses

Suitable for

School leaders, teachers,

RTLB’s, tutors, school clus-

ters, early childhood teach-

ers and parents and home

school teachers where ad-

vertised.

Designed to support teach-

ers improving students’

maths, increasing their

subject knowledge and are

designed to introduce

Numicon at all levels from

early childhood centres

through to secondary

schools.

These one day or half day courses provide an

opportunity for participants to be introduced to the

Numicon programme. Quality time is given to

familiarise themselves with the apparatus and the

teaching support materials to meet colleagues

from a range of settings, as well as giving time

away from the school environment to discuss,

reflect and evaluate.

Numicon for individuals, or small

groups within a school

Numicon for intervention

Numicon for special needs and/or stu-

dents with learning difficulties

Numicon at early childhood and follow

up

Numicon for the more able in Years 5

and 6

For existing

Numicon users

Sustained Programmes

Suitable for

All educational settings ,working with small

teams and individuals.

Numicon sustained programmes of support

provide an opportunity to focus on a particular

area of mathematics teaching where Numicon

has been in use for one or more years.

Our sustained programmes are customised to

each school.

The list below highlights the areas of special

focus that could be covered:

Pupil needs

Leadership with mathematics

Strand focussed

School year focussed

This support is available if a school has

previously received An Introduction to

Numicon professional development. Con-

sultancy can be provided without the need

for school closure.

For existing

Numicon users

Sustained Programmes

Examples of special focus

1. Pupil Needs

Support and inter-

vention

Challenging the

more able

Putting mathemat-

ics in context

Individual school

focus

2. Leadership

Coherent long term

plan

Reactive to school

needs based on

evidence and

evaluation since

introduction

Practice and peda-

gogy

Assessment and

planning

Subject knowledge

Supporting families

3. Strand focussed

Numicon theory and

methodology

Calculation

Numbers and the

number system

Pattern and algebra

Geometry, measure-

ment, Statistics

Follow—up use where

Numicon has been

extended– Geometry,

Measurement, Statis-

tics

4 Level focussed

Early Childhood

Years 1-2

Years 3-4

Years 5-6

Special needs at

any age

Differentiation

Pedagogy

Assessment

Contact:

www.numicon.co.nz

info@numicon.co.nz

09 520 4022

0 800 678 581

Procon Limited

t/a Numicon NZ,

under agreement with

Oxford University Press

P O Box 128542

Auckland 1541

About Numicon

Numicon aims to facilitate children’s

understanding and enjoyment of

mathematics.

Numicon was founded in the daily

experience of intelligent children

having real difficulty with maths, the

frequent underestimation of the

complexity of the ideas that young

children are asked to face and a

recognition of the importance of

maths to them and to society as a

whole.

We appreciate the complexity of

these ideas and seek to foster the

self-belief necessary to achieve in

the face of difficulty; we are not

about ‘making maths easy’.

We believe that the combination of

action, imagery and conversation

helps children to structure their ex-

periences, which is such a vital skill

for both their mathematical and the

overall development.

By watching and listening to what

children do and say, we and many

others are finding that our multi-

sensory approach provides learners

with the opportunity to play to their

strengths, thereby releasing their

potential to enjoy, understand and

achieve in maths. This enjoyment in

achievement is also shared by teach-

ers and parents.

We strive to support teachers’ sub-

ject knowledge and pedagogy with

teaching materials, professional de-

velopment and on-going feedback as

we continue to develop a better un-

derstanding of how we can work

together to encourage all learners in

the vital early stages of the own

mathematical journey.