Focus of the Month
February 2016
Teacher Career Development
This month we are focussing on the issue of teacher career development.
Career development can take many forms, including mentoring trainee teachers or
NQTs, studying for a qualification, participating in some professional development,
or teaching a new course or Key Stage. Additionally, it can be joining a professional
body for mathematics teachers, interacting with some of the excellent bloggers and
‘Tweeters’ who write about mathematics education, engaging with local teacher
networks, teaching in a different school, or gaining a promotion.
Professional development is an important aspect of career development as it
enables teachers to develop new skills or subject knowledge, network with teachers
from other schools, and engage with different teaching approaches. Above all,
effective professional development is fundamental to the process of enhancing the
experience of students.
In order to maximise the impact of any professional development, teachers and
departmental leaders need to be strategic about how they approach the issue. We
suggest that a good starting point would be to ask yourself or your colleagues,
‘Where do you see your career in 3 years’ time?’ This could form part of a
discussion in an annual review or even a departmental meeting, if appropriate. The
response(s) to this question should inform the professional development that is
undertaken next.
On the next page we offer a series of frequent responses to the above question and
suggest how MEI can support you in meeting these needs.
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Join MEI as an
Educational Associate
mei.org.uk/associates_
educational
Use of ICT
mei.org.uk/ict
MEI/Casio
Teacher Networks
The GeoGebra
Institute of MEI
Core Maths
mei.org.uk/core-maths
MEI Annual Conference
mei.org.uk/conference
2017 A-level
mei.org.uk/2017
Join MEI as an
Individual Member
mei.org.uk/individual
Teaching
Advanced
Mathematics
mei.org.uk/tam
PDLSP (PD Lead programme)
ncetm.org.uk/resources/39629
FRESH:
Embedding
Problem-Solving
mei.org.uk/fresh
Maths Hub involvement
mathshubs.org.uk/
Head of Mathematics
mei.org.uk/hod
CMEP
mei.org.uk/cmep
FRESH: Big data sets
mei.org.uk/fresh
STEP/AEA
mei.org.uk/step_aea
Intro to Statistics
mei.org.uk/statistics_cpd
Intro to Mechanics
mei.org.uk/mechanics_cpd
MEI Annual Conference
mei.org.uk/conference
Teaching GCSE
Mathematics
mei.org.uk/tgm
Teaching Further
Mathematics
mei.org.uk/tfm
Teaching Advanced
Mathematics
mei.org.uk/tam
MEI Annual Conference
mei.org.uk/conference
FRESH
- AfL strategies
- Lesson planning
- Geometry perspectives
mei.org.uk/fresh
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