A little bit about me…
Andy Oldman is an experienced teacher and teacher developer. He has taught in a range of secondary settings over the past 20 years. He is currently involved in a number of teacher training projects including being the Southwest TSST Director, where he leads a team of experts in delivering specialist Maths training to hundreds of teachers in the region. MathsTeachingSolutions is a dedicated team of Maths Teaching professionals who have proven skills in the following areas of training.
Mentoring and Coaching
Our expert team have a wealth of experience in mentoring teachers during different phases of their training and career including ITT trainees, NQTs, RQTs and non-specialists. We have a servant leader approach to coaching ensuring our coachees develop their skills in order to maximise both their potential and performance in the classroom. Additionally we are currently developing a training and mentoring programme for returners to teaching, unqualified teachers, supply teachers and pre-ITT subject knowledge participants.
Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy
We believe the secret to being a great teacher is continually developing your practice in the classroom. Andy and his team of expert teachers have successfully developed one of the most innovative and blended programmes of training to non-specialists in the country, weaving together both Maths subject knowledge and subject-specific pedagogy across the secondary curriculum; including Mastery. We are committed to developing both the conceptual understanding and procedural techniques for our trainees to ensure we have confident practitioners in the classroom.
Mastery through to Secondary
The Mastery programme has been successfully implemented at primary level and is now being developed at key stage 3. Andy is a Mastery specialist currently working on a local EEF-backed SSIF project as a Specialist Leader of Education, improving outcomes at key stage 2. In the near future the essence of Mastery, “The Big Five” – Fluency, Variation, Representations, Mathematical Thinking and Small Steps within a coherent framework will have an increasing role to play in the secondary classroom.