Key Messages

National Literacy & Numeracy Strategy 2011

Definition of Numeracy

Literacy And Numeracy For Learning And Life 2011

Definition of Numeracy

National Literacy & Numeracy Strategy 2011

Definition of Numeracy

National Literacy & Numeracy Strategy 2011

Definition of Numeracy

The evidence (to date) suggests that:

SEC Chief Examiners’ Reports: Leaving Certificate

Engineering (2011)

•‘Successful candidates gave structure to their answering by, where appropriate, tabulating their answers, using bullet points to highlight and give emphasis, producing neat and accurate graphs, and using sketches and diagrams to illustrate their answers’

Geography (2012)‘Some candidates found measuring on the Ordnance Survey map difficult. Location by grid reference and location on the aerial photograph continues to challenge some candidates’ (Ordinary Level)

‘The absence of correct labelling of the axes on the graph work was noted by many examiners both in the Geographical Investigation report and in the written examination paper’ (Higher Level)

Music (2012)‘Candidates responded well in questions where a choice of answers were presented to them but experienced difficulty in questions requiring descriptive or explanatory answers’

History(2011)‘Some candidates ignored the date parameters of the question or of the topic

Accounting (2011)‘common errors in part (c) were: incorrectly treating subscriptions due and subscriptions prepaid; treating lotto receipts and payments separately; expenses due were treated incorrectly or omitted; a number of candidates omitted the heading Surplus of Income over Expenditure’

German (2010)

‘A minority of candidates still have difficulty with number and letter recognition in German, particularly numbers with a decimal point and the letters ‘e’ and ‘i’ ‘

SSE Training Management

Whole Staff

SSE Training Management

Whole Staff

Link TeacherNumeracy Training

Link TeacherNumeracy Training

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ScienceScience

ModernForeign

Languages

ModernForeign

Languages

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BusinessBusiness

MathsMaths

History & GeographyHistory &

Geography

Practical Subjects &

PE

Practical Subjects &

PE

Careers &

SEN

Careers &

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English&

Irish

Link Model

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Link Model

The Teaching and Learning Quality Framework

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Teaching & Learning

Learner outcomes

Learningexperiences

Teachers’ practices

• Attainment of curriculum objectives

•Learning environment•Students’ engagement in learning•Learning to learn

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The Teaching and Learning Quality Framework

Whole-School Approach to Numeracy

Whole-School Approaches

Subject Plan

Consider some of the strategies/ideas mentioned today that we might use in school.

•Are these linked to what our school wants to improve in numeracy?

•What evidence do we have?

Moving Forward

September 2013: Link Teacher Day 1

Sept 2013– Jan 2014: Back in school + follow on support/ link clusters

Spring 2014– Link Teacher Day 2

Follow on support (school/clusters/on-line)

Future Supports