answers on A4, rehearse it, and practice the script with SLT. Update when needed. Recent OFSTED Q (May 2016) asked to Maths Co ordinator 1. How long have you been in the post? 2. What year group do you teach in? (being in Y1 or Y6 isn’t an excuse for not knowing about maths in the rest of the school) – 3. How do you rate maths in school? (Be positive don’t dither - give a definitive answer - plump for 'good') 3. Where is the weakest maths teaching in school? (Ofsted spent an awful lot of time on – this!... how do you know… what support have you given…. What would you do next? HT capabilities if no change after support) - why was it weak? - how do you know it was weakest? - what have you done to improve teaching? (You may want to use lots of evidence for this - so try have a paper trail ready on monitoring you have done... she didn't want to look at data or books) - how do we know maths had improved in this area? (ARE increasing….. gap BvG closing…)
answers on A4, rehearse it, and practice the script with SLT. Update when needed. Recent OFSTED Q (May 2016) asked to Maths Co ordinator 1. How long have you been in the post? 2. What year group do you teach in? (being in Y1 or Y6 isn’t an excuse for not knowing about maths in the rest of the school) 3. How do you rate maths in school? (Be positive – don’t dither - give a definitive answer - plump for 'good') 3. Where is the weakest maths teaching in school? (Ofsted spent an awful lot of time on this!... how do you know… what support have you given…. What would you do next? HT – capabilities if no change after support) - why was it weak? - how do you know it was weakest? - what have you done to improve teaching? (You may want to use lots of evidence for this - so try have a paper trail ready on monitoring you have done... she didn't want to look at data or books) - how do we know maths had improved in this area? (ARE increasing….. gap BvG closing…)
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