2. Key Messages

3. Definition of Numeracy Literacy And Numeracy For Learning And Life 2011 National Literacy & Numeracy Strategy 2011

4. Definition of Numeracy Definition of Numeracy National Literacy & Numeracy Strategy 2011

5. Definition of Numeracy National Literacy & Numeracy Strategy 2011

6. The evidence (to date) suggests that:

7. 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’ ‘

8. Link Model Link Model WHOLE STAFF SUBJECT DEPARTMENTS Modern Foreign Languages History & Geography Business Careers & SEN English & Irish Science Maths Practical Subjects & PE Core Team Link Teacher Numeracy Training SSE Training Management Whole Staff

9. The Teaching and Learning Quality Framework The Teaching and Learning Quality Framework Teaching & Learning Learner outcomes Learning experiences Teachers’ practices Theme • Attainment of curriculum objectives • Learning environment • Students’ engagement in learning • Learning to learn • Preparation for teaching • Teaching approaches • Management of pupils • Assessment Sub-themes 9

10. Whole-School Approach to Numeracy

11. Whole-School Approaches

12. Subject Plan

13. Moving Forward 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?

14. Future Supports 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)