Dr Ange's Blog

Whenever I visit a school, I ask to visit the ‘maths cupboard’. It is partly because the organization freak inside me wants to check out how others organize their resources, but it is mostly because I want to see how well used the cupboard is…

The truth is you can have the best resources in the wor...

Last week I wrote to you about 4 important qualities that, we as Numeracy Leaders, need to constantly work on. This week I have another five I would like you to consider.

The five we are looking at this week are: resilience, vision, positivity, delegation and confidence.

When I look back at my tim...

Over the next two blog posts I want to talk about leadership qualities. When you are a leader you need to continually work on your craft.

Below are four leadership qualities that I believe are important to work on and how I see them relating to our role as Numeracy Leaders.

Communication: We have ...

If you follow me on Instagram/Facebook you will know that I love playing, and encouraging parents and children, to play board and card games.

Literally, I am yet to come across a game that doesn’t involve maths in some way!

So, I wanted to share another way that I promoted numeracy at my school. I...

I want to share another (related) issue I clearly remember affecting me as Numeracy Leader.

One side of “imposter syndrome” is thinking you do not KNOW enough (which as I explained is a fallacy)

The other side is thinking you are not DOING enough.

This is a result of being passionate and truly ca...

I have written before about the need to be conscious of the time and money you have as Numeracy Leader and to avoid beating yourself up because things feel like they are moving forward at a glacial pace.

That brings me to this week’s piece of advice…often comparing doesn’t help.

If you are anythin...

I have been looking in detail at the draft of the new Australian Mathematics Curriculum since its release. I am very passionate about the curriculum, as I believe this document can, and will, shape the way we teach maths over the next decade. This is our chance to really change things up! So, this w...

Being a Numeracy Leader is not easy, and I think sometimes we focus on being everything for everyone else and we forget about ourselves.

Looking back, the thing I struggled with most as a Numeracy Leader was worry and doubt about whether I knew and/or was doing enough. I had the classic symptoms of...