Dr Ange's Blog

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 ...

In my work as a lecturer to pre-service teachers I have the privilege of working with the first year Masters of teaching students. 

In our Masters course, students come from a huge variety of professions. I have taught chiropractors, lawyers, architects... all of whom have heard the calling to begi...

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...

This week I have been doing some searching to update the list of maths apps I recommend to teachers and parents. It is such a tedious process. I find there are a LOT of apps out there that really don't 'float my boat.'

In fact a few years ago I got so frustrated with the apps that were out there fo...

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...

I was looking through my phone this week, trying to erase some videos so I don't continue to receive the dreaded "There is not enough available storage to take the photo" message🤦‍♀️

I came across an old video of my daughter taking her first steps.

This is always a BIG moment for parents... and ev...

This week I want to talk to you about "student misconceptions".

Over on my @numberdoctors Instagram account I have started a new hashtag called #kidsmakingsenseofmaths.

Essentially, I share any interesting wonderings my children come up with when we discuss maths (which is quite a lot as you can i...

This week I want to share with you some thoughts on "Timed Tests".

There is a great deal of debate in the maths education world about asking students to complete this type of work.

Here is a great article by Prof. Jo Boaler you might like to read.

While I agree with the premise of the article, I ...