The AMSP offers a suite of extended professional development courses, covering a range of subject content and teaching practice for A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Below is a summary of these courses.
Course | Description | Start | Length | Study days | School visits for formative lesson observation | Live and recorded online essions | Free for state-funded schools and colleges in England |
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Teaching A level Mathematics (TAM) | This course is designed to support the development of teaching skills and subject knowledge of teachers new to teaching AS/A level Mathematics. | September | 10 months | 6 | 1 | ||
Teaching Further Mathematics 1 (TFM1) | Support for teaching AS/A level Further Mathematics. This course covers at least the pure material common to all AS level Further Mathematics specifications. | January and September | 6 months | 2 | |||
Teaching Further Mathematics 2 (TFM2) | Support for teaching AS/A level Further Mathematics. This course covers at least the pure material common to all A level Further Mathematics specifications. | February/ March | 6 months | 2 | |||
Teaching Mechanics 1 (TM1) | Support for mastering mechanics principles and developing teaching approaches. This course covers the mechanics content from all major specifications for AS/A level Mathematics. | January and September | 6 months | 2 | |||
Teaching Mechanics 2 (TM2) | Support for mastering mechanics principles and developing teaching approaches. This course covers the mechanics content from all major specifications for AS/A level Further Mathematics. | January/February | 6 months | 2 | |||
Teaching Statistics 1 (TS1) | Develop your understanding of statistics as a problem-solving discipline. This course covers the statistics content from all major specifications for AS/A level Mathematics. | February/March and September | 6 months | 2 | |||
Teaching Statistics 2 (TS2) | Develop your understanding of statistics as a problem-solving discipline. This course covers the statistics content from all major specifications for AS/A level Further Mathematics and A level Statistics. | February/ March | 6 months | 2 | |||
Teaching Discrete Mathematics (TD) | Support for the application of optimisation procedures to a wide range of problems. This course covers the discrete maths material common to multiple specifications for A level Further Mathematics | September | 6 months | 2 |