Since foundation mid 2021, Leigh-Lancaster Consulting has worked with a range of organisations:
- Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
- Education Services Australia (ESA)
- Independent Schools Victoria (ISV)
- The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV)
- The Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership (The Academy)
- Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
- Victorian Department of Education (DE)
As well as schools, subject associations, educational publishers and EdTechs.
This includes:
- Australian Curriculum Mathematics V9: involved in curriculum design and development, benchmarking and research, conducting reference groups, key stakeholder consultation and management, and detailed analysis of consultation survey feedback.
- creation of Mathematics leader and teacher resources to support the implementation of the Victorian Curriculum v2.0 Mathematics Foundation-Year 10
- course redevelopment and delivery – Leading Differentiated Teaching in Mathematics
- Build-Me-Up videos to support out-of-field and early career teachers of Mathematics
- maths-at-home activities for families and home-school communication and engagement
- development of Australian Curriculum Mathematics V9 teacher support resources
- development of teacher resources to support implementation of the revised VCE Mathematics Study Design
- co-design of Maths Teaching Toolkit Resource packages
- review of mathematics and numeracy website content and reconceptualisation of refreshed website menu structure and navigation
- conceptualisation and development of proposals, RFQ and tender responses
- in-person and online professional learning:
- teacher support for the implementation of the revised VCE Mathematics Studies
- in-school VCE Mathematics external exam preparation for students
- support for the implementation of the revised Australian Curriculum Mathematics V9, including the four processes of mathematical modelling and problem-solving, computational thinking, statistical investigation and probability experiments and simulations
- developing numeracy across learning areas Levels 7-10
- practical teaching strategies to support students’ retention and recall of knowledge
- introduction to ChatGPT3 and ChatGPT4 for mathematics educators
- various tailored workshops.
We have written a range of articles over the years. In 2024, we developed 6 articles for ESA. The first of these is now available on Mathematics Hub:
- Why lesson planning is important for student success
- Open questions – providing opportunities for success
- Building connections by using one activity to develop multiple ideas
- The learning benefit of deliberate errors
- Making in and across strands connections to strengthen understanding (forthcoming)
- Effective learning and review strategies for students (forthcoming)