Teaching Functional Skills Maths
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The Teaching Functional Skills Maths Extended Course is designed for teachers delivering Functional Skills maths in post-16 settings.
Led by experienced practitioners, it will enhance your subject knowledge and deepen your understanding of the pedagogy that underpins successful delivery.
You will explore the expectations for Functional Skills maths, including content requirements, and examine effective approaches for developing number sense, reasoning, fluency, and problem-solving. The course offers opportunities to reflect on and apply practical strategies for planning and delivering engaging lessons, stretching and supporting learners, and meeting the varied needs of students in diverse Further Education classrooms.
As part of MEI’s Further Education Maths CPD programme, funded by the Department for Education, participation in this course is free to eligible practitioners.
9 Sessions – 3 online sessions and 6 on-demand modules
Three live online via Zoom, six on-demand modules via MEI’s learning platform, Integral.
The course combines scheduled live tutorials with self-paced modules in a clear, structured sequence. Each cycle begins with a live online tutorial, followed by three short on-demand modules to complete between set dates. This pattern – tutorial, modules, tutorial – is repeated, allowing time to apply ideas between sessions while maintaining regular contact with your peers and tutor.
The next cohort is due to start on the 11 November
Teaching Functional Skills Maths
What you will learn
Teaching Functional Skills Maths is designed to support teachers responsible for delivering the Functional Skills course in a post-16 settings
Deepen Understanding
Engage Every Learner
Apply Effective Pedagogy
Frequently asked questions
The course is suited for new and experienced teachers responsible for delivering the Functional Skills course in post-16 settings. You may be:
- New to teaching Functional Skills maths and looking to develop your practice.
- An experienced Functional Skills maths teacher looking to enhance your teaching.
- An experienced maths teacher teaching Functional Skills for the first time.
Yes, after you attend all three online sessions and complete the online learning modules, you will receive a certificate of attendance.
All elements on offer are free to teachers within further education settings in England who enrol students under the government’s Condition of Funding Policy.
You can find more information on the Condition of Funding Policy on the 16 to 19 funding: maths and English condition of funding page on the government’s website.
You need to be a teacher in a post-16 setting in England that enrols students onto full-time study programmes under the Condition of Funding policy. This includes:
- Further education colleges
- Sixth form colleges
- Art, design and performing arts colleges
- Land-based colleges
- Specialist designated college
No, you will be assigned an Integral login to access the course materials related to your course.
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