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Jo Matthews
Location: Tauranga
Accreditations:
- MOE Accredited
- English Medium Accredited
Facilitator:
- Communities of Learning / Kāhui Ako
- Embedding language, culture and identity
- Engaging whānau and communities
- Enhancing student agency
- Innovative Teaching and Learning
- Leading for Excellence
- Mathematics and Pāngarau
Phone: 022 066 3395
Email: jo.matthews@waikato.ac.nz
Qualifications/Credentials
2015 Masters in Mathematics Education (First Class Honours)
2012 Postgraduate Diploma with distinction in Mathematics Education
- Acquiring Numeracy: How Thinking Develops
- Numeracy Difficulties: Issues and Practice
- Educational and Life Transitions: Changing Roles and Changing Contexts
My Experience
I have a real passion for Mathematics with many years of classroom and leadership experience across all levels in the Primary Sector. With schools, I collaboratively achieve co-construction of Professional Learning and Development (PLD) through a relationship based approach which schools value.
“The professional learning and development Jo provided has completely changed the way I approach maths with my students and the impact has been really positive in both their attitude towards maths and their achievements.
I especially enjoyed and benefitted from the staff meetings, which were really hands on and practical…. I have enjoyed having the PLD sessions followed up by a visit to my class. I personally learnt a lot from observing the way Jo interacts with the students and the language and questioning she uses. I look forward to discussing the lessons we teach together and to get feedback on what my next steps are for my students and myself” - [Year 7 teacher reflection]