The Millennium Mathematics Project's NRICH Team at the University of Cambridge is offering a free professional development programme for mathematics teachers at maintained sector schools/colleges in the UK. The Teacher Inspiration programme will be delivered as three one-day events over the course of the 2009/10 year. The Goldman Sachs Foundation has generously provided support to enable us to offer places without charge to mathematics teachers at maintained sector schools in the UK.

The programme is aimed at teachers of mathematics at KS3, 4 and 5. The aim of the professional development programme is to support mathematics teachers who are committed to nurturing confident, resourceful and enthusiastic learners.

Dates for the programme are 2^nd October 2009, 18^th March 2010 and 2^nd July 2010.  

How to apply:

For more details, and to apply for a place, please download the Teacher Inspiration Programme flyer and application form. The deadline for applications is 29th June 2009. If you have any difficulty downloading the forms please email us.

Media coverage of 2008/9 Teacher Inspiration programme:

'Maths teachers love their subject, the challenge is to get pupils and parents just as excited. Luckily NRICH inspiration days are here to provide a helping hand.

Last October more than 100 secondary teachers travelled to Churchill College for the first ever Maths Inspiration Day. Here they attended workshops aimed at different Key Stage groups, designed to give them practical. inspirational ideas for teaching maths. ... It's clear from talking to the teachers at the inspiration day just how successful the NRICH approach is proving. ...

The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is also an advocate for NRICH. Sue Pope, QCA programme manager for mathematics, tells the teachers how the new maths curriculum reflects NRICH's emphasis on developing mathematical thinking and problem-solving skills with the aim of engaging and inspiring learners.

So will it work? Ask delegates what they think and you can't help but be impressed by their enthusiasm: "Today's one of the best days I've spent in a long time," says attendee Charles Galloway from Deanery High School in Wigan.'

'Fine Figures', Teach magazine, Spring 2009 issue