• Free professional development programme for KS3, 4 and 5 mathematics teachers, held at the University of Cambridge
• Programme dates for 2010/11: 1 October 2010, 24 March 2011 and 17 June 2011 - this is a three day course and participants must be able to take part on all days
• Deadline for registration: 14 September 2010
• Download registration form

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 over three one-day events during the course of the 2010/11 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. Further information about the content of the programme can be downloaded here.

Dates for the programme are 1 October 2010, 24 March 2011 and 17 June 2011. Each day will start at approximately 10am and end at approximately 4pm. The venue is the University of Cambridge's Centre for Mathematical Sciences. The days will link together with participants encouraged to try out ideas between the sessions. Participants must therefore be able to attend all three days of the programme, and a statement of support from the head teacher confirming that participating teachers will be released to attend the full course is required as part of the registration process. Schools are encouraged to send up to two teachers to all three days.

How to apply: To apply, please complete the registration form (Word - also available as a pdf file) and return to Kerstin Enright -the registration deadline is Tuesday 14th September 2010. 

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