Linda Mason

Throughout my teaching career I have worked across a number of authorities in England and have also spent two years teaching English as an additional language at a primary school in the Czech Republic.

I completed my PGCE in primary education at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne at the time the National Numeracy Strategy was being piloted, which is where my real interest in this area began. This course included a mathematics specialism with a focus on KS2/3. The majority of my subsequent teaching experience has been in KS2.

I have worked in a number of different schools from a middle school in Merton Borough of London to a relatively small school near the centre of York. During this time I became the maths subject leader at the school and gained both Leading Mathematics and Advanced Teacher status. This work allowed me to work on a number of key mathematics development projects within the City of York LA, for example a project on the use of inverse functions.

More recently I have worked as part of the Primary Mathematics Consultancy team for North Yorkshire. As part of this role I was fortunate enough to work alongside the ICT consultant to consider how ICT could enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics and was also involved in the authority’s ‘pupil self-evaluation project’ which further developed my interest in assessment for learning.

I joined York St John in 2008 as a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and successfully completed my Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice. Following my maternity leave, I now work part time sharing responsibilities as Subject Leader for mathematics. I teach across both the postgraduate (FT & PT) and undergraduate programmes on the mathematics modules.