New ACME members
10 July 2012
Following an Open Call during the winter-spring 2012, three new
members have been selected to serve on ACME. Richard Browne and
Professor Andrew Noyes will start on 1st September 2012 and Jennie
Pennant will start on 1st January 2013. More information about the
new members can be found below:
Richard Browne, MEI Company Secretary
Richard Browne has a senior role at MEI, an independent
curriculum development body. He was a secondary
mathematics teacher in Inner London from 1977, and a head of
department from 1985 to 1989. He then joined the School
Examinations and Assessment Council, where he was responsible for
mathematics qualifications and the early development of National
Curriculum Assessment in mathematics. Richard continued to
work on the curriculum and qualifications at a national level for
17 years: during this time he chaired SCAA's Modularity Review
Group, which led liaison between regulatory and awarding bodies at
a critical time for the development of modular GCE examinations;
was a member of the government's Numeracy Task Force, that designed
the National Numeracy Strategy, in 1998 and 1999; and led the
development of the 1999 version of the National Curriculum for
Mathematics. He left the Qualifications and Curriculum
Authority to join MEI in September 2006. Richard is a member
of the Mathematical Association and the Institute of Mathematics
and its Applications.
Professor Andrew Noyes, School of Education, University
of Nottingham
Andy Noyes is Professor of Education and Deputy Head of School.
After ten years teaching mathematics in a secondary school in
Nottingham he joined the University's teacher education team in
2001. Since then he has led the PGCE course, the Masters in
Learning and Teaching and most recently the Professional Doctorate
in Education. Andy has either directed, or been consultant
to, a number of major research projects in mathematics
education. He is a member of the Centre for Research in
Mathematics Education and has published on a range of topics in
mathematics education and education research more generally. Andy
is a member of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM),
the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM)
and the British Educational Research Association (BERA).
Jennie Pennant Primary PD Coordinator NRICH and Director
GrowLearning: releasing excellence in Leadership, Learning and
Mathematics
Jennie has responsibility for the Professional Development
element of the NRICH Primary work. She is passionate about
empowering school professional learning communities to release
their creativity, drive and vision to enable students to become
successful learners of mathematics. Alongside her NRICH role Jennie
is an independent mathematics leadership coach and consultant,
having been the Professional Development Manager at BEAM for a
number of years. She is a trained leadership coach and enjoys
working with Heads, Senior Leaders and Maths Subject Leaders on
realising their vision for mathematics in their school. She has
wide experience in writing, teaching and advising on mathematics
both in the UK and abroad and has taught in both primary and
secondary schools. Her degree is in Mathematics. Jennie's research
focus is on what constitutes effective CPD for teachers and she has
a particular interest in the impact of specialist coaching. Jennie
is the PD lead on the National Association of Mathematics Advisors
Executive Committee and a member of the Joint Mathematics Council
Primary PD committee. She is also a member of the ATM/MA Primary
subcommittee and a Governor, with responsibility for mathematics,
at a local Primary school.