We have received numerous requests this year for bulk orders of either Dive into Inquiry or Inquiry Mindset so we’ve put together something together to help bring this offering to you and your school.
1 Minute Inquiry PD Playlist
Check out this video playlist from Trevor’s youtube channel titled 1 Minute Inquiry PD. These short bitesize morsels of inquiry provide prompts and ideas to consider in your own inquiry teaching but also as a staff or school.
130 Ideas for Check-in Questions During Remote Learning Reposted
One of the questions that arose during the first #InquirybytheFire webinar conversation was about how, in a remote learning context, we can continue to assess students’ learning. In this part of the discussion, we talked about the importance of connecting with individual learners through 1-1 check ins.
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Teachers, What Questions Are You Asking?
What am I doing in class that my students should be doing for themselves? What skills and understandings do students need to take on more of the heavy lifting of learning? How can I create more calm in the classroom? How can I create the conditions for students to be more inquisitive and curious in their learning? What should I coach and model for my students? What should I hold up and speak to in class to create clarity and direction for students? How can I be more transparent and supportive in my practice? How can I ensure there is equity in learning?
MindShift Article: How Can Teachers Nurture Meaningful Student Agency?
Recently I had another piece published with the good friends at MindShift KQED titled How Can Teachers Nurture Meaningful Student Agency? I love collaborating with MindShift as time and time again, they bring thoughtful and informed articles to educators around the world.
This particular piece focused on exploring authentic student agency with an aim to bring clarity to how educators can begin to move beyond defining agency as merely a choice over assignments. The accompanying sketchnote by the ever-talented Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt further illustrates these views (see below). Please have a read!
“Students need to feel psychologically safe if we are to ask them to take on a more active and meaningful role in their learning, which is why as we nurture student agency in our classrooms, it’s important that we also nurture relationships, trust and risk taking.”
Teachers, What Are Your Values?
When I begin to work with a new class of students I always share with them my core values. I share what I believe in, what goals I have for our time together and my why.
I ask them to hold me accountable to these values. I share that teaching can be a difficult and demanding job and that I want them to let me know if I stray from these values.
I ask them to join me in making these values a central part of how we spend time together. I invite them to engage in these values and to embrace them each and every day.
I encourage them to explore their own values as a learner and how, together, we will aim to discover our individual strengths and stretches so that we can begin to bring these skills to any context or future endeavour.
So what are my core values?
Nanaimo & Ladysmith School District Collaborative Inquiry
Recently I had a fantastic session with fellow BC colleagues from Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools as we worked together to frame their collaborative inquiry focus this year on connectedness, engagement and belonging. Despite the unique challenges we face in sharing and collaborating virtually, with over 80 teachers at five settings, it was an amazing partnership, one in which I am very much looking forward to reconnecting with during their action research this year. This dynamic group and the various PLCs involved are doing some amazing things. Stay tuned to hear more!
ISTE20 LIVE: Inquiry in a Chromebook-Infused Classroom
I am looking forward to presenting at ISTE20 LIVE with Holly Clark as we combine our passions and expertise in an interactive session titled Inquiry in a Chromebook-Infused Classroom! Discover how inquiry can become a driving force in a Chromebook classroom. Get an overview of how to create meaningful learning experiences that put students at the center of their learning and deconstruct the differences between personalized and individualized instruction. Please consider joining us! Register here and participate in this PD from the comfort of your home.
Roland Park K-8 Magnet School Book Club
Teachers at Roland Park K-8 Magnet School, an IB school in Tampa Florida, are engaging in an Inquiry Mindset book club. I am looking forward to tuning in to their learning and see where this takes them.
Did you know we have a free book club guide that’s over 20 pages full of rich collaborative questions for situations just like this? Find it at my website in the Exclusive Content area.
