An Interactive Workshop
June 19-20, 2025
Concept-Based Inquiry in Action
Hosted By
65 Riverend Rd, Bangholme
VIC 3175, Australia
Cornish College
Designed for teachers and school leaders dedicated to implementing a Concept-Based approach, this intensive workshop—led by renowned educator Rachel French—provides practical strategies that will reshape the way you design learning units.
Unlock the power of a Concept-Based Inquiry approach.
Join Rachel french june 19-20, 2025
Empower students to do the Thinking and Own Learning
Ignite their Thinking
Explore common myths about Concept-Based Inquiry
Challenge your
Ideas
DO YOU WANT TO:
Transform Education
Learn practical strategies you can implement in your school or classroom
Transform
Your Teaching
Step into your students' shoes in a model lesson that demonstrates the power of guiding questions and case studies in building conceptual understanding.
WORKSHOP OUTLINE
Following the lesson, participate in a debrief where you’ll explore the role of guiding questions, case studies, and the inductive teaching process.
Reflect on when and how to use structured, guided, and open inquiry to foster student thinking.
Gain insights from video clips showcasing the kinds of thinking developed at each stage of inquiry.
Learn from Rachel French as she introduces a six-phase model of Concept-Based Inquiry, and explore teaching practices proven to help students think conceptually.
Leave with a ready-to-use toolkit of instructional strategies that enhance units you are currently teaching, ensuring immediate impact in your classroom.
GARETH ROSE,
FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
"Concept-Based Inquiry has completely changed how I approach everything I do in school."
Teaching students, conferring with small groups, coaching teachers, and leading PD.
The main shift has been a huge increase in the amount of time and methods I use during concept formation. I have seen such progress from all students and the teachers I work with as a result.
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what they're saying
Transform your teaching practice and leverage the power of a Concept-Based approach.
Discover the Concept-Based Inquiry model developed by French and Marschall, and unlock a framework for intentional teaching and learning. Immerse yourself in various teaching strategies carefully crafted to cultivate students' conceptual thinking.
Rachel French, MA Ed. has led innovative curriculum design and transformed how educators teach and students learn for over 12 years.
Mentored by the founders of Concept-Based Curriculum themselves, Dr. H Lynn Erickson and Dr. Lois A. Lanning, Rachel was entrusted with the exclusive worldwide rights to be the sole provider of the Erickson and Lanning Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction (CBCI) Trainer Certification Institute — the certification that kick-started her journey into Concept-Based Inquiry and inspired her own approach to the pedagogy.
Rachel has presented numerous workshops and conferences on Concept-Based Learning globally. She now hosts the annual Concept-Based Inquiry Learning Labs Conference, a conference dedicated to bringing together passionate CBI educators from around the globe.
Rachel’s mission is to help other educators transform their classrooms and schools by accessing leading professional development, planning and implementing Concept-Based units, and adopting a Concept-Based curriculum development approach.
Rachel lives in Greytown New Zealand, with her husband and three children.
Rachel French, MA Ed. is a certified Independent Concept-Based Consultant,
Presenter, and Director of Professional Learning International.
meet your PRESENTER
Rachel French
Transform the way you think about education for $700 AUD.
The cost of the 2-day workshop is $700 AUD.
This includes a copy of Concept-Based Inquiry in Action and morning tea and lunch on both days.
Save $50 AUD when you register before April 18, 2025.
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YOUR INVESTMENT
Share a model of Concept-Based Inquiry that you use as a framework for planning intentionally designing learning experiences across the curriculum.
Professional Development
Develop your toolbox of practical teaching strategies that can be used flexibly to support concept attainment, scaffold conceptual understanding, promote learning transfer.
Discover how guiding questions can be used to empower students as thinkers capable of seeing patterns and making connections to develop understanding.
Our Goals
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This hands-on approach invites you to recognize patterns and make connections, allowing you to articulate your own transferable conceptual understandings. The debrief session will delve into the strategies used to support inductive teaching.
Join Rachel French for this interactive 2-day workshop.
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