IB PYP Getting Started Fast Track Mini Course for Inquiry Teachers

Are you new to the IB PYP? New to student led inquiry? This is the perfect mini course you need to get off to a confident and fast start with the IB PYP and student-led inquiry. Susan Powers, an experienced IB PYP teacher & instructional coach, is your personal coach, as you begin with the essentials for student-led inquiry within this fast track mini course. This is the fast start version of her comprehensive online course, Essentials for Inquiry: Getting Started with Student Led Inquiry.

Inside this fast track course, you will find links to articles and videos from Susan’s popular blog, PYPteachingtools.com. Each article brings you a wealth of information in an order that makes sense as you are uncovering the world of concept-based learning & student-led inquiry. You can expect to come away with:

•Understanding the basic inquiry process

•Understanding concept-based teaching & learning

•Strategies for developing higher-level thinkers & inquirers

•Implementing effective provocations & invitations

•Bringing agency to the student-led inquiry

•And much more, FILLED with classroom-ready ideas to take away.

This self-paced, quick start, professional development mini course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to plan and implement engaging learning experiences that will facilitate student-led inquiry. Aligned with the framework of the IB PYP, the videos and articles all provide you with a fast-start guide to bringing effective inquiry practices into your classroom immediately.

You will explore:

•Concept-based learning strategies

•Investigative techniques

•Visible thinking routines

•Inclusive assessment

Packed with ideas and suggestions for your PYP classroom, this guide will allow you to begin developing conceptual thinkers and inquirers immediately, using easy to implement learning experiences.

Feel more comfortable and ready to get started with this fast-start mini-course as it takes you step-by-step through the process of understanding the transdisciplinary nature of the inquiry process and arms you with the tools and strategies to get off to a confident start!

If you're looking for ready-to-go PYP resources to support your start, you may be more interested in this resource as part of a bundled kit. Take a look at that here.

If you're looking for a complete and comprehensive professional development course into student-led inquiry, you can look at Susan's online, self-paced course, Essentials for Inquiry, right here.

All the best with your new adventure!

Enjoy!

Susan Powers

PYPteachingtools.com