Welcome to our new series on local and global inquiry. After the book club on Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning by Kath Murdoch, I wanted to extend my thinking towards making local and global connections to our inquiry. This seemed like the natur

We all have something that we are wanting to invest in ourselves that we have put off, because we are too busy, too tired, or overworked. Take the time to invest in yourself. There is only one you. In this episode, I'm getting more personal than I

After this book study, I decided to try something different. Instead of picking random goals for my action plan, I pulled quotes from each week and partnered them with the enhanced PYP types of action: participation, advocacy, social justice, social entr

Welcome to our final session of our club for Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning by Kath Murdoch. This session leads out with a bang by looking at resources that make personal inquiry manageable.A big thanks to Bhavna Mathew for being our moderator.

Welcome to Week 7 of our Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning book club.  This fabulous book by Kath Murdoch has stretched our capability of thinking about personal inquiry learning.  This episode, we will explore how to document, reflect, assess, and s

Welcome back for another session of our book club on Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning by Kath Murdoch. We are focusing on sections 3.4 - 3.5 in this episode to learn how to confer and sustain the inquiry process. Before we begin, we need to give a b

This is the section we have been waiting for!  It’s at the heart of how to get started with a personal inquiry, how and what to document, and tons of reflection prompts.  If I were you, I would have my notebook ready to jot down some notes. I can't w

This week, we are going to look at various scaffolds that will support and assess our use of inquiry within our practice.  For newer teachers, we will explore some systems that may help you get started.  For others, we will examine ways to deepen our prac

In this episode, we will read sections 2.1-2.5 of Kath Murdoch's book, Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning.  In this section, we will examine the factors that shape school culture and how we can determine if we are ready to move forward with a cul

Just a reminder my friends, this new series will take an intense dive into the book, “Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning” by Kath Murdoch.  This episode will focus on sections 1.4 - 1.6 of the book, so stay tuned to be inspired by Kath! This episode w