During the workshop, Trevor will introduce concepts from his latest publication, Inquiry Mindset Questions Edition, focusing on creating curiosity-driven classrooms. He will showcase ten high-impact Question Routines designed to enhance students’ ability to ask meaningful questions. Teachers will learn how to co-design lessons with student-generated questions, fostering a deeper connection to the curriculum.

Trevor will also explore assessment strategies, emphasizing student understanding of their learning progress. He will provide powerful feedback structures, formative assessment routines, and self- and peer-assessment techniques to support purposeful and student-centered learning.

You will learn to answer questions like these:

• What are the various types of inquiry and how can these lead to a gradual shift of control over learning from the teacher to the learner?

• How can we be more intentional in planning for student agency?

• How can we cultivate classrooms of curiosity?

• How can we mindfully support learners in inquiry by honing the skills, understandings and structures necessary to be successful in this new learning ecosystem?

• What are the characteristics and understandings of the Inquiry Classroom and how can we develop these to better meet the needs of our students?

• How can we embed Question Routines to help student generated questions shape the learning experience and teacher planning?

• How can we facilitate assessment exercises and conversations more consistently in our classrooms and in our teaching time so students take on a more authentic role in the assessment process?

• How can we encourage our learners to take on this new role in the classroom? And how can we inform parents to create capacity and support in this assessment transformation?

• How can we facilitate meaningful conversations in student/teacher assessment conferences?

• How can we strike a balance in our formative and summative assessment practice?