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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.
February 7-8, 2026
$750 USD
St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju
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Unlock the power of a Concept-Based Inquiry approach
led by
Rachel French
Empower students to do the Thinking and Own THEIR Learning
Ignite Their Thinking
Explore common myths about Concept-Based Inquiry
Challenge your
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Learn practical strategies you can implement in your school or classroom
Transform
Your Teaching
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Join us on an empowering two day journey to enhance your professional practice.
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.
Step into your students' shoes in a model lesson that demonstrates the power of guiding questions and case studies in building conceptual understanding.
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.
WORKSHOP OUTLINE
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.
Transform the way you think about education for $750.
Along with an inspiring two-day workshop, your $750 registration fee includes a copy of Concept-Based Inquiry in Action and morning tea and lunch on both days.
Register before November 30, 2025 to save $50pp.
Groups of 5 or more: $700 per participant.
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YOUR INVESTMENT
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 French, MA Ed. is a certified Independent Concept-Based Consultant,
Presenter, and Director of Professional Learning International.
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Rachel French
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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 transformative 2-day workshop.
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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.
Build a shared understanding of different types of inquiry and the strengths and challenges of each, so you can make intentionally choice about how to utilize them in your school or classroom.
Our Goals
About St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju
St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju is a NEASC-accredited PreK-12 day and boarding school on the beautiful island of Jeju, South Korea. Character, inquiry, and community are the guiding principles of our educational program and are infused into everything we do. We look forward to welcoming you at this
wonderful event with Rachel French and the CBI approach!
St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju is a NEASC-accredited PreK-12 day and boarding school on the beautiful island of Jeju, South Korea. Character, inquiry, and community are the guiding principles of our educational program and are infused into everything we do. We look forward to welcoming you at this
wonderful event with Rachel French and the CBI approach!
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