Elementary Inquiry Summer Institute: Inquiry For the Elementary Classroom

Elementary Inquiry Summer Institute: Inquiry For the Elementary Classroom

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When:

Jul 29, 2021 8:00 AM -
Jul 30, 2021 12:00 PM

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Join National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and inquirED for a dynamic, two-day virtual exploration of the tools and strategies that educators need to bring inquiry to life in their classrooms and schools. Workshops and sessions will address key inquiry concepts such as generating questions and planning inquiries, facilitating student-led investigations, and designing and implementing informed action projects. 

Who Should Attend

This event is open to teachers, instructional leaders, and administrators who are interested in how to practice inquiry in elementary social studies classrooms.

Event cost:

  • $299 per person (NCSS Members)
  • $399 nonmembers (1-year online NCSS membership included)

All attendees will receive the following bonus materials:

  • inquirED’s Field Guide to Inquiry full of practical strategies and tools.
  • Access to follow-up cohort-based webinars 
  • Fee-based Graduate credit (TBD)

Registration ends Monday, July 26, 2021, at 6:00 pm

All times Eastern

 

 

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What’s Different About the Elementary Inquiry Summer Institute?

Designed for Elementary Educators

So many inquiry programs focus on high school instruction. But what’s it like to use inquiry with a first-grader who is just learning to read? A third-grader who struggles during group work? Or a sixth-grader who is just gaining the confidence to speak in class?  EISI provides the teacher-tested strategies and tools to inspire your elementary students with inquiry-based social studies.

A Practice-Based Approach

Inquiry is more than theory. It’s daily practice. The EISI will help educators implement and support the day-to-day practice of inquiry. Topics will include: How do you generate questions with students during a classroom lesson?  How do you facilitate group work strategies that sustain an inquiry? How can you guide students through the design cycle of an informed action project?

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Keynotes:

Shanti Elangovan
Founder & CEO, inquirED

After obtaining an M.Ed from Columbia University, Shanti Elangovan moved from classroom teacher to coach to curriculum director. Eager to help educational organizations scale their impact, she went on to earn an MBA. Shanti quickly put those skills to work by envisioning and implementing strategies to grow National Center for Teacher Residencies’ impact. In 2017 Shanti founded inquirED to scale the use and impact of inquiry-based learning, a powerful teaching pedagogy that prepares students for the 21st century.

Sam Wineburg
Founder & Executive Director, Stanford History Education Group

In addition to the above, Sam Wineburg is also the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education for Stanford's Ph.D. program in History Education. He also oversees the M.A. program for future history teachers. His scholarship has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the New Yorker, and on NPR and C-SPAN. In 2003 his book, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past, received the Frederic W. Ness Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities for the most important contribution to "improvement of Liberal Education and understanding the Liberal Arts."