Trevor will be speaking about his work in supporting schools in implementing inquiry, how to scaffold for student agency, and what strong inquiry schools do to build a culture of inquiry both for students and for teachers. Trevor will share structures to cultivate curiosity and engage learners as partners in designing the learning experience. Those in attendance will experience inquiry with Trevor. You will engage in thinking routines, ATL structures, and explore resources that you can bring back to your school and your context no matter your role and position. One of Trevor's inquiry values is that inquiry-based learning is not merely something our students engage in. Strong cultures of inquiry nurture the conditions for all stakeholders to engage in curiosity, wonder, and inquiry whether you are a classroom teacher, coordinator, or administrator. The time with Trevor will transcend context yet leverage personal relevance and meaning for each of you.

In this session, teachers will:

·       explore characteristics of the inquiry classroom

·       learn about scaffolded and intentional inquiry

·       delve into misconceptions of the inquiry model

Core competencies students require for success now and in the future include critical and creative thinking, collaboration, and communication. A way to develop these skills and dispositions is through allowing students to lead through PBL Structured in groups or independently. Through PBL, students can explore their passions, interests, strengths and connect these to personal, local, global issues that matter to them. They will put their ideas into action through these projects. This workshop will introduce PBL and provide opportunities for teachers to explore, imagine and plan PBL in their schools.

In this session, teacher will:

·       Develop understanding of Student-Led Project Based Learning 

·       Explore strategies and tools to ignite students’ passion and interests

·       Explore structures to organize PBL in a learning organization 

·       Identify next steps for application within their own contexts

The leaders of tomorrow lay dormant in the children of today. Academic excellence is important, but essential skills such as love, empathy, resilience and acceptance cannot be overlooked. In this heartfelt talk, Gavin McCormack adjusts our perspective of what the word ‘education’ truly means. He will allow you to truly understand how we can structure our learning environments, our delivery of lessons and our approach to assessment to cater for the needs of every individual in our class. 

In this session, teachers will be able to answer these questions: 

·       What is the role of Independence in our classrooms? 

·       How can we Cultivate Essential skills? 

·       What is Impact based learning and how do we Include this in our pedagogy?

Mental health and wellbeing is a big topic. There is a general trend of declining student wellbeing in China, and teachers are in a unique position to influence and support the students in their care. 

In this two-part workshop we will look first at teacher self-care and go through an exercise that considers skills and strategies for teacher social emotional wellbeing. In the second half, we will consider developmental and societal challenges that might impact students' levels of wellbeing and offer strategies teachers can use to support their students. Please come willing to reflect, discuss and engage.

In this session, teachers will learn:

·       An appreciation of how teacher self-care supports effective teaching and student learning

·       A reflection on areas of personal social emotional competence

·       At least one action item to strengthen personal self-care

·       An overview of developmental and societal challenges students in China face to their wellbeing

·       Awareness of resilience building through use of our language

·       Three tips to positively influence student wellbeing in the classroom

·       At least one action item to take into your classroom to support student wellbeing