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CONCEPT-BASED INQUIRY IN ACTION

Unlock the power of a Concept-Based Inquiry approach

Our foundational course filled with practical strategies that invite you to rethink the unit design process.
For K-12 educators, beginning on Monday, 28th September, 2026.

Have you heard about the powerful potential of bringing Concept-Based Learning and Inquiry-Based Learning together?

Concept-Based Inquiry is a pedagogical approach that:

  • Promotes student agency

  • Supports learning transfer

  • Develops confident and articulate thinkers

All students deserve the

opportunity to think conceptually, but seeing conceptual relationships does not come naturally to every student.

In this 8-week online course, you will learn to establish a thinking

classroom in which students can see patterns and make connections

moving from the factual to the conceptual levels of thinking.

Do you want to: 

  • Deepen your understanding of Concept-Based Inquiry so that you can empower students to build transferable conceptual understanding?

  • Think more intentionally about learning experiences and how you sequence and pace learning to scaffold students' thinking?

  • Understand the flexible nature of inquiry, revisiting phases as required so that you can design learning engagements with intent?

Here's the thing:

This course will SHOW you how! 

Imagine feeling
empowered to teach

  • Explore each phase of inquiry to understand the purpose and critical design components, enabling you to use this approach flexibly in your own unit design.

  • Deconstruct lessons so that you can design your own learning experiences that empower students to think conceptually.

This course will transform the way you think about education.

Meet Rachel French

Founder of Professional Learning International and an accomplished international educator, workshop facilitator, consultant, and author, Rachel has been leading innovative curriculum design and transforming how educators teach and students learn for over 12 years.


Mentored by the founders of Concept-Based Curriculum themselves, Dr. Lynn Erickson and Dr. Lois Lanning, Rachel was entrusted with the exclusive worldwide rights to offer the Erickson and Lanning Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction (CBCI) Trainer Certification—the certification that kick-started her journey into Concept-Based Inquiry and inspired her own approach to the pedagogy.

Today, Rachel’s mission is to help other educators transform their classrooms and schools as she did hers through hands-on programs, immersive events, and free resources.

Rachel French will personally be there to provide you with support in our weekly one-hour group sessions.

Meet Carla Marschall

Carla Marschall brings a distinguished career as an educator and international school leader, and currently serves as Director at Yokohama International School. Prior, she acted as Director of Teaching and Learning at UWC South East Asia, East Campus in Singapore. During her seven years at UWC South East Asia, she co-authored two books, Concept-Based Inquiry in Action (2018) and Worldwise Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future (2022), which focus on concept-based learning and issues-based learning across the K-12 continuum.

Carla has held other international school leadership roles in Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Germany, and served as a classroom teacher both in the United States and Germany. Fluent in English and German, Carla is a multilingual leader who values and models the importance of language learning.

Carla holds a Master's in Elementary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Master's in Educational Leadership and Management from the Institute of Education, University of London.

Meet our Coaching Team

Our team of CBCI Certified Coaches

Get feedback on your unit design from one of our certified coaches in your private coaching call. 

Andrea Uhl

  • ERICKSON & LANNING CBCI TRAINER & CONSULTANT

  • PRIMARY/ELEMENTARY SPECIALIST

  • COACHING CALLS OFFERED IN ENGLISH

Rasha El-Haggan

  • ERICKSON & LANNING CBCI TRAINER & CONSULTANT

  • SOCIAL STUDIES AND LITERACY SPECIALIST

  • COACHING CALLS ARE OFFERED IN ENGLISH OR ARABIC

Jessica Humble-Crofts

  • ERICKSON & LANNING CBCI TRAINER & CONSULTANT

  • MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE SPECIALIST

  • COACHING CALLS OFFERED IN ENGLISH

Jenny Jin

  • ERICKSON & LANNING CBCI TRAINER & CONSULTANT

  • ELEMENTARY & WORLD LANGUAGE SPECIALIST

  • COACHING CALLS ARE OFFERED IN ENGLISH OR MANADRIN

Yuanjia Fei

  • ERICKSON & LANNING CBCI TRAINER & CONSULTANT

  • WORLD LANGUAGE SPECIALIST

  • COACHING CALLS OFFERED IN ENGLISH, MANDARIN & THAI

Michelle Simpson

  • ERICKSON & LANNING CBCI TRAINER & CONSULTANT

  • MATHEMATICS & PRIMARY/ELEMENTARY SPECIALIST

  • COACHING CALLS ARE OFFERED IN ENGLISH

Saskia Koelewijn

  • ERICKSON & LANNING CBCI TRAINER & CONSULTANT

  • PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION AND SPORTS SCIENCE

  • COACHING CALLS OFFERED IN ENGLISH, DUTCH & GERMAN

Concept-Based Inquiry in Action

Take your teaching and curriculum development to the next level

In a world filled with growing complexity, your role as a facilitator of conceptual understanding has never been more pressing.

This course provides you with the tools to organize and focus student learning around concepts and conceptual relationships that support deep understanding.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

Your comprehensive foundation in CBI

Online self-paced learning

Twelve powerful video modules that lay the groundwork and guide you through the step-by-step process of Concept-Based Inquiry unit design.

Live Group lessons via Zoom

Live interactive lessons via Zoom. These calls are opportunities to clarify understandings, get feedback on your design process, and learn from the questions other participants are asking.

Private Coaching Session

A 45-minute private coaching session to receive personalised feedback on your own Concept-Based Inquiry unit design or lesson designs with one of our certified coaches.

Group Forum

Connect with others who are taking the course to give each other feedback and share ideas through our private group forum..

EBook

Your very own copy of "Concept-Based Inquiry in Action: Strategies to Promote Transferable Understanding" by Marschall and French.

This is yours to keep - you will have lifetime access.

Your Investment

Transform the way you

think about education

for $650 AUD

The cost of the 2-day workshop is $650 AUD.

This includes a copy of Concept-Based Inquiry in Action and morning tea and lunch on both days.

Register before February 27, 2026 and pay just $600 AUD per person (save $50 AUD) with our early bird offer.

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