Imaginative Inquiry Summer Institute 2025

July 28, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Catherine Cook School, Chicago, IL

Workshop participants will:

  • utilize active and creative methods to engage all students in authentic inquiry and critical thinking skills
  • reflect on how to deepen their anti-bias and social justice lens
  • see examples of how these methods work in the classroom
  • plan lessons around their curricular units of study
  • build a cohort of progressive educators and practitioners of Imaginative Inquiry
  • enhance their progressive practice by connecting their teaching of Social Studies to children’s innate ability to imagine and play

Course Breakdown:

Day 1 – Setting up the Framework for Imaginative Inquiry
Day 2 – Tools for Teaching an Imaginative Inquiry Lesson
Day 3 – Student Engagement in Imaginative Inquiry
Day 4 – Synthesis and Innovation

 

$1,400/person

 

includes: breakfast/refreshments, 4 Teacher Support Forum sessions in Fall 2025,
and a copy of The Beginner’s Guide to Mantle of the Expert (by Tim Taylor)

Registration Info:

 

Early Bird Registration and Discounts:

15% discount by April 4 (CODE: EARLYA)
10% discount by April 30 (CODE: EARLYB)
20% discount for public school educators (CODE: PUBLIC)
30% discount for groups of 3 or more (CODE: GROUP)

 

Discounts cannot be combined. Groups must register at the same time to receive discount.

 

Scholarships available 

Scholarship Form Here

 

Refund Policy: We can refund 50% of the registration fee (minus the administrative fee) up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the workshop, after which no refund will be provided.

Ready to Register?

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