Early bird ends in:
Interactive 2-Day workshop
Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom
NOVEMber 21 - 22, 2026
Hosted by
St Johnsbury Academy
Jeju, Korea
Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom
November 21-22, 2026
An Interactive Workshop
Hosted By
St Johnsbury Academy
Jeju, Korea
Join Rachel french in Jeju, korea, oc
Discover how Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction can bring thinking to the center of every classroom experience.
This interactive workshop immerses educators in a Concept-Based Inquiry approach through a model lesson led by Rachel French, blending factual and conceptual questioning to deepen understanding.
Participants will reflect on the lesson design, explore how to adapt it across different contexts, and engage in collaborative unit planning.
By the end, teachers will be equipped to design and implement concept-based units that promote critical thinking, meaningful connections, and deeper student learning.
Join Rachel french in Jeju, korea, oc
Discover how Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction can bring thinking to the center of every classroom experience.
This interactive workshop immerses educators in a Concept-Based Inquiry approach through a model lesson led by Rachel French, blending factual and conceptual questioning to deepen understanding.
Participants will reflect on the lesson design, explore how to adapt it across different contexts, and engage in collaborative unit planning.
By the end, teachers will be equipped to design and implement concept-based units that promote critical thinking, meaningful connections, and deeper student learning.
DO YOU
WANT TO:
Transform Education
Rethink Curriculum Design
Explore what makes Concept-Based learning truly effective
Design for Impact
Build the knowledge and skills to create meaningful, concept-driven units
Apply with Confidence
Walk away with practical strategies ready for your classroom
Workshop Outline
Here's what you'll experience:
Step into a model Concept-Based lesson and experience how carefully sequenced questions and case studies build deep understanding.
Unpack the lesson through a guided debrief to explore how each element supports conceptual thinking and student engagement.
Examine how different approaches to inquiry - structured, guided, and open -can be used intentionally across a unit.
Analyze classroom examples to see how student thinking develops at each stage of the learning process.
Learn from Rachel French as she introduces a practical framework for designing Concept-Based units that connect knowledge, skills, and understandings.
Walk away with adaptable strategies and tools you can immediately apply to strengthen your current units and classroom practice.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
"Concept-Based Inquiry has completely changed how I approach everything I do in school."
Teaching students, conferring with small groups, coaching teachers, and leading PD.
The main shift has been a huge increase in the amount of time and methods I use during concept formation. I have seen such progress from all students and the teachers I work with as a result.
GARETH ROSE,
FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
"I loved learning so many useful, practical strategies that enhance my ability to facilitate concept-based inquiry."
Authentic case studies presented throughout the workshop put recommended teaching strategies in context and really justified their efficacy.
I left this PD with a dozen or so approaches that I was eager to try out in my own classroom. This PD, led by Rachel, was a priceless provocation for me as a teacher and learner, and I now feel more motivated to continue growing my expertise in Concept-Based inquiry.
David Rive,
Grade 4 Teacher
St. Johnsbury Academy, Jeju
Testimonials
What eduactors are saying
Jenny Dunn
PYP Teacher
The Rock School, Gainesville, FL, USA
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"I learned so much from this workshop about effective questioning, the role of the teacher, structuring learning experiences, and developing strong concepts. I left feeling empowered and excited to apply these strategies in my classroom right away."
Alexsandra Bermudez
Teaching and Learning Coordinator
International Community School, Georgia, USA
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"One of the most meaningful parts of this workshop was experiencing the learning as students. Even though I’ve engaged with concept-based inquiry before, this experience helped me notice new nuances in the facilitation and reenergized me in the work. I’m leaving thinking carefully about how our generalizations progress across grade levels so that the thinking we ask of students grows in complexity."
Explore the Concept-Based Inquiry model and gain a clear framework for designing purposeful, concept-driven learning. Engage with practical strategies that support the development of deep, transferable understanding.
Strengthen your teaching practice and harness the impact of a Concept-Based approach.
Professional
Development
Our Goals
Goal 1
Share a model of Concept-Based Inquiry that you use as a framework for planning intentionally designing learning experiences across the curriculum.
Goal 2
Develop your toolbox of practical teaching strategies that can be used flexibly to support concept attainment, scaffold conceptual understanding, promote learning transfer.
Goal 3
Discover how guiding questions can be used to empower students as thinkers capable of seeing patterns and making connections to develop understanding.
meet your PRESENTERS
Rachel French & Eunjee Ko
meet your PRESENTERS
Rachel French and Eunjee Ko
Rachel French, MA Ed. is a certified Independent Concept-Based Consultant, Presenter, and Director of Professional Learning International.
Rachel French 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 lives in Greytown, New Zealand, with her husband and three children.
Eunjee Ko is a secondary English (EFL) educator and Erickson and Lanning CBCI Certified Trainer with 16 years of experience and a strong background in inquiry-based language teaching.
Eunjee serves as a lecturer for the IB Educator Certificate (IBEC) program at Namseoul University and as an adjunct professor at Gongju National University of Education. Eunjee is also a freelance translator and consultant for IB Multilingual Editorial Production (IB MEP), supporting the Korean adaptation of official IB publications. She completed her doctoral coursework in English Education at Korea National University of Education.
As Director of Academic Research for the Korea Concept-Based Education Association, Eunjee contributes to national efforts to strengthen conceptual teaching and professional learning. Her translation work includes major titles such as Inception to Fruition, the ATL Series, and From Agency to Zest, reflecting her commitment to improving educational resources for teachers across Korea.
Your Investment
Transform the way you
think about education
for $750 USD
The cost of the 2-day workshop is $750 USD.
This includes a copy of Concept-Based Curriculum and
Instruction for the Thinking Classroom as well as morning tea and lunch on both days.
Early Bird Offer
Receive 10% off when you register before 9 October 2026 using code JEJU10.
Group Discount
Register with 3 or more participants and receive 10% off per person when you use the code GROUP10.
Please note: only one discount code can be applied per purchase.
Let's get started!
Join Rachel French for this interactive 2-day workshop.
This immersive experience encourages you to uncover patterns and connections, helping you develop and express your own conceptual understandings. The debrief then explores the key strategies that make inductive teaching effective and intentional.
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!
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