Planning the Inquiry: Your 7-Step Blueprint

Turn a whisper of an idea into a fully planned concept-based unit of inquiry, one step at a time.

Planning the Inquiry: Your 7-Step Blueprint is a self-paced mini course for teachers who know what concept-based inquiry should look like but struggle to actually plan one with fidelity. Be inspired! Be confident! Be ready!

You've read the frameworks. You understand the theory. But when you sit down to design a unit, you feel lost. The planning documents are dense. The steps feel disconnected. You end up with something that looks like inquiry on paper but doesn't feel right in the classroom.

This course gives you the missing middle: a clear, step-by-step blueprint that takes you from a whisper of an idea to a fully-planned concept-based inquiry unit. You'll learn:

• The 7-step process professional IB PYP planners use (and how to adapt it for your context)
• How to move from concept to central idea to lines of inquiry without getting tangled in the planning process
• The right questions to ask yourself at each stage (so you're making thoughtful choices, not just filling in boxes)
• How to write a central idea that actually works (the one sentence that holds everything together)
• Common planning pitfalls and exactly how to avoid them
• How to build assessment into your inquiry plan from day one, not as an afterthought
• Real examples showing how 3 different units moved through the process

By the end, you'll have a clear framework you can use again and again and a finished unit plan you can start teaching immediately. You'll feel confident and ready to go.

Lifetime access. Learn at your own pace.

What Teachers Are Saying

“Hi Susan, I've been working with the IB PYP for 4 years now. Let me tell you that I am loving this course! All of my doubts are coming clear! Thank you!!!”
Heeba, UAE
★★★★★

“I'm amazed how well you targeted my early years team! You gave us exactly the strategies we need to deliver an effective play based enquiry environment. Brava!”
Susan, Rwanda
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“Thank you so much Susan! It is a wonderful experience learning from you. I wish I can connect with you every week to share what I did and get your guidance for my way forward.”
Shivani, India
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“Just wanted to say that doing this course, a second time, is making everything clear. I am really glad that I am understanding really well now, how it works...”
Julie, China
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