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Professional Development
Teach your students to formulate effective questions, and to use effective questioning to pursue their interests, navigate complex situations, and solve problems.
After completing this course, you will be eligible to enroll in Questions at the Core: Extending the Question Formulation Technique to Sustain an Inquiry-based Culture in Schools.
Groups of 10+: 25% off final invoice. Contact us for your discount code.
Asking questions is an essential — yet often overlooked — lifelong learning skill. When we teach our students to formulate effective questions, we open up powerful pathways for engaged, self-directed learning. Questioning helps students effectively pursue their interests, navigate complex situations, solve problems, and assess print and online media content with a critical eye. They grow more confident as they prepare to contribute to a robust democracy.
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a deceptively simple, practical, adaptable method that helps students become more sophisticated thinkers and problem-solvers. In this three-week online workshop, you’ll learn to harness the power of QFT with its original developers, Luz Santana and Dan Rothstein, co-directors of the Right Question Institute and co-authors of Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions (Harvard Education Press).
This program expands on Santana and Rothstein’s original work by demonstrating how to adapt the QFT to a wide range of learning environments. Sarah Westbrook, the Right Question Institute’s director of professional learning, oversees this program. She draws on the wisdom of thousands of teachers to help you develop QFT strategies for your own classroom.
The program features a three-week asynchronous online workshop with an optional online webinar. Resources include video, readings, online discussions, and peer collaboration. This is an asynchronous learning experience that is designed to be self-paced.
All materials are provided at the start of the program and can be completed at times that best fit your schedule. You should plan to devote a total of 10 to 12 hours of work. Participants who complete all individual assessments and contribute to group discussions prior to the end of the program period will receive a certificate indicating the completion of 15 clock hours of instruction.
When you bring the Question Formulation Technique to your classroom, you give students the power to direct their learning experience and improve learning outcomes.
Nonie Lesaux focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds.
This program welcomes registrations from both individuals and teams. First-time registrants need to create a Professional Education account to register.
Individuals: Click the "Register" button at the top of this page to log into your Professional Education account and access the registration page. Proceed with the individual form until submission. Invoices will be immediately available upon the submission of the form.
Teams:
Designate one participant or an administrative staff member as the Coordinator.