Welcome Lori Roy, principal of Cape Fear Center for Inquiry in Wilmington, NC., to the Principal's Office. This school is over a decade old and serves K-8th grade with an inquiry-based learning platform. Lori and her team do a tremendous job defining their version of inquiry, and how they have built their program to support this mindset in the teachers and students. During this podcast, Lori and her team discuss their culture with regard to hiring, testing, teacher evaluation, and much more. Enjoy!
Notes:
3:16 What resources do you lean on for project based learning?
7:50 How do you organize parent support and volunteers?
10:35 How do you find the exact person to work in this school environment?
13:20 How do you know that this school is successful?
18:00 The Responsive Classroom
19:40 Testing philosophy
30:00 What do other schools miss the mark on and what do you do well with inquiry based learning?
36:20 What do you use to evaluate teachers?
38:45 What is the difference between project based learning and inquiry based learning?
