By involving learners, of any age, in the being-and-doing of these approaches, inquirers walk away with critical experience to facilitate meaning-making with others.
From single 60-min sessions to multi-day boutique adventures, booking a Pop-Up Studio experience is a personalized event. Expect to weave research, hands-on materials, and compelling concepts within your curricula, to build engagement and deepen understanding of how your students are wired to learn. What are you waiting for? Let's Pop-Up your PD!
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Pop-Up Studio makes play, concept, and inquiry-based pedagogies tangible, and thus, practical.
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"The aim of education ought to be conceived of as the preparation of artists."
― Eliot Eisner, What can education learn from the arts about the practice of education?
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what is it?
Two-day lux-style experience
Timely strategic support to meet your goal
A 60-minute to multi-day engagement
How is it delivered?
Experienced inquiry educators
New or experienced inquiry educators
New or experienced inquiry educators
who is it for?
Nourish yourself and your pedagogies simultaneously with creativity and well-being as primary goals
Complete that critical task like studio set-ups or Idea Exhibitions with trusted guidance + a "wow" factor
Learn how to “pop up” concepts through hands-on inquiry to activate and deepen learning
How will it help?
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From $2,000
From $1,000
what's the investment?
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In person
EduRetreats
email misty
Two-day lux-style experience
Experienced inquiry educators
Nourish yourself and your pedagogies simultaneously with creativity and well-being as primary goals
Inquire for pricing
learn more
Online or in person
Timely strategic support to meet your goal
New or experienced inquiry educators
Complete that critical task like studio set-ups or Idea Exhibitions with trusted guidance + a "wow" factor
From $2,000
what's the investment?
How will it help?
who is it for?
How is it delivered?
what is it?
Projects
learn more
From $1,000
Learn how to “pop up” concepts through hands-on inquiry to activate and deepen learning
New or experienced inquiry educators
Online or in person
A 60-minute to multi-day engagement
Workshops
Services at a Glance
Which option best reflects your needs?
what's the investment?
How will it help?
who is it for?
How is it delivered?
what is it?
what's the investment?
How will it help?
who is it for?
How is it delivered?
what is it?
A hands-on experience with lasting impact
Roll up your sleeves and think with your hands! We’ll co-create experiences to help you integrate playful, concept-based approaches to inquiry. We’ll transform your learning space— in person or online—into a colourful, playful studio.
Get ready to investigate, contextualize, and activate your educational dreams. Leave with a sense of agency and a tangible action plan to make change!
what's included
+ Co-creating a personalized, hands-on experience
+ Research to answer the question: “Why these approaches now?”
+ Real-life examples of Pop-Up Studio with learners
+ Readily available, low-cost materials to play with (material list provided for virtual workshops)
+ Practical ways to design for and facilitate conceptual thinking
+ Recommendations for very-next-steps to establish traction
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Where can we learn together?
Let your imagination run wild in public spaces with Misty as your guide. Curate inspiration for authentic inquiries that your students will love!
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If you’re asking yourself, “Concept-based what?”, fear not! Pop-Up Studios are parent friendly and can be a game-changer for homeschooling. Gain the skills needed to teach your budding geniuses with curiosity and ingenuity.
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Looking for a thinking partner with an Arts-Ed background and decades of classroom experience? I can help make teacher guides and field trips come to life.
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Booking a conference and need an engaging speaker with a proven track-record? I've been leading PD for over 20 years, now with global reach.
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Boring PD Days are a thing of the past! Pop-Up Studios will inspire collaboration and action within your teaching staff. Together, we’ll bring our learning to life and ignite the fire for pedagogical change.
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Step into the experience
We’ll set up your Pop-Up Studio with hands-on experiences that educate and inspire.
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We’ll lay the foundation for our time together. I’ll curate the materials and you’ll prepare your stakeholders.
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MEREDITH FENTON, DIRECTOR OF IB PROGRAMS
“Your presentation really demystified concept-based learning for my IB teacher candidates, as many referred to this and to your work in their professional growth plans. You definitely made an impact.”
Katie B., Teacher
“This is the kind of PD I love: When you come out feeling better than you went in.”
Tara Abernethy, High School Teacher
"I really loved how you invited us to share and take risks while stating that you respect our boundaries. I felt really secure in participating and that is not always easy for me. I would like to create that kind of a space for my students. "
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Wondering where to begin with Pop-Up Studio?
This introductory guide equips you with a handful of content-neutral, research-based question stems and performance tasks you can use to help learners see relevancy in their work, build subject expertise, and evoke delight in learning.
See Misty in action, and join alongside other educators as they explore Place as Provocation and Materials as Thinking Partners. The video includes a fun sheet to optimize engagement. Grab a pen, souvenir and dig in!
Pop-Up Studio is all about generating responsible relationships to the materials in our lives, to the ideas we’ve inherited, and ultimately, to each other and the natural world. Discover the philosophy, backstory, and inspiration behind the book now with this FREE introductory chapter.