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The Institute on Descriptive Inquiry invites you to learn about and join in group processes to describe, look closely at, and reflect upon student and teacher work in order to enhance teacher and school practice.
Fall Conference
Fall Conference
mid November, 2026
New York City
This one day conference introduces or reconnects participants to descriptive processes, allowing them to look deeply at the work and words of children and youth in order to strengthen their capacity to teach and learn alongside them.
The Summer Institute on Descriptive Process is an introduction to descriptive processes, or may serve to deepen understanding of them. This Institute’s work rests on close observation and description, giving teachers an opportunity to look at the work of children and youth from multiple perspectives, while also serving as a way of considering connections to and implications for teacher practice, curriculum, school policy, and assessment.
The Summer Institute on Descriptive Inquiry brings together teachers, parents and others who are familiar with descriptive processes. As they work from their experiences, ideas and questions, participants engage in spanning studies of children and works, philosophical inquiry and in depth study of the descriptive processes. Participants can opt to attend one or two weeks of the Institute on Descriptive Inquiry.
Written by leading practitioners and theoreticians of descriptive inquiry, these books are vital companions as you learn more about how descriptive processes can support your family, your classroom and your school.
New York State CTLE credit
available for participants
The "Institute on Descriptive Inquiry Inc." is an approved vendor for New York City Public Schools. The relevant vendor code is INS414215.
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Header photo: Hampshire College by Stephane Barile (2022).
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