Learning Experience
SPIRALS IN ACTION
A Learning Experience with Dr. Judy Halbert & Dr. Linda Kaser
February – June 2026
🌀 Structured Inquiry
💥 High-Impact Professional Learning
🏫 Real School Change
From £195 per person
| Team discounts available
Imagine this...
What if your school had a clear, humane, research-informed process to understand what’s really going on for learners?
What if your team wasn’t pulled in ten different directions, but working through a shared focus — grounded in evidence, curiosity and collective wisdom?
What if professional learning wasn’t “one more thing”, but the natural fuel that supports the changes you want to see in your school?
This is the heart of Spirals in Action:
- Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser provide the structure
- Our Learning Library provides the expertise and practice
- Your team creates meaningful, visible change for learners
Over four months, you’ll build a living Spiral of Inquiry and choose the professional learning pathways that best support your focus.
The Learning Experience ...
This is what the experience will look like
Over five months, you’ll build a living Spiral of Inquiry and choose the professional learning pathways that best support your vision, values and goals.
You immediately have access to several lines of inquiry to choose from, such as intentionally building relationships, building reflection and feedback skills or curating your learning environment.
Between February and June there will be 3 live sessions with Linda and Judy to guide and review your journey and 3 in community Campfire sessions on Zoom to build accountability and support.
What this Experience Is All About
Across three live sessions and rich supported learning in between, you’ll:
Understand the purpose, research and principles behind Spirals of Inquiry
Explore each of the six stages: Scanning → Focusing → Developing Hunches → Learning → Taking Action → Checking
Build a clear focus based on what’s happening for your learners
Identify the professional learning you need to shift practice
Take informed action and notice its impact
Hear examples from schools worldwide
Receive in-between-session support with Campfire sessions via Zoom and weekly provocations in our learning community
Work within a global community of educators committed to equity, quality and high challenge for every learner
This is inquiry as a professional way of being, more than just a temporary initiative.
Your Learning Journey
Session 1
February 11
Scanning & Focusing
- Foundations of Spirals of Inquiry
- Understanding what’s going on for learners
- Identifying patterns and possibilities
- Choosing your meaningful focus
- Beginning to identify helpful inquiry-lines
Session 2
March 26
Developing Hunches & Designing New Professional Learning
- Exploring practice patterns
- Naming the beliefs and habits that shape outcomes
- Choosing the Learning Library inquiry-lines that align with your focus
- Designing new professional learning and next-step actions
Session 3
June 10
Taking Action & Checking
- Sharing actions taken
- Exploring early signs of change
- Checking what’s shifting for learners
- Documenting and planning your next steps
🎥 All sessions are recorded.
The spiral experience in a nutshell
What you get:
- Full access to our entire Learning Library
- 3 Live Session with Judy and Linda to guide your inquiry
- 3 further live Campfire Session to build gentle accountability
- A 5 month arc to allow you to fully embed your school's learning goals
What you’ll leave with:
- Strategy and ideas to bring your vision for learning to success
- A plethora of ideas to embed impactful practice
- Life-long friendships with likeminded educators across the globe
- Feeling even more curious and excited than when you started!
How the Learning Library Supercharges Your Spiral
Once your team identifies its focus, you’ll choose inquiry-lines from the Learning Library to power your Learning and Action phases.
Here are five high-impact inquiry-lines — all real LP experiences — that you can plug directly into your Spiral.
Recordings of previous Live Interviews
Inside the Spiral of Inquiry and included in the Learning Library you will have access to all these recordings (and more!) including prompts to help you translate your insight into action.
Inquiry Lines Examples
These are just 5 of a total of 16 inquiry lines you can choose to focus on by yourself or with your team.
Leadership
With Liz Pemberton & Jennifer Abrams
Why it matters:
School improvement depends on the adults: how they communicate, lead, collaborate and show up. Leadership identity directly shapes culture, safety and clarity.
How it helps your school:
If you identify unclear expectations, communication breakdowns or culture concerns, this inquiry line supports leaders to reflect deeply, communicate skilfully and lead with integrity.
Rich Learning Dialogue
With Dr. Ron Ritchhart, James Nottingham, Professor Neil Mercer
Why it matters:
Dialogue is one of the most powerful levers for learning. When students think aloud, question, reason and build on each other’s ideas, understanding deepens and motivation rises.
How it helps your school:
If you identify that conversations in your classrooms are limited, surface-level, teacher-dominated or lacking depth, this inquiry line gives your team practical phrases, routines and protocols that strengthen learning talk — and therefore learning itself.
Relationships & Belonging
With Mark Finnis & Dr. Robert Loe
Why it matters:
Students behave, think and learn differently when they feel safe, known, valued and connected. Belonging is a prerequisite for engagement and cognitive challenge.
How it helps your school:
If you identify concerns around behaviour, disengagement, low confidence or fractured relationships, this inquiry line gives your team the relational foundations that unlock motivation, trust and willingness to participate.
Inquiry & The Learning Power Approach
With Professor Guy Claxton & Kath Murdoch
Why it matters:
Inquiry thrives when students have strong learning dispositions such as curiosity, independence, resilience, strategic awareness. The Learning Power Approach helps strengthen, broaden and deepen these habits over time so students become ever better learners.
How it helps your school:
If you identify that learners depend heavily on adults, give up quickly, or struggle with agency, this inquiry line helps your team connect inquiry practices with dispositional learning so students become confident, capable, self-directed learners.
Craftsmanship, Reflection & Feedback
With Ron Berger & Trevor MacKenzie
Why it matters:
Students make notable progress when they understand what quality looks like, receive meaningful feedback, and engage in iteration and craftsmanship.
How it helps your school:
If you identify that student work feels rushed, inconsistent or lacking pride, this inquiry line supports teachers to build a culture of quality, reflection and beautiful work that increases motivation and deepens progress.
Who will most benefit from this Experience?
Who Is This For?
- School leaders and leadership teams wanting a clear, research-driven improvement process
- Teachers keen to work on a shared, purposeful inquiry
- Teams interested in equity, belonging, learner voice and deepening learning
- Schools looking to align practice rather than add initiatives
- Educators committed to reflection, collaboration and evidence-informed change
- Schools new to Spirals or those wanting to re-energise an existing culture of inquiry
Who Isn’t This For?
- Schools seeking a quick fix rather than a thoughtful process
- Teams not ready to examine current practice or beliefs
- Leaders who prefer top-down solutions without collective engagement
- Settings wanting a “course” rather than a supported, iterative learning journey
- Schools not ready to involve learners’ experiences in shaping improvement
What members say about Learning Pioneers
"Education is being together. Unlocking every barrier of collaboration, be yourself in a community that grows through vibrant, deep, engaged and practical conversations"
Pat Calmels D'Artensac
I feel acknowledged and valued as a result of being part of Learning Pioneers. I have always been passionate about teaching and learning - it's nice to be noticed for something you are doing and trying to do so well
Bimla Singh
Teacher and LPA lead
Joining Learning Pioneers is the best thing that I have done for myself, my career and for the children I teach in a long time! It is the best, self-led CPD available and the benefits are insurmountable
Carla Rose-Skyte
Teacher and LPA lead
Becky pushes our thinking to the limits and, as Mastermind host, she gives us the space to dream, think and challenge ourselves as practitioners and leaders, no matter how busy our day is.
Rebecca Archer
Deputy Head Teacher
Learning Pioneers has been one of my biggest positives personally and professionally this year.
Birg Car
International Year Six teacher
Learning Pioneers is a great example of international collaboration. It also energises teachers.
Sandy Kaur
Associate Head, The Thinking School
The Learning Pioneers are a fabulous community of inquirers and their mission to innovate and improve is truly commendable
James Nottingham
Author, Creator of The Learning Pit
I love how the Learning Pioneers support each other in being thoughtful, reflective and curious educators who are committed to professional growth
Anne van Dam
Author
If you are passionate about education, this is an inspirational journey you deserve to be on.
Anne McConnell
Deputy Head
Becky supports different approaches across schools to unpick and refine what we want to create in our school. This is not an easy or straight-forward process. Time is given to grapple and struggle with concepts in our Mastermind sessions
Robert Cleary
Head Teacher, Author
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For 10 members of staff
£995/year
For 10 members of staff (50% discount for any additional staff beyond 10)
*We never want money to hold back learning so we are offering equity discounts to those on a tighter budget. Email Becky Carlzon for more details.
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Inquire, learn and transform. Together.