Kim Barton

Pursuing Questions
Pedagogical Companionship & Facilitation Services

Kim Barton, RECE, MSc., FNSP  ·  Pedagogical Leader  ·  Supervisor  ·  Course Instructor

Curated pedagogical companionship and facilitation services that cultivate professional learning spaces.

About Kim

Well-held conversations where questions are welcomed

Kim Barton partners with educators and leaders to create spacious, well-held conversations where questions are welcomed, assumptions are unsettled, and new possibilities for teaching, learning, and care can thoughtfully emerge.

Pedagogical Orientations & Values

Pedagogical Orientations

Imprints of Inquiry

I capture traces of my learning, because I believe they are worthy of being studied, critiqued, and expanded upon. What I say here is a landmark in time; not meant to be a destination. Rather, this knowledge is meant to be interpreted within the context discussed, and to support reflective practice, collaborative inquiry, and educator research.

Possibilities for Play

I aim to cultivate a parallel practice of playfulness by “going public” with experimental ideas to seek feedback, to embrace questioning and being questioned, to practice sharing (knowledge), and to play with new ideas. Much of what I share is in a light-hearted spirit of saying “yes” to what is offered my way, and responding as best I can with a playful intention.

The Pursuit of Questions

I desire to be guided by questions more than answers; by uncertainty more than solutions; by limerence more than destinations; and by the in-between more than the outcome. I am nurturing a process for designing powerful, magical questions to sustain lifelong inquiry. 

Provocations for Living

I take up longitudinal inquiries across a wide range of concepts, dispositions, and ideas. What I share is meant to be generative, to activate possibility and life itself by provoking, expanding, and spiralling back to that which is most compelling within a pursuit.

Values

Curiosity

Questions are my compass, over compliance, normalcy, or acceptance.

Time

 I do not rush teaching or learning processes, tasks, or people

Creativity

I construct generative offerings of material – new and old.

Reciprocity

I make knowledge accessible in the spirit of mutual flourishing.

Integrity

I do not exploit, and I aim to align impact with explicit intent.

Offerings

Collaborate With Me!

Professional Learning

Interactive sessions exploring inquiry-based practice, documentation, and reflective pedagogy for early learning and post-secondary teams.

Facilitation

I work with individual educators, teaching teams, leaders, learning communities, educational departments, and larger districts/municipalities to support their pedagogical reflection, planning, and evaluation.

Pedagogical Companionship

I work with individual educators, teaching teams, leaders, learning communities, educational departments, and larger districts/municipalities to support their pedagogical reflection, planning, and evaluation.

Keynotes

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Research Collaboration

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Pedagogical Leadership Lab

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Podcast Show Notes

Listening in on the questions we’re all sitting with

Conversations, reflections, and show notes exploring inquiry-based practice and the quest within the questions. Browse the archive to revisit episodes at your own pace.