How are we teaching in ways that inspire and impact, as well as instruct, in explicit, systematic ways? How are we staying close to curriculum and seeing ourselves in our instruction? It's a lot to think about and even more to live, day in, day out. This session aims to provide do-able, fail-safe strategies and offer methods of instruction that both supports research-based conditions of learning criteria and meets the need of engaging learners using strategies and methods that impact and inspire inquiry. These methods are designed to succeed, even if the teacher is new to teaching or curricula.