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Could the results of your annual fund be improved? The classical movement is characterized by integrating proven methods with new approaches to contextualize them. Why should our fundraising be any different? Most annual fund efforts… Continue Reading
How do you define a right-fit family? It's a question that many school leaders and advancement team members answer from intuition rather than documentation. Whether your school is sort of full, nearly full, or overflowing, there’s no time… Continue Reading
How do we distinguish a poor teacher from a middling teacher, and a middling teacher from an outstanding teacher? What qualities make some lessons great and other lessons not so great? This session draws principles from two Roman teachers… Continue Reading
Faculty development is a key component of building a missionally-aligned and cohesive school, and also one of the most complicated components to carry-out. Some teachers need philosophical orientation, some need relational coaching, and… Continue Reading
Throughout the liberal arts tradition, leadership is a recurrent theme that is treated in a manner consistent with the tradition’s understanding of human nature and purpose. Contemporary leadership, scholarship, and training, however… Continue Reading
With a changing economy and rising tuition rates, it is increasingly critical that schools clearly articulate the value proposition of a classical Christian education to prospective parents as well as to currently enrolled families. When… Continue Reading
We talk often in our classical, Christian schools about making disciples and promoting cultures of discipleship. We believe that all truth is God's truth and, therefore, faith integration opportunities abound across the disciplines. But… Continue Reading
Effectively leading up (and down) first requires an understanding, appreciation, and respect for the responsibilities of the people you are serving, be they above or below you on the org chart. For a HOS and other senior leaders, that… Continue Reading
Classical schools spend much time, resources, and attention to what is taught in the classroom and how to train and develop great teachers. School culture more generally could be understood as either an organic byproduct of what happens in… Continue Reading
A vibrant music program is a mark of a complete and rigorous classical education. This session will explore how the principles of classical learning can cultivate an understanding and love for all kinds of great musical works. Topics will… Continue Reading
Our mission statements reflect our desires to cultivate wise, loving, and purposeful image-bearers. What if our assessments were representative of the whole student and tracked their personal and productive growth in addition to their… Continue Reading
As we strive to educate students in the liberal arts tradition by teaching them to love truth, goodness, and beauty, we can choose subjects of study that challenge them to grow in both wisdom and virtue. After many years of teaching, I… Continue Reading
