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Working with Special Needs in the Classroom Setting – Part 1
Working with Special Needs in the Classroom Setting – Part 1

How does one implement a rigorous classical and Christian curriculum and still meet the academic needs of a student that has learning difficulties in your classroom? This seminar will give you new ideas to use with your student and still… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Metaphysics Matters
Metaphysics Matters

We in Christian classical schooling champion the role that goodness, truth, and beauty play in shaping our curriculum and our culture. But would we ever consider teaching a class on them? The medievals did, and guess what they called it?… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Working with Special Needs in the Classroom Setting – Part 2
Working with Special Needs in the Classroom Setting – Part 2

How does one implement a rigorous classical and Christian curriculum and still meet the academic needs of a student that has learning difficulties in your classroom? This seminar will give you new ideas to use with your student and still… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Training the Affections: Inviting Students to Love Great Music
Training the Affections: Inviting Students to Love Great Music

As modern American culture trends towards shorter (and flashier) media presentations, our society-including the church- is at risk of losing the common language of the great works in music and the fine arts. Our children are increasingly… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Greeks, Geeks, and Cleats – Advancing the Classical Model
Greeks, Geeks, and Cleats – Advancing the Classical Model

A vibrant athletic program s co-curricular and essential to the advancement of a classical model school, and provides discipleship opportunities that the classroom cannot. Come hear how Regents School of Austin’s “Theology of Sport” is… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


The Paideia of the Lord
The Paideia of the Lord

Paul tells fathers in Ephesians to raise their children on the “paideia of the Lord.” But does the Bible have a pedagogy for us to follow? In this workshop, Andrew Kern explores what we can lean about teaching from the first three chapters… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Developing an Athletic Program in an Emerging School
Developing an Athletic Program in an Emerging School

Young, emerging schools have the daunting task of expanding curricular (both co and extra) offerings as the schools grow. In athletics, there are an infinite number of things to consider – what sports to play, how to get good coaches, what… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Thriving Not Surviving: A Real Life Plan for Teacher Development
Thriving Not Surviving: A Real Life Plan for Teacher Development

Teachers who thrive as individuals and as professionals inspire students. So, build your teacher development program around the objective of developing teachers within their specific needs for improvement. Most teachers find themselves… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Latin Club: The Junior Classical League
Latin Club: The Junior Classical League

The National Junior Classical League is an organization designed to promote the study of classics among middle and high school students. With over 50,000 members across the U.S., Canada, and Australia, it is the largest classical… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Socratic Literary Exploration: How to Teach Dialogically
Socratic Literary Exploration: How to Teach Dialogically

Professor Grant Horner will lead a fully interactive Socratic teaching dialogue demonstrating interrogative pdagogy. Seven to ten seminar participants will work Socratically through two or three brief, connected lterary passages from John… Continue Reading

Date posted06/29/2012


Guidelines for Realizing Biblical Faithfulness in Science and Math
Guidelines for Realizing Biblical Faithfulness in Science and Math

Science classes at classical and Christian schools should embody key distinctives that differentiate them from typical classes at other schools. The same holds true for math classes. One of these distinctives is biblical faithfulness. In… Continue Reading

Date posted06/28/2012


Let The Puppy Run!
Let The Puppy Run!

The middle school years are some of the most rewarding of all for the teacher who is prepared to engage the student in the class. Few Tools reach them more effectively than great stories. So why is it so hard? This workshop explores simple… Continue Reading

Date posted06/28/2012