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Classical 104: Five Steps to Improving Every Classroom
Classical 104: Five Steps to Improving Every Classroom

Good teachers want to be effective; administrators want to be able to provide concrete advice that helps them to achieve their goals. This workshop looks at five characteristics of classical teaching and learning that can be applied in any… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Student Spiritual Formation
Student Spiritual Formation

What does it mean to truly be a Christian school? Eric explores the challenges of spiritual formation within a school setting and offers some modest suggestions for implementation. Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Keep ’em Coming: 5 Ways to Make Sure Your Parents Are Getting Their Money’s Worth
Keep ’em Coming: 5 Ways to Make Sure Your Parents Are Getting Their Money’s Worth

Christian education is one of the most costly investments parents will make for their children, and in the midst of a recession, many families are examining ever more closely the real value of the education our schools provide. How do we… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Punkinz and Panicakes
Punkinz and Panicakes

Early reading instruction must be explicit and systematic. But does it have to be so scripted? Scripted instruction encourages educators to be reading technicians, rather than reading teachers. This session will explore the linguistic… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Parent Impact Panel
Parent Impact Panel

Four experienced administrators join together to discuss the challenges of working with parent volunteers and parent led organizations in order to extend the mission of the school. Each will show his well-earned battle scars and discuss… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


That Hideous Strength: The Abolition of Man in Pictures
That Hideous Strength: The Abolition of Man in Pictures

What are the connections between these two great Lewis works? Explore how one informs the other and what we need to learn from both. Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


How Does a Poem Mean: Teaching The Poem, Practical Guidance
How Does a Poem Mean: Teaching The Poem, Practical Guidance

This session’s focus will be specific with particular suggestions on how to look at poetry with intelligence and curiosity alongside your students, without being an expert. Learn how to interrogate the poem, how to ask pertinent and… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


How We Lost: History of Progressive Education and How We Can Win Again
How We Lost: History of Progressive Education and How We Can Win Again

This seminar will trace the history of progressive education, beginning in 1890s with the emergence of several teacher’s colleges that criticized classical learning and advocated a progressive approach, emphasized a differentiated… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Doing What Comes Naturally: Design-Based Discipleship
Doing What Comes Naturally: Design-Based Discipleship

There isn’t “one best way” to disciple others. Scripture indicates that we have each been given certain gifts to use for the building of the body of Christ. If we disciple based on those gifts not only will our impact increase, but we’ll… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Recovering Intellectual Virtue
Recovering Intellectual Virtue

This seminar will examine the relationship between virtue and education and argue for the traditional view that education is a moral enterprise in which bot the teacher and student seek to acquire and communicate truth with humility and… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Shut Up and Lead: How to Coach…Students Toward Success
Shut Up and Lead: How to Coach…Students Toward Success

In this session we’ll peer into the world of executive coaching for insights in how to listen more effectively, ask more powerful questions, and help others achieve worthy goals. This kind of mentoring increases faith, lowers stress and… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Classical 102: How To Teach Classically, Even If You Weren’t Classically Trained
Classical 102: How To Teach Classically, Even If You Weren’t Classically Trained

What distinguishes a classical teacher? What teaching habits do you need to change or to develop to enable you to transmit the riches of a classical curriculum to your students? This informative workshop will invigorate your teaching and… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009