Summer Conference 2009

Association Updates

Assessment: Examining Assumptions and Effects
Assessment: Examining Assumptions and Effects

Under the influence of the Darwinian pragmatists who have dominated the practice of education since the late 19th century, assessment has become a tool for standardizing students, undercutting the goals of the Christian Classical… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2009


Leisure and Experience: Recovering the Schole in School
Leisure and Experience: Recovering the Schole in School

Alfred Nock once noted that the result, if not the purpose, of a classical education is an experienced mind. Such a mind is also, not incidentally, a discaplined one. Rigor and discipline are part of the process, but they are not the… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2009


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


Can You Prove It? Ed School Research vs. Classical Education
Can You Prove It? Ed School Research vs. Classical Education

Can classical educators provide education school researchers and administrators with the kind of social science research they say they want to authenticat the value of classical education? This seminar will provide some examples of… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Budgeting Basics: Funding Your Mission With What You Have
Budgeting Basics: Funding Your Mission With What You Have

Revenue and costs are the simple components of a school’s financial planning and management policies. But they are not that simple, are they? This workshop walks through the process of determining costs, matching price, and experience the… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


The Way of The Lady, Part 2
The Way of The Lady, Part 2

When it comes to being a Christian gentleman or lady, we should want to know something other than external behavior. Christian schools have a tendency to produce what Christ describes as “whitewashed tombs” or, as Evan Wilson warns, “One… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


Classical 101: Teacher First, Curriculum Second: Teaching Math Effectively
Classical 101: Teacher First, Curriculum Second: Teaching Math Effectively

Understand the critical elements of an excellent math curriculum and the practical application of those elements into your classroom. Learn the signs, solutions and strategies of students’ struggles to uncover the math potential in every… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009


The Word of the Gentleman – Part 1
The Word of the Gentleman – Part 1

When it comes to being a christian gentleman or lady, we should want to know something other than external behavior. Christian schools have a tendency to produce what Christ describes as “whitewashed tombs” or, as Evan Wilson warns, “One… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2009