Summer Conference 2021

Association Updates

Hands-on Math: Why and How to Make It Happen
Hands-on Math: Why and How to Make It Happen

Classical education is holistic and embodied. It creates deep understanding and integrates across subjects. Hands-on activities are an effective means for classical math learning. They provide seamless differentiation and build intuition… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


History as the Pursuit of Wisdom: A Case Study
History as the Pursuit of Wisdom: A Case Study

The study of history in classical Christian schools often mirrors the model taken by our non-classical counterparts. Students read a textbook filled with a variety of facts that attempt to condense the progression of history to a few “high… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Classical Assessment: Using Classical Tools to Authentically Assess the Whole Student
Classical Assessment: Using Classical Tools to Authentically Assess the Whole Student

Session recording from Summer Conference 2021. Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Cultivating a Curious Scientific Mind
Cultivating a Curious Scientific Mind

The necessity to acquire a scientific knowledge base often leads to instruction over-emphasizing vocabulary, definitions and algorithmic problem solving. While these fundamentals help students supply correct answers on basic science tasks… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


In the Fullness of Time
In the Fullness of Time

“In the Fullness of Time” (Gal. 4:4) describes how God prepared his world to grasp who Jesus is and to receive him as the divine savior. God used the Jewish Diaspora, hellenization spread by Alexander the Great, Roman roads, the pax… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


The Trauma-Informed Classroom
The Trauma-Informed Classroom

This workshop will focus on the integration of recent studies on the physiological impact of trauma on the brain with best practices and classroom strategies for teachers in serving high-trauma students in a classical Christian classroom… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Institutional Apprenticeship: Understanding Organizational Growth
Institutional Apprenticeship: Understanding Organizational Growth

Based on a multiple sample case study of six cce schools, this seminar offers a holistic framework for thinking about a school’s journey from apprentice to journeyman to master. Two schools were examined under each maturity level, and the… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Making Athletics a Positive for School Culture
Making Athletics a Positive for School Culture

A healthy, well-balanced, and mission-aligned athletic program can greatly enhance school culture for students, staff, parents, and community members. Intentional leadership with regards to philosophy and mechanics is a key component to a… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Transformational Moments with Aslan: Encountering Christ in Narnia
Transformational Moments with Aslan: Encountering Christ in Narnia

C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia offer young readers both delightful stories and incredible spiritual insights. In this presentation, we will explore the transformational power of Aslan as the Christ figure of Narnia. We will look at… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Developing The Executive Team: A Leadership Training Program
Developing The Executive Team: A Leadership Training Program

It’s lonely at the top. Every School Head bears the heavy weight of responsibility, but an effective, unified, executive leadership team not only lessens that burden, enhances the effectiveness of the top leader and extends his/her tenure… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


How to Create a Mission-Aligned Student Culture in a Collaborative Model Upper School
How to Create a Mission-Aligned Student Culture in a Collaborative Model Upper School

If culture eats strategy for breakfast, then what are some strategic initiatives we can devise for consumption that will replicate within our student bodies (their culture) the altruistic elements and distinctives of our classical… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


“I Doubt, Therefore I Believe?”
“I Doubt, Therefore I Believe?”

Using Lundin as a guide, this workshop will 1) briefly trace some of the intellectual challenges of the modern age; 2) read some selections that highlight doubt and faith during this time; 3) and discuss how the idea of "believing again"… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021