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Classroom Management in a Post-Pandemic World

Blog, Classroom Culture, Educator Insights, Effectiveness, Pedagogy, Social-Emotional, Teaching Strategies | December 13, 2022

In Quantitative Analysis, they teach you to stick with one independent variable to assure validity and reliability in your results. In real life, change often occurs due to a confluence of variables. Not only is today’s student population unlike that of previous...

But I Thought I Was Hired to Teach

Biblical Integration, Blog, Classroom Culture, Discipleship, Faith Learning, School Mission, Spiritual Formation, Teaching Strategies | September 29, 2022

This is a pep talk about an elephant in the classroom: Must Christian educators also be youth pastors? What am I talking about? My story is a little embarrassing, but if you are like me, it might be encouraging. If you are not like me, it might help you understand...

Seeing All of the Faces in Your Classroom: Reaching Your International Students

Blog, Classroom Culture, ESL, Stewardship | August 12, 2022

As you scan your classroom or the halls of your school today, you may see some faces and hear some accented voices that stand out. A snatch of German or a few quick sentences of Chinese might pass between students in between classes. And these faces will look back at...

The Power of the Pause

Announcements, Blog, Classroom Culture, Pedagogy | May 13, 2022

Recently, my daughter was laughing at herself for her failure to to successfully carry on conversation while she was passing food around the dinner table. “I guess I don’t multitask very well,” she said. Her sister pointed out that actually everyone multitasks all the...

The Three R’s of Classroom Culture

Blog, Character Development, Classroom Culture, Middle School, Spiritual Formation | January 31, 2022

Being an elementary teacher for twenty years was my delight…my joy…a true gift. It came easily and never did I have to go to work – I wanted to go – every single day. My job was not work but rather a calling – one in which I got to model true servanthood and create a...