Teacher Evaluation from a Christian Perspective

Accountability, Blog, Discipleship, Educator Insights, Leadership, School Leadership | September 8, 2023

This article originally appeared in the CACE Blog on July 21, 2014. “You just hire the best people possible and let them go; there is not much you can do after that.” This is a perspective commonly voiced to me by administrators. Truth be told, teacher evaluation is...

Discipline as Discipleship

Blog, Character Development, Discipleship, Leadership, Spiritual Formation | August 18, 2023

Here we are at the beginning of August, teachers and school leaders across the world are gearing up for back-to-school craziness. It’s a bizarre mixture of excitement and trepidation, kind of like the momentary pause at the top of a roller coaster. You can see the...

Only One Thing Is Needed – Our Focus in Christian Education

Biblical Integration, Blog, Discipleship, Faith Learning, School Mission, Spiritual Formation | August 4, 2023

A time to reflect was forced upon me last Fall. It was once again made clear to me that only ONE THING is ever needed: the love of Jesus and faith in his Salvation. My time of reflection was forced upon me with the sudden and unexpected death of my younger brother. My...

What is Teaching Christianly?

Blog, Discipleship, Faith Learning, School Culture, School Legacy | August 1, 2023

I never planned to teach. I became a Christian educator unexpectedly, and I remained one because the idea of teaching Christianly captured my imagination. As a young teacher in a Christian school, I gradually realized there was more to making education “Christian”...

An Urgent SOS

Blog, Discipleship, Encouragement, Philosophy | July 25, 2023

I was listening to Bishop Robert Barron’s “Summer with the Psalms” on Hallow when I sensed a tap from one of my muses: “I am like a growing olive tree in the house of God…” (from Psalm 52). Diverted by that ripple in my stream of consciousness, I then scrolled through...

Confronting Boredom in the Bible Classroom

Blog, Discipleship, Encouragement | July 21, 2023

A number of years ago, I spent a week of my Bible class asking my students this question: “Would you describe your Christian life as exciting?” Out of roughly 150 students, I only had one student answer yes. She was a missionary kid from Africa there on furlough for...