2021 Foundations Talk | 54:19 | All Grade Levels, Academics & Curriculum, Teacher & Classroom, Training & Certification
Summary
Most schools have adopted mission and vision statements. All teachers prepare daily lessons. Do the two ever meet? How can a school’s mission and vision inform routine lesson planning? How can the big picture penetrate a teacher’s everyday work? This practical workshop provides strategies and concrete examples of effective classroom lessons and assessments. It offers principles that can apply at every level, but the examples will be tailored to secondary (high school) classrooms. These principles reorient teachers away from the tyranny of “getting through the material” and toward recovering the lost tools of learning.
Speaker
Christopher Schlect, PhD, has worked in classical and Christian education for
over 25 years. As fellow of history at New Saint Andrews College, he teaches
courses in ancient and medieval civilizations, U.S. history, American Christianity, medieval education, and classical rhetoric, among other subjects . He has also taught introductory and advanced courses in U .S . history and ancient Rome at Washington State University. He is the director of New Saint Andrews College’s graduate program
in classical and Christian studies. He taught history and Bible at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, for many years, and he serves classical and Christian schools around the country through his consulting and teacher training activities. His published writings appear in various school curricula and other outlets. Schlect’s research in twentieth-century Protestant church life has earned numerous competitive grants and fellowships, and he has presented his research at meetings of the American Historical Association, the American Society of Church History, the American Academy of Religion, and the Idaho Council for History Education. He was recently named the 2016–17 Distinguished Lecturer for the Association of Reformed Colleges and Universities. His historical work includes service as a ranger for the U.S. National Park Service, where he specialized in Protestant missions to the Nez Perce people and interpreted historical sites and material culture for the public . Schlect is a teaching elder at Trinity Reformed Church (CREC) in Moscow, Idaho. He and his wife, Brenda, have five children, all products of a classical and Christian education . They also have four grandchildren .
Additional Materials
Outline
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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