2021 Workshop Talk | 54:19 | Teacher & Classroom, General Classroom, Philosophy
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 thirty years. Chris is the director of the classical and Christian studies program at New Saint Andrews College, where he also teaches courses in history and classical rhetoric. He has also taught advanced courses in history at Washington State University, he has interpreted historical sites as a ranger for the U.S. National Park Service, and remains active with his historical research related to American Protestantism in the early twentieth century. Chris has taught many subjects in grades seven through 12 at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, where he also coached a high-achieving mock trial team for 24 years. He now serves classical and Christian schools around the country through his teaching, consulting, and training activities. Chris and his wife, Brenda, have five grown children, all products of a classical and Christian education, as are all their spouses. They have seven delightful grandchildren who remind them of God’s faithfulness.
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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