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2023 Foundations Talk | 50:52 | 7-12, Rhetoric & Composition

Summary


This workshop will introduce, model, and practice classroom routines for using meaningful grading and feedback to help students develop their skills in seminar discussions, from 7th grade through 12th grade. Teachers will participate, playing the role of students in discussion, receiving and responding to feedback, and planning and tracking progress.

Speaker


Bryan Lynch is Academic Dean at Veritas School, a preK–12 classical and Christian school in Newberg, Oregon. Bryan was a founding board member of Veritas, served as Headmaster there for 20 years, and has 40 years of experience in private and public education. In addition to his administrative duties, Bryan teaches Rhetoric and Humane Letters to eleventh grade students. Bryan has presented workshops on faculty development, formative assessment, and seminar discussions at ACCS conferences and has led many school-based teacher trainings. He has also been involved in several accreditation visits for ACCS. Bryan and his wife, Ann, have three adult children and two grandchildren. Bryan posts a variety of free resources on teaching and classical education for teachers and administrators at classicalteaching.com.

(balyn@veritasschool.net)

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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.