2019 Workshop Talk | 01:09:42 | K-6, Teacher & Classroom
Summary
I would suspect that the vast majority of grammar teachers that have any formal education training have very little frame of reference on how to carry out classical pedagogy in their current classroom. The training from the universities is not equipping them and schools are struggling in mentoring these teachers because of the width and depth of classical education. The classical philosophical resources seem to be plentiful but there seems to be very little to say about how does this look on a Tuesday in 3rd grade with my kids? This session will help define the first tools in the toolbox for grammar teachers in classical Christian education by demonstrating how to implement these instructional strategies in a very practical way that is meant to teach the teacher so they can use them day one in their classroom. Teachers that are new to teaching or new to classical Christian teaching will walk away with a clearer picture of how to implement a classical pedagogy in their classroom. Veteran teachers will find things that will affirm their practice or remind them of highly effective instructional
strategies to dust off or how to tweak them to make them more effective.
Speaker
Travis Lockyer serves as the head of grammar school at Annapolis Christian Academy in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has a master’s of education in school administration from Doane University in Lincoln, Nebraska, and received an endorsement for elementary educational leadership from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He has 20 years of education experience in Nebraska starting as a teacher and athletic coach, then as an activities director, and for seven years as an elementary principal, and three years as district special education director in the Nebraska public school system . During that time he became a fully trained reading specialist and instructional coach, being trained in several instructional models. In 2016, through a series of events in his two sons’ lives, he became convicted of their educational experiences and his own professional compromises. Through conversations with his wife and reading of Douglas Wilson’s book Excused Absence, he realized that some tough decisions needed to be made . On a leap of faith, in 2017, Travis accepted the leadership position at Annapolis and moved his Husker clan into south Texas. He feels like he is one “abnormally born” into classical education but has discovered an education he always wanted for his sons and one he has always wanted to be a part of professionally.
Additional Materials
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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