Discipline and Discipleship – Kelly Gardner

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Summary

The Latin word for student is ‘discipulus’, giving us the derivatives ‘discipleship’ and ‘discipline.’ This talk will provide training in the basics of classroom management, focusing on the blessings of discipleship and discipline in our students. We will discuss the Teacher-Student relationship, setting and training expectations, consequences, specific situations, and parent communication.

Speaker

Kelly Gardner serves as the Lower School Dean at Cary Christian School. Her twenty years of education experience include teaching multiple lower school grades and now serving as an administrator. Mrs. Gardner enjoys supporting students, teachers, and parents for grades K-5. She is honored to speak about CCE and takes every opportunity to share the excitement and wonder of learning. Mrs. Gardner graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in elementary education and holds an ACCS Master Certification. She finds joy in ministering to women in prison and adventuring with her kids and a poodle. She and her husband, Bob, are devoted to classical, Christian education, and are delighted to have two children enrolled in CCS since Kindergarten.

kgardner@carychristianschool.org

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