2022 Leaders Day Talk | 54:01 | Admissions, Leadership & Strategic, Marketing & Growth
Summary
With the increased interest in classical Christian education, how do we welcome new families while maintaining the integrity of our original mission? This talk will address the reality of mission drift and emphasize the importance of admissions gate-keeping, faculty buy-in, parent education, and student culture as necessary vehicles to achieving mission fidelity.
Speaker
Joe Gerber is the dean of upper school at The Ambrose School in Boise, Idaho. He holds a BA in history from Boise State University, a BBS in biblical studies from Calvary Chapel Bible College, and a master’s degree in social work from Northwest Nazarene University. Joe chose to teach at The Ambrose School because of the profound focus that Ambrose places on teaching the students to love that which is good, beautiful, and true. He believes that discipleship involves not only the information provided to another soul but also the proper formation of that soul through the development of a student’s affections. His philosophy of teaching is that learning to love God is not mutually exclusive of learning about God’s wonderful creation. To love God is to love to learn because God made all things to say something very important about Himself. Joe is married to his wife, Janice, and together they have four sons.
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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