ALL WORKSHOPS & TALKS
Wondering what RTR has for you?
We’ve sorted all the workshops & talks by types of attendees! Check out the lists below – and keep in mind that you might need to check several sections!
Main Conference
Track Plenary:
| Speaker | Workshop Title |
|---|---|
| Scott Aniol | Recovering the Lost Tools of Loving |
| David Diener | Technology, Education, and Human Flourishing |
| Ravi Jain | Piety and Classical Education |
| Junius Johnson | Reading Scripture with Bonaventure |
| Louis Markos | I. The Nature of Man and How it Affects the Nature of Education; II: The Nature of Education: Classical Christian vs. Progressive |
| Chris Perrin | What American Education Was, Is, and Can Be Again |
Administrators:
| Speaker | Workshop Title |
|---|---|
| David Givens | Friday Night Lights Without the Football: How to Maximize Campus Fellowship and Celebration on a Budget |
| Dario Giomi | Prepared, Not Afraid: A Practical Guide to School Safety |
| R. Travis Koch | Where The Wild Things Are: Educational Models Tailored to the Needs of Boys |
| Michael Kochie | How the House System can Produce a Culture of Virtue in your School |
| Diana Meadowcroft | Traditions: How Learning Outside the Classroom Will Enrich your School |
| Adam Roate | Using Standardized Testing Data Successfully without “Teaching to the Test” |
| Joshua Simmons | Building Student Culture Through Student Leadership |
| Andrew Smalley | Completing the Trivium is a Must |
| Laura Smith | Steps to Develop a Thriving College Counseling Program in your School |
| Daniel Spanjer | Honoraries, Houses, and School Culture |
| Kajsa Wilkins & Tom Garfield | NextGen: Generational Faithfulness in Administration |
Grammar:
| Speaker | Workshop Title |
|---|---|
| Anne Bouckenooghe | Science Labs: Letting Students do the Work |
| Kelly Gardner | Teaching through Liturgy, Catechism, and Discipleship |
| Laura Keesee | The First Days: Creating Order, Cultivating Virtue |
| Andrea Lipinski | Dictation and the Art of Grammar |
| Aimee McDorman | The Path to Reading: From Phonics to Fluency From Decoding to Discussion |
| Elizabeth Morgan | How Classical Stories Awaken the Moral Imagination |
| Lindsey Murphy | Classical Pedagogy 101 |
| Christine Norvell | More Than Meter: Receiving and Using Poetry in the K-12 Classroom |
| Jill Roberts | The Truth, Beauty and Goodness of the Arts |
| Lori Scarbrough | Singing through History |
| Kathryn Wheeler | The Seven Laws at Work: How to Build Delight, Curiosity, and Mastery into Every Lesson |
Upper School:
| Speaker | Workshop Title |
|---|---|
| Ranya Bailey | Physics First – The Why, and How, to Flip a 100-Year-Old Sequence Upside Down. |
| Kathy Becker | What Hath Poetry to do with Education? |
| Dane Bundy | Framing Stories with God’s Story: A Visual and Narrative Approach to Biblical Integration |
| Joshua Butcher | Modes of Memorization: Repetition and Application in the Upper School |
| Eric Callender | Living Logic: Practicing the Arts of Argument ands Discussion through Debates |
| Josh Catron | Teaching Math Classically: a Practical Approach. Applying the 7 Laws of Teaching in the Math Classroom |
| Annie Crawford | C. S. Lewis Symbol & Imagination |
| R. Connor Evans | From Facts to Form: Cultivating the Virtues of Scientific Inquiry |
| Ty Fischer | The Omnibus: 20 Years Studying the Great Books |
| Patrick Grafton-Cardwell | Teaching Long-form Writing to Adolescents in the Age of AI |
| Roy Griffith | Architecture: Imagination, Emulation, and the Liberal Arts |
| Chris Harris | The Rota Disputationis |
| Pamela Harwood | The Mirror of the Soul: The History and Purpose of Theatre in the Classical Tradition |
| Bethany Jones Wilkins | Of Pomegranates and Tetramorphs |
| Christopher Jero | Asking the Perfect Question: Formulate Questions That Stimulate Focused Reading |
| Janine Knedlik | Erasmus, Christian Humanism, and the Education of Christian Philosophers |
| Bryan Lynch | Planning with Purpose: Lesson Planning for Maximum Engagement and Thought |
| Carol Reynolds | The Art of Learning: Music and the Arts in Classical Education |
| Joseph Roberts | Progymnasmata as a Means for Mastering Text |
| Julie Robinson | A Classical Approach to Physical Education: Cultivating Virtue, Wisdom, and Strength through Play |
| Christopher Schlect | Active Reading: Plato and Augustine |
| Katie Sutton | Becoming an Annotating School |
| Steve Turley & Maureen Baldwin | Elemental Meaning: Teaching Euclid Dialectically |
| Mark Wheeler | The Seven Laws of Writing: Gregory’s Principles Applied to Writing Across the Curriculum |
| Benjamin Whittington | Plantinga, not Aristotle: How to Teach Logic Classically and Analytic |
| Josh Wilkerson | Building, Sustaining, and Supporting a Truly Classical Math Program |
All audiences:
| Speaker | Workshop Title |
|---|---|
| E. Calvin Beisner | How Classical Christian Education Can Rescue Science from Its Descent into Irrationalism |
| Tifany Borgelt | Defining, Refining, & Celebrating the Common Denominator in Collaboratives, Hybrids, University Style, & Blended Learning Models |
| Tifany Borgelt | Common Language for the Common Good in a Collaborative Model |
| Richard Cali | “What Hath Athens’ Questioning To Do With Jerusalem’s Parables?” |
| Thomas Caucutt | The Seven Laws Alive |
| Marlin Detweiler | The Real Benefit of a Classical Christian Education (working title) |
| Sara DeYoung | Norms and Nobility: Every Other Book on Classical Is A Footnote |
| Karen Elliott | Faculty Formation in Classical Christian Education |
| Emily Goodwin | All of Christ for All of Life: Hybrid Schooling and the Recovery of Christian Paideia |
| Kyle Hughes | Teaching for Goodness: Embodied Virtue Formation |
| Andrew Kern | The Power and Glory of Imitation in the Grammar School |
| Jarrod Richey | Real Harmony: Recovering Communal Singing in a Disembodied Age |
| Lucas Vieira | John Calvin’s Vision for Education: Recovering a Doxological Liberal Arts Model for Today’s Classrooms |
pre-Conference
Leader’s Day
Workshops:
| Speaker | Workshop Title |
|---|---|
| Brandon Allen | Case Studies: A Detailed Look at the Average Christian School’s Financial Position |
| Tyler Bauer | The Disenchanted Graduate: Why Classical Students Lose Wonder after Graduation |
| Andrew Crapuchettes | Solving the Hiring Problem |
| Margaret Finnegan | Building a Strong Student Ambassador Program and a Solid Admissions Process |
| Ron Jung | The Paideia Problem: Developing a Christian Paideia Beyond the Walls of Your School |
| William Mott | Navigating the Governance & Leadership Issues of Schools Connected to Churches: Bringing Awareness to Resolve Challenges |
| Courtney Palumbo | Biblical Peacemaking as a Framework for Your Christian School |
| Randy Sadler | Locking Shields: An Effective Approach to Security that Builds Community and Culture |
| David Seibel | On Glorifying God in Saying Goodbye: A Biblical Approach to Succession Planning and Unexpected Faculty and Family Departures |
| Nate Walker | Church Schools: Wisdom for Bringing Classical Education into the Local Church |
Academic Leader’s Day – Learn more
For academic deans, department heads, lead teachers, or specialty teachers
David Diener, Phillip Donnelly, & Todd Buras – The Pursuit of Wisdom and the Disputatio
| Speaker | Workshop Title |
|---|---|
| Diener | Welcome and Introduction |
| Buras | Wisdom Questions in Modern Education |
| Buras | Lessons from Socrates: The Pursuit of Wisdom in Conversation |
| Donnelly | Lessons from St. Thomas: The Pursuit of Wisdom on Paper |
| Lunch Break | Optional Live Reading of Antigone |
| Diener | The Alcuin Fellowship |
| Donnelly | Interpreting Sophocles’ Antigone through the Disputatio |
| Buras | Debating Sophocles’ Antigone through the Disputatio |
| Donnelly & Buras | Concluding Discussion |
Practicums
| Presenter | Practicum |
|---|---|
| The Focus Group | Fundraising for Classical Christian Schools |
| Christopher Schlect and Bryan Lynch | Teaching Lab – LEARN MORE |
| Institute for Classical Languages and Tim Griffith | Latin Practicum – LEARN MORE |
