In a growing sea of collaboratives, hybrids, blended learning, and university-style schools appearing in the greater American educational landscape, describing what they are and how they operate is a challenge. Rare are two schools that do, much less define, these things the same way.

How then do you effectively communicate who you are, what you do, and how you support those families seeking an alternative to a five-day model – even to those you currently serve? The increased dependency upon the parental participation necessary to execute mission, vision, and curriculum can result in complications and conundrums unique to a program that does not meet five days a week.

Running a Collaborative is not for the faint in heart! But here is where being classical Christian educators is a superpower.

Join a group of like-minded educators for an interactive session as we walk down the Trivium path to investigate, celebrate and effectively communicate the common denominator that defines the success of any classical Christian educational model that meets less than five days a week.

Tifany Borgelt was born in Schleswig-Holstein to a German nurse and Japanese-American serviceman. Her favorite pastimes include reading, thrifting, and exploring the Good, True, and Beautiful. For the last 17 years, she has filled multiple roles in classical Christian collaborative communities, beginning in 2008 when she and her husband embarked on the adventure of a lifetime by classically educating their children from elementary through high school.

She loves co-laboring alongside parents to equip their children with the classical arts and tools of learning so that they might become articulate ambassadors of Christ who winsomely and intelligently engage the world around them to the glory of God.

Mrs. Borgelt holds a BA in Communications from Pepperdine University and briefly studied in their Master of Divinity program before moving to Nashville to work in the Christian music and publishing industry. Today, she resides in Parker, Colorado, with her beloved, Chris.