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Denise Easter

Denise Easter

Workshop Speaker Laying A Foundation in Reading: Effective Reading Program Design and Delivery Joint presentation with Travis Lockyer. There is a misconception that children are wired to learn reading like we learn to talk. We are not wired to read. We must be taught....
Robert Stacey

Robert Stacey

Workshop Speaker ACCS Accreditation from the School’s Perspective Joint presentation with Eric Spee. The ACCS accreditation program is “A School-Improvement Program for School Serving Christ through a Classical Christian Education.” In this panel, administrators who...
Christie Wright

Christie Wright

Workshop Speaker The Seven Laws of Teaching: Laws I-III (Part 1) John Milton Gregory’s Seven Laws of Teaching remains a constant north star for classical pedagogy and a constant need for review among teachers and administrators. This talk aims to introduce the...
Edward Varela

Edward Varela

Workshop Speaker Structuring Your School Music Program for Success, even with Logic School Boys Choirs, orchestra, bands, recorders, musicals, traveling ensembles, music lessons, competitions? With so many options to the school music teacher, which path should your...
James Seidel

James Seidel

Workshop Speaker Euclid and Beyond: Using Primary Sources in the Mathematics Classroom The use of primary sources is a hallmark of classical, Christian education. However, in mathematics classes, the use of primary sources has lagged considerably, other than some...
Marcus Schwager

Marcus Schwager

Workshop Speaker Billy Collins is Laughing at Our Lessons: Let’s Join Him “What I am pointing out is that unless you are at home in the metaphor, unless you have had your proper poetical education in the metaphor, you are not safe anywhere” (Robert...
Kyle Rapinchuk

Kyle Rapinchuk

Workshop Speaker Bonaventure: Medieval Education for the Modern World The writings of St. Bonaventure in the 13th century provide the framework for a good, true, and beautiful classical Christian education in the 21st century. This workshop will highlight...
Brent Pinkall

Brent Pinkall

Workshop Speaker The Art of Topics: Recovering Common Sense and Ingenuity in the Rhetoric Classroom Few aspects of rhetoric are more neglected or misunderstood than invention. If it is taught at all, it often takes the form of academic “research” or “analysis,” which...
Traci Pile

Traci Pile

Workshop Speaker Practices for Building Thinking Classrooms As classical educators, we strive to get our students thinking. Are there practices we can add to our toolbox that can help us better engage student thinking? In Building Thinking Classrooms, Peter Liljedahl...
Joe Carlson

Joe Carlson

Workshop Speaker Teaching with Eyes on the Sun: The Doxological Pedagogy of Dante’s Paradiso Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever; the chief end of education must be to equip students to do just that. The classroom’s primary purpose therefore...
Robin Johnston

Robin Johnston

Workshop Speaker Who, me? Draw? (Drawing for Teachers) Ever felt inadequate when doing nature study or attempting to draw something? Would you like to know some simple steps to improve your drawing abilities? “Drawing for Teachers” will help! In this workshop, we will...
Devin O’Donnell

Devin O’Donnell

Workshop Speaker How to Teach Like a Medieval There is no shortage of ways and strategies to help us teach the Great Books. From practicable tools to historical pedagogies, various techniques abound. But not all approaches to the Great Books (especially the...