by beth mccabe | Feb 28, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Traditions How Learning Outside the Classroom will Enrich your School “In a society longing for community connection, education leaders need to consider how to respond to this longing in a way that is sustainable and supports to learning goals. But what...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker The Path to Reading From Phonics to Fluency From Decoding to Discussion This workshop explores a unified classical approach to reading that forms both the mind and the soul. First, we examine how Spell to Write and Read builds confident, accurate decoders by...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker The Nature of Man and How it Affects the Nature of Education Children are not blank slates, but noble-but-fallen creatures endowed with reason, purpose, and meaning, who mustn’t be herded or manipulated to serve a purpose foreign to their essential nature and...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker The Truth, Beauty and Goodness of the Arts In today’s world, students are often influenced by popular artists, media and influencers. Their brains melt around how many “likes,” “loves” or followers they can get. Often, students...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Planning with Purpose Lesson Planning for Maximum Engagement and Thought Are our students simply completing tasks or they mastering ideas? As we develop lesson plans that require students to do increasingly challenging thinking about important content and...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Dictation and the Art of Grammar The art of grammar develops a sensitivity to language; this language sensitivity is formed in reading, hearing, speaking, and writing the language. By attentively reading harmonious language, a student further becomes sensitive...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Steps to Develop a Thriving College Counseling Program in your School An overview of how to develop a college and career counseling program that serves your school and students well including programming, support, and guidance. Attendees will learn what a...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker How the House System can Produce a Culture of Virtue in your School In this workshop, you will gain practical tools you can implement immediately to strengthen or launch a house system at your school. At Arma Dei Academy in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, our house...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Where The Wild Things Are Educational Models Tailored to the Needs of Boys Many boys are disoriented in modern education—not because they lack ability, but because their God-given design is overlooked. This session presents a hopeful, research-grounded model...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Erasmus, Christian Humanism, and the Education of Christian Philosophers Christian humanists of the early sixteenth century ushered in a new intellectual movement in European history: one that stressed deep engagement with ancient texts and a belief that God...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker The Power and Glory of Imitation in the Grammar School All learning is imitation. In this talk, Kern describes the glory of being an imitation (an image) of God, and of our Lord who came into the world and only and always imitated His Father. Then he describes...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker The First Days Creating Order, Cultivating Virtue Truth, goodness, and beauty are found in a well managed classroom. As we teach and train procedures and habits, we have the opportunity to train character and virtue. When students stand and greet visitors to...