Plenary Talks  |  Workshop Talks  |  Leader’s Day  |  Practicums  |  Academic Leader’s Day

Main Conference

Plenary Talks

  Leonard Sax – Boys Adrift: Boosting Boys’ Motivation and Achievement

  Michael Ward – The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God: C.S. Lewis, Narnia, and the Planets

  George Grant – Columbus the Crusader: A Window into the Medieval Reforming Traditions

  Doug Wilson – Where Was Your Face Before You Washed It? The Reformation was a Reformation, not a Do-Over

  Calvin Robinson – Returning to Prayer is the Only Way to Save the West

Conference Workshops

Track Plenary:

  Grant Horner – Who and What is Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man,” and Why Should You Care?

  Andrew Kern – The Glory of Mimetic Teaching

  Louis Markos –  I.  The Music of the Spheres: Dante’s Pre-Copernican Universe  |  II.  Where Athens and Jerusalem Meet: Why Dante Chose Virgil as his Guide

  Keith McCurdy – Shaping Culture: Conflict Resolution and Identity Formation with Consumer to Contributor

  Chris Perrin – Ten Essential Pedagogies of Classical Education: Principles not Techniques

 Michael Ward – Spiritual Symbols According to C.S. Lewis: What They Are, Why They’re Needed, How They Work

General Audience:

  George Grant – A Grand Time: Multi-Generational Succession Planning

  Christiana Hale – Re-enchanting the Modern Imagination: C.S. Lewis and the Medieval Cosmos

  Grant Horner – Perspective is Everything

  Clare Morell – The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones

  Ty Rallens – I Lived in C.S. Lewis’s House for Eight Years: The Practicalities of Carrying on a Tradition

  Doug Wilson – A Brief History of CCE

Administrators:

  Kirk Avery – The Goal of an Advancement Department: Moving Forward the Culture and Generosity of Your School

  Wally Caddow & Matt Dixon – Marketing 101: Telling Your Story, Growing Your School

  David Givens – Beyond Prom: Generational Celebration and the Marriage Feast of the Lamb

  Tim Griffith – Building a Successful Latin Program

  Patrick Halbrook & Gene Liechty – The Rhetoric & Aesthetics of School Marketing & Communications

  Patsy Hinton & Bonnie Fanelli – Event Planning Building Community and Support for Your School

  Jason Perry – Defending Your Flock

  Ursela Trantham – Beginning and Enhancing Your College and Career Counseling Program

All Teachers:

 Jacob Allee – The Value of the Medieval Style of Disputation

 Tim Anstine – Rethinking How to Teach the Biblical Flood

 Ranya Bailey – Don’t Stop Plundering the Egyptians Now! Make the Most of Singapore Math in a CCED Framework

 Elizabeth Carlson – Cultivating Curiosity: Incorporating Nature Studies the Charlotte Mason Way into your School Curriculum

 Joe Carlson – Teaching with Eyes on the Sun: The Doxological Pedagogy of Dante’s Paradiso

 Diane Carter – This is My Father’s World – Reuniting Science and Worship

 Pam Dollins – Collaborative Parent Roles Applied to the Trivium

  Denise Easter & Travis Lockyer – Laying A Foundation in Reading: Effective Reading Program Design and Delivery

 Mandi Gerth – Creating “Seven Laws” Lesson Plans

 Charis Hampel – Building Consistent Best Practices in the Grammar Classroom

 Sean Hadley – Get Medieval on Them: Training Teachers into the Classical Tradition

 Nicole Henry – How To Use Picture Studies to Enrich Latin Learning

 Josh Herring – Hugh of St. Victor: Nourishing the Soul of the Teacher

 Johnny Holcomb – Grammar Matters

 Buck Holler – Mentorship and Dialectic: A Shared Path to Wisdom for All Ages

 Tyler Howat – Preparing for the Climb to Mt. Thesis: Building a Thesis Program Throughout Your Logic & Rhetoric Schools

 Junius Johnson – Unlocking Music for the Study of Literature and Philosophy

 Robin Johnston – Who, me? Draw? (Drawing for Teachers)

 Colby Jones – Why Greek: Toward a Wholistic Apologetic for the Place of Ancient Greek in a Classical Christian Curriculum

 Caroline Leo – Giving Legs to Logic: Maximizing the Pay-Off of Logic Instruction in Your School

 Andrea Lipinski – Mimetic Teaching: The Path to Wisdom in the Grammar Stage (Part I);  in the Logic Stage (Part II

 Mandi Moore – Importance of Narration in Collaborative Schools

 Devin O’Donnell – How to Teach Like a Medieval

 Traci Pile – Practices for Building Thinking Classrooms

 Brent Pinkall – The Art of Topics: Recovering Common Sense and Ingenuity in the Rhetoric Classroom

 Kyle Rapinchuk – Bonaventure: Medieval Education for the Modern World

 Chris Schlect – Effective History Lessons

 Marcus Schwager – Billy Collins is Laughing at Our Lessons: Let’s Join Him

 James Seidel – Euclid and Beyond: Using Primary Sources in the Mathematics Classroom

 Megan Shepard – Beyond the Timeline: Myths, Mysteries, and Meanderings from Grammar History to the Great Books

 Eric Spee & Robert Stacey – ACCS Accreditation from the School’s Perspective

 Edward Varela – Structuring Your School Music Program for Success, even with Logic School Boys

 Lucas Vieira – Plundering the Treasures of the Past: The Value of Studying History According To Augustine, Hugh of St. Victor, and the 15th Century Humanists

 Christie Wright – How Rowdy Boys Become Good Men  |  Seven Laws of Teaching: Laws I-III; Laws IV-VII

Teacher Meet-ups (Coordinated by faculty at Regents School of Austin):

Meet Your Peers: K, 1, & 2

Meet Your Peers: 3, 4, & 5

Meet Your Peers: 6, 7, & 8

Meet Your Peers: Humanities

Meet Your Peers: Math

Meet Your Peers: Science

Meet Your Peers: Latin

Meet Your Peers: Fine Arts

pre-Conference (Learn more)

Leader’s Day

Plenary Talks:

  Clifford Humphrey – Leadership as “Compelling Human Excellence”

 Josh Gibbs, Ryan Hammill, Clifford Humphrey, & Colin Redemer – Panel Discussion | Aristocratic Education and the American Tradition

Workshops:

 Chad Gallagher – Safeguarding the Culture of Your School – The Greatest Challenge of Growth

 Robert Arritt – Red to Black – Lessons Learned in Setting Tuition Rates

 Anthony Urti – The Classical Disconnect: Movement Ideals versus Classroom Realities<

Via Collegium Series: By the Regents School of Austin Administrative Staff

 Dan Peterson, Head of School – Via Collegium #1: Upstream Harkness

 Josh Simmons, ​​Head of Rhetoric – Via Collegium #2: Developing a Team of Leaders

 Lee Jones, Chief Financial Officer – Via Collegium #3: Sustainable Budgeting and Strategic Tuition Setting

 Ronnie Long, Head of Grammar – Via Collegium #4: Partnering Well with Parents

 Bryan Gustin, Chief Technology Officer – Via Collegium #5: Cybersecurity on a Shoestring Budget

Practicums

Latin: Classroom Techniques and Wisdom for Novice and Practiced Latin Teachers 

 Tim Griffith, Karen Moore, & Katherine Bradshaw – Teaching Latin at Any Level (With the ACCS Institute for Classical Languages & the Ancient Language Institute)

Learning Challenges in the Classical Christian Classroom

 Heather Lloyd – Coaching Struggling Students: Helping Every Student Thrive in the Classical Classroom

Startup Schools: For New or Potential Founding Members of Classical Christian Startup Schools 

 Jason Farley, Gene Leichty, & Matt Metcalf – Starting a Classical Christian School (With Concordis Education Partners)

Academic Leader’s Day

For academic deans, department heads, lead teachers, or specialty teachers

 David Diener, Phil Donnelly, Chris Schlect & Andrew Selby – Renewing Christian Rhetoric for Contemporary Classrooms: Human Persuasion and Practical Wisdom in a Digital Age