PRACTICUM: TEACHING LATIN
Teaching Latin at any level:
Classroom techniques and wisdom for novice and practiced Latin teachers
Would you like to improve your Latin classroom skills in just one day? Join experts from the ACCS Institute for Classical Languages and elsewhere for a day of instruction in teaching Latin.
Pre-conference | Wednesday, June 24 | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Practicums are offered in-person only.
Latin classes tend to split into two groups: the strong and the weak. The classic dilemma for Latin teachers is whether to go fast and lose the weak, or slow down and lose the strong. This year’s Latin practicum will focus on strategies and exercises that keep all your students engaged, all while employing a solid middle methodology: a mixture of listening, reading, writing, speaking and grammatical theory.
As always, ICL practicum participants learn from principles and practice consistent with the most successful classical educators of the past; this year, however, they will focus on how to solve some of the most common practical problems of the Latin classroom in our time:
1) how to use multiple learning pathways and methodological tools to a larger range of students,
2) how to set up group exercises and peer-to-peer interaction to help every student grow,
3) how to craft assignments that challenge the top but do not drown the bottom,
4) how to employ classroom tools and arrangements to keep the bottom of the class from falling behind, and
5) how to teach multiple skill levels simultaneously in one classroom
The Institute for Classical Languages (ICL) exists for one purpose: to help teachers and schools teach Classical Languages with greater success. The ICL Latin Practicum is designed for teachers and administrators at every level of skill in Latin. We do this by organizing participants into multiple skill-based tables, so every participant will be with those of similar skill and working on exercises that match their own skill level. No matter their skill level coming in, all participants will learn or practice powerful techniques useful for teaching Latin in their own schools.
Tim Griffith
He is the founder of Picta Dicta, a hybrid digital-print publisher of curricula and supplements for teaching classical languages, and is either an author or editor of a number of works related to classical education.
Karen T. Moore
Karen T. Moore has served as the Classical Languages Chair at Grace Academy of Georgetown, Tx. since 2002, where she developed the 3-12th grade classical languages program. She is also a course lecturer for ClassicalU and an adjunct professor of Classics at Houston Christian University. Karen is the author of several Latin books including the Libellus de Historia series, the Latin Alive series (Classical Academic Press) and Hancus ille Vaccanis (Logos Press). Karen holds a B.A. in Classics from the University of Texas at Austin and an MSc with Distinction in Classical Art & Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Karen and her husband Bryan are the proud parents of three Grace Academy alumni. When not reading Latin literature, Karen can be found working in her garden, hiking with her family, or leading her students in adventures across Italy.
Joseph Roberts
Joseph Roberts was born and raised in Aguascalientes, Mexico to missionaries who helped start a Christian school and Christian bookstores. He graduated from New Saint Andrews College in 2016 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Culture, and in 2017 with a M.A. in Theology and Letters. While in school, Joseph taught World History, Geography, and Chess at a homeschool co-op for two years. After graduation, Joseph taught full-time for two years at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho (concentrating on subjects such as Old Testament Survey and Latin) before becoming the Headmaster of Lewis Clark Christian School. His favorite subjects are History, Theology, and Literature. Besides teaching, Joseph has helped coach cross-country and track. His favorite sports are running, soccer, and volleyball. Joseph speaks English, Spanish, and Latin, and can read Greek and Hebrew. He also plays a mean game of chess, enjoys backpacking and hiking in any weather, and loves cooking for family and friends.
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