Encouragement - Curriculumtrak

A Thrill of Hope

Blog, Character Development, Educator Insights, Encouragement, Reflection, Spiritual Formation | December 21, 2023

I love the Christmas season. I always have. I took my family to a local Christmas tree farm to cut down our own tree this year. Any other time of year the errand would’ve seemed a nightmare. Who wants to stand out in the cold looking over a bunch of evergreens trying...

Why Documenting Our Curricular Decisions Matters

Biblical Integration, Blog, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Trak, Educator Insights, Encouragement, Faith Learning, Professional Development, Spiritual Formation | December 14, 2023

Curriculum Trak recently hosted a webinar about why documenting our curricular decisions matter, with Dawn Fountain, a teacher and administrator with over 20 years of both public and faith-based educational experience. Most recently, Dawn helped to start Northeast...

God Fills in the Gaps

Blog, Character Development, Discipleship, Encouragement, Spiritual Formation | December 8, 2023

The miracle of Jesus feeding a large crowd is recorded in all 4 gospels. I wonder, what is the background behind this story? Did the boy’s mother force him to give up his lunch? Did he not like his lunch, or was it drummed into his head to share? I guess we will...

Identifying and Equipping Highly Sensitive Students & Teachers

Blog, Character Development, Encouragement, Spiritual Formation, Teaching Strategies, The Teacher's Lounge | November 29, 2023

The Teacher’s Lounge was honored to have Julia Appleton, former Curriculum Director, Yearbook Advisor, and Secondary English Teacher at Academia Los Pinares in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, joining the Teacher’s Lounge today. Julia is joining us to discuss a subset of...

A Great Lesson Learned by a Mom & Teacher

Blog, Character Development, Effectiveness, Encouragement | November 17, 2023

I remember my third grade teacher telling me that most of our parents wish they could be children again. I thought my third grade teacher was wrong and slightly crazy, because I could not wait to grow up! Growing up was taking soooo long. I polled my first grade class...

Teaching Christianly, Part 1

Biblical Integration, Blog, Community, Educator Insights, Encouragement, Faith Learning, Philosophy, School Mission, Spiritual Formation | November 8, 2023

Dr. Mark Witwer, with over 41 years as a teacher, curriculum leader, college professor, joined the Curriculum Trak podcast, The Teacher’s Lounge, recently to dig deeper into the thoughts he shared a while ago on the Curriculum Trak blog about teaching Christianly, as...