The Educator as Expert Builder (Part 1 – For the Educator)

Biblical Integration, Blog, Character Development, Classroom Culture, Discipleship, Faith Learning, Spiritual Formation | June 11, 2024

1 Corinthians 3: 10 (NIV) “By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds.” “Such a classroom honors one of the most vital needs our students have: to be...

An Educator’s Place on the Ladder (Part 2, For the Classroom)

Biblical Integration, Blog, Character Development, Discipleship, Encouragement, Faith Learning, Spiritual Formation, Teaching for Transformation | May 28, 2024

Genesis 28: 12-16 (NIV) “He (Jacob) had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: ‘I am the Lord, the God of your...

Identifying “Take-Aways for Life”: Using Essential Questions to Nurture Faith

Blog, Essential Questions, Faith Learning | May 24, 2024

Editor’s note: The following article by Dan Beerens was originally posted on the Nurturing Faith Blog on February 23, 2013. If one accepts the idea that our main focus in Christian education needs to be nurturing student faith in the educational context, then it is...

Preparing Students for College

Blog, Biblical Integration, Character Development, Faith Learning, Integration, Podcast, Spiritual Formation, Teaching Strategies | May 15, 2024

Curriculum Trak is happy to welcome to The Teacher’s Lounge podcast guest presenters,Tripp and Megan Almon, who would like to share some of the characteristics and qualities that they find in students who are able to resiliently face views that are antithetical to a...

10 Best Practices for School Technology

Blog, Biblical Integration, Faith Learning, Technology Integration | May 3, 2024

This post was originally published through protectyoungeyes.com. It was written in collaboration with Blythe Winslow, Founder of Everyschool, and Amy Tyson, Co-Founder and LISW. Both bring a research- and child-development-centric view to educational technology...

Faith Journey – Interview with Kent Ezell

Announcements, Biblical Integration, Blog, Faith Learning, Spiritual Formation, The Teacher's Lounge | April 24, 2024

We recently welcomed to the Teacher’s Lounge podcast a friend and colleague, Kent Ezell. He is a teacher and a professor, but also the founder of Faith Journey. And so we want to talk to him about that product and an exciting opportunity that we have created...