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Owners vs. Managers: Why Classroom Management Isn’t Enough

Blog, Educator Insights, Effectiveness, Encouragement, Pedagogy, Philosophy, School Leadership, Teaching Strategies | September 29, 2023

The Teacher’s Lounge podcast welcomed Kellie Tuten this week with an interview about her passionate desire to lead other teachers to become better at their craft, to show them how they can be more than just “classroom managers.” We’re including part of the...

Life on the Other Side

Blog, Decision-Making, Encouragement, Leadership, School Leadership | September 22, 2023

Why are you an educator? There are likely many reasons, but one might be the never-ending adventures (challenges) and the fact that no two days at work are ever the same. Another advantage can be the opportunities to advance. One can start as an elementary teacher and...

Teacher Evaluation from a Christian Perspective

Accountability, Blog, Discipleship, Educator Insights, Leadership, School Leadership | September 8, 2023

This article originally appeared in the CACE Blog on July 21, 2014. “You just hire the best people possible and let them go; there is not much you can do after that.” This is a perspective commonly voiced to me by administrators. Truth be told, teacher evaluation is...

Meeting Needs Through Mentoring

Accountability, Announcements, Blog, Community, Leadership, Mentoring, School Leadership | August 15, 2023

“Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.” (Proverbs 9:9). As a new school year is gearing up in Christian schools around the country, and we welcome new faculty members and administrators to our rosters,...

Initial Steps to Robust and Rigorous Curriculum Guides

Blog, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Mapping, Professional Development, School Culture, School Leadership, School Mission | June 13, 2023

Editor’s note: If you would like to learn more about what Dr. Long believes should encourage faith-based schools to strive for excellence, click here. One of the goals that I hoped to achieve before my second retirement was to facilitate the development of...

Christian Education: An Alternative or a Standard?

Blog, School Culture, School Leadership, School Mission | June 2, 2023

I don’t know how often The New York Times features an article on Christian education, but they did this past October. They report that Christian schools across the country are booming. This February, The Grand Rapids Press reported similarly. Christian schools across...