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K-12 Teachers’ Perspectives on Teaching Christianly: Part 2

Biblical Integration, Blog, Faith Learning, Integration, Pedagogy, Spiritual Formation, Teaching Strategies | February 7, 2024

You can listen to Dr. Mark Witwer’s podcast, “Teaching Christianly, part 2,” by going to the Curriculum Trak home page, or simply use this link. What do teachers think about how faith should inform learning? Several years ago, over 1000 K-12 teachers...

The Flipped Classroom

Blog, Character Development, Classroom Culture, Educator Insights, Encouragement, Teaching Strategies | January 16, 2024

I recently just celebrated my 20th anniversary of being a classroom teacher. I do not know what it is about this anniversary, but I have found myself being more reflective than usual about the past two decades. I will be doing something mundane–chopping vegetables,...

The Educator as Host (Part 2 – In the Classroom)

Blog, Biblical Integration, Character Development, Classroom Culture, Spiritual Formation, Teaching Strategies | December 19, 2023

1 Peter 4: 10 -11 (NIV) “Each one should use whatever gifts he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the...

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...

But I Thought I Was Hired to Teach

Biblical Integration, Blog, Classroom Culture, Discipleship, Faith Learning, School Mission, Spiritual Formation, Teaching Strategies | October 27, 2023

This is a pep talk about an elephant in the classroom: Must Christian educators also be youth pastors? What am I talking about? My story is a little embarrassing, but if you are like me, it might be encouraging. If you are not like me, it might help you understand...

Where does the Lesson Plan Begin? Remote and Proximate Preparation for Christian Pedagogy

Blog, Lesson Planner, Pedagogy, Teaching Strategies | October 3, 2023

The most important part of a lesson plan is prayer. In order to prove this thesis, I will make a distinction between remote and proximate preparation for teaching. Having defined this distinction and these terms, I will then show the hierarchy of goods in the...