Our guest Dr. Gene Frost serves as the executive director of the Wheaton Academy Foundation and the Wheaton Academy Institute, and also served as Head of School at Wheaton Academy from 2006-2018. He is an ordained minister who began his career as a youth pastor and Bible teacher in a Christian school, then spent 22 years in the business world. His diverse business experience includes being a pit trader on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, a corporate trainer and a human resources executive.

Gene is the author of the book, Learning From the Best: Growing Greatness in the Christian School, and is founder of the Best Practices Conference for Aspiring Schools.

This interview covers a wide range of topics from comparing what Dr. Frost calls the old "common school model" with the new mindset of the "uncommon school model", as well as, best practices regarding things like leadership, and teacher evaluation, and training teachers to lead off the map.

To register for the Best Practices Conference for Aspiring Schools, (June 22 through the 24), go to wa-institute.org/conference.

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