Consider creating a Deeper Learning Slice for your staff to experience firsthand the impact of experiential learning.  This podcast explores what is a slice and how to create a slice for your staff as a Professional Development experience.  

If you'd like to connect about planning a Slice for your staff, please contact me at:  [email protected]

For futher resources on BBK (Building Background Knowledge, visit EL Education:

Krista Wallace interviews Dr. Vernita Mayfield for the virtual keynote from CDL4.  Dr. Mayfield is the President of Leadervation Learning and author of the book, Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege.  

Leadervation Learning:  https://leadervationlearning.com/

Dr. Mayfield's book: https://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Competence-Now-Exercises-Understand/dp/1416628495

Steven Levy and Sara Espinoza interview Ron Berger, Senior Advisor for Teaching and Learning with EL Education.  Check out the new book, We are Crew, as well as the video, Brave and Honest Communication through Crew.  

Questions they consider include:

1. How do you find time to schedule Crew?

2. How do you form small groups and still have an adult with each of these Crews?

3. Is there a curriculum for Crew?

4. How do you maintain Crew culture from year to year?

5. How do you have discussions around hard questions?

6. How do you start Crew?

7. Are there best practices around group numbers per grade level?

8. For middle school students, what are some recommendations for this age group?

9. How do you get buy-in from your school?

Book:  https://eleducation.org/resources/we-are-crew

Video: https://eleducation.org/resources/brave-and-honest-communication-in-crew

Today's show features an interview with Ron Berger, Senior Advisor for Teaching & Learning with EL Education.  Ron talks about the structures and the culture of Crew. He is interviewed by Steven Levy, co-chair of Christian Deeper Learning.

Ron shares a video on the "Power of Crew", which can be viewed online.

Check out Ron's latest book:  We are Crew - A Teamwork Approach to School Culture. 

Listen to our Welcome Session of the CDL4 virtual gathering, led by Steven Levy and Dan Beerens.  

To learn more about Christian Deeper Learning, visit our website: christiandeeperlearning.org

Read the white paper that dives even deeper into Christian Deeper Learning!

Notes by Dr. Stan Ward:

Host Krista Adams Wallace shares her own story of starting the Doulos Discovery School and WHY Christian Deeper Learning is important to her.

To learn more about the Doulos Discovery School, visit:

The three co-chairs for Christian Deeper Learning discuss how we connected to Deeper Learning, as well as the people who have influenced and inspired us on the journey.  

A white paper that provides a definition of Christian Deeper Learning can be found here.  

Darryl DeBoer is the Director of Teaching for Transformation, a distinctively Christian method of Deeper Learning.  Learn more at https://www.teachingfortransformation.org/ and discover their Deep Hope.  

Dr. Lynn Swaner, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer with ACSI, shares why service learning is a powerful tool for Christian schools.  

Check out ACSI's "Flourishing Schools Institute" in 2021: https://www.acsi.org/home/professional-development/fsi