The Dock School Leader Podcast

Does the thought of teaching invigorate you, or has the classroom become misery?

Anthony calls us to depend, always, on the Lord, and to curb the influences that can drag down our teaching.

This excerpt was taken from a longer talk, Re-Igniting the Passion to Teach presented at Teachers Week 2018.

What does it take to sustain a city? How can your students appreciate the work and resources required to make their daily lives comfortable? Austin wanted to send his students into the wilderness to experience for themselves the challenge of starting afresh. Instead, he and his team developed Civitas. Watch as Austin shares his motivation for designing the game and demonstrates its components.

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Could your students benefit from more variety in spelling review? Keith shares a spelling review technique that invites students to misspell purposely—only so that their classmates can correct them. Keith describes the benefits of intentional misspelling: students anticipate and prevent common spelling mistakes.

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What are the theological and spiritual foundations for peace?

We all want peace in ourselves and in others around us. How can we nuture attitudes and practices for peace?

What does peace look like when demonstrated? Mr. Burdge sketches the stories of conscientious objectors in World War I.

Peace is something that we all desire around us. How can we spread peace around us in the everyday routines of our classrooms?

If your school uses self-paced instruction, self-checking can help students and teachers. Students can identify and correct their own errors and the teacher saves time. But how do you help students maintain integrity?

David explains a simple method he uses to support students' efforts at maintaining integrity. Whether you choose to use a smartphone like David does, or adapt a lower-tech approach, consider a random approach to integrity.

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Are your students tired of writing class? Are you? Janita's students found composition class tough and uninspiring until she introduced them to journaling. Janita describes the range of projects that can go into a journal, and answers questions like "What kind of notebook should I buy?" and "How do I grade a journal entry?"

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If the purpose of your school is to bring people to Christ, why worry about academics? Matt challenges this view, and calls us to see Christian education as excellent education.

This excerpt was taken from a longer talk, Supporting the Parents and Selling the Church, presented at Teachers Week 2018.