The Teacher's Lounge Presented by Curriculum Trak

Mary Lou Capan of Capan Consultants and an experienced Curriculum Trak trainer helps clarify the role of the teacher when it comes to curriculum design. She also provides some insights into her upcoming Instructional Practices Cohorts.

Register for her webinar at https://support.curriculumtrak.com/support/events.cfm?view=list_view&categoryid=&month=3&year=2024#date_202431

Dr. Lisa Joyner, Chair of Christian Education for Veritas Baptist College, describes her path into special education and how she is using her experiences to equip other educators who are seeking to serve every student who comes their way.

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Serving Learning Disabled Students In Christian Schools by Debbie Irwin and Myrna Easom

Planning, Writing, and Implementing IEP's: A Christian Approach by Bunnie Loree Claxton

Dr. Lisa Joyner, Chair of Christian Education for Veritas Baptist College, describes her path into special education and how she is using her experiences to equip other educators who are seeking to serve every student who comes their way.

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Serving Learning Disabled Students In Christian Schools by Debbie Irwin and Myrna Easom

Planning, Writing, and Implementing IEP's: A Christian Approach by Bunnie Loree Claxton

Chris McKenna is a former consultant and youth ministry director and founder of Protect Young Eyes whose mission is to help families, schools, and churches create safer digital spaces. Chris joins the Teacher’s Lounge to help educators understand the current landscape of challenges facing kids and adults today.

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Amy Clauson, chief venture strategist at Maranatha Christian School near Minneapolis, MN joins the Teacher’s Lounge to discuss the efforts Maranatha Christian is engaging in to help faith-based educators in their region. Hear Amy describe how their strategic plan has driven them host a regional conference and how you might be part of it.

Biblical integration has been an important element of the Christian school movement. However, in order to nurture genuine growth in a Biblical worldview, we must also look at our total school and classroom environments to ensure that we’re immersing our students in the life of the Kingdom of God at every turn. Join us to learn four central teaching commitments that every Christian school teacher should make in the process of creating Biblical worldview immersive environments for students. You may be surprised at how much our pedagogical choices can impact our students’ worldview development.

Dr. Roger Erdvig serves as headmaster for a Christian school and teaches qualitative research methods to doctoral students. He is a recognized leader in the field of Biblical worldview formation and is the author of Beyond Biblical Integration: Immersing You and Your Students in a Biblical Worldview and co-author of Bring It To Life: Christian Education and the Transformative Power of Service-Learning. In the summer of 2023, Roger will be assuming the role of Director of Worldview Education at Summit Ministries in Colorado Springs, CO, where he will give his full time to equipping churches, parents, and educational institutions to nurture a Biblical worldview in the emerging generations.

Dawn Fountain, a teacher and administrator with over 20 years of both public and faith based educational experience will be our presenter today. Most recently, Dawn helped to start Northeast Christian High School. She also works to support other startup schools and promote curriculum mapping and other best practices of Christian education.

Why Documenting Our Curricular Decisions Matter

Ryan O’Dowd is creator of the Wrink.ly app, a free Scripture memory app. He joins the Teacher’s Lounge to discuss how his passion for Scripture memory, picked up in his childhood Bible quizzing days, led him into software engineering. He shares why he wants to make Scripture memory easier for students, classrooms, and even adults.

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Ron Gordon, from Renew a Nation joins the Teacher’s Lounge to provide some practical insights into the pursuit of a Christian worldview in Christian education.