What Works For Me

This week Rob talks to our guest about Teacher Appreciation Week, and what she does to honor the work teachers do!

You can reach our guest, Brooke, at [email protected]

To see some examples of her teacher appreciation ideas go here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13zVqznYeDMoiVw2G_x6guanvpKTazSJs?usp=sharing

This week we talk all things classroom management with Sarah Nixon. Sarah teaches 4th grade at Christ Lutheran School in Albuquerque, NM. You can reach Sarah at [email protected] with all your classroom management questions. 

This week Mike speaks with Brenda Jank about her work with schools equipping students and teachers to thrive. Brenda is the CEO of Run Hard. Rest Well. You can reach her at: [email protected]

This week we speak with Matt Hewitt from Pathfinder Church and St. John Lutheran School in Ellisville, MO.  He's talking about his role as their Chief Operations Officer.

You can contact Matt at Matt Hewitt [email protected]

This week we speak with Jess Koch about the religion curriculum she created for infant-4 year old children.

You can see what she created here: https://www.beyondbibletimeeccurriculum.net/

This week we speak with Kristen Okabayashi and Sally Heit at Hope Lutheran in Seattle. We talk about working as a strong team to drive school enrollment. You can contact Kristen and Sally at:

[email protected]

[email protected]

This week we speak with Richard Rausch about his journey from public education to becoming a Lutheran school principal. 

This week we talk to Karen Merritt about supporting students emotionally.

Karen serves as the school counselor at St. Paul's in Fort Worth, TX

Serving in ministry is tough, and serving in ministry with your spouse is still tough. This week we speak with Ben and Meghan Vogel about how they support each other as they serve.

You can reach Ben at [email protected]

and Meghan at [email protected]

This week we talk with Dr. Julian Petzold about school safety.

Dr. Julian Petzold earned his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and conducted research on best practices in school safety.  Through his extensive research, he learned that there is a lack of school safety plans that are practical, and therefore useful.  His desire is to bring the practical side of safety to schools, early childhood centers, and churches in order to empower them to be confident when a crisis occurs. 

You can reach Julian at [email protected]