The Teaching for Transformation framework has empowered our staff and students to engage in deeper learning experiences. We are shifting away from breadth of content to depth of content.
I’m Glad You’re Here
Teaching is toil. Planning, grading, instructing, disciplining, assessing, reteaching, reassessing, re-reassessing–rinse and repeat. The struggle never ends. What’s worse is that you rarely see the fruit of your labor. For example, when’s the last time you felt a deep sense of completeness after planning a lesson? After teaching a lesson? After an assessment? After a school day? After a school … Read More
Engaging the Head and the Heart in History Class
My Deep Hope for my US History students is that they will see the patterns of God’s story in the blessings and curses of their American inheritance and respond by joining in God’s restorative work.
Courageous Explorers Highlight Black Mathematicians
To support a shift in mindset about mathematics that helps students persevere, I have chosen Courageous Explorers as my Storyline.
Created to Create: Photography Through the Lens of Christ
Emily Schwarz, a second-year teacher at Sioux Falls Christian in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, leads the high school Photography class.
Build the Beautiful City: Deep Hope Among Invasive Blackberry Bushes
Hannah Munnalall’s Deep Hope for herself and her students is to cultivate God’s Garden City as His representatives by exploring God’s creation in the way He originally intended.
Power in a Name
The truth is, a new name changes the lens through which content is perceived and taught.
Is Christian Education ‘Worth It’?
Christian education is a formational experience. It is stated in most Christian schools’ missions to offer a Christ-centered education, a high standard for academic rigor, and a response to do kingdom work.