11.3 The most critical ingredient for achievement in any classroom is the effectiveness of the teacher.
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Leaders Read: Essential questions are suitable for inquiry-based learning.
What is a Christian curriculum?
We decided that our best defense is to have a policy that our teachers cannot connect as “friends” with our students via social networking.
A balance of child-directed activities and teacher-directed
activities will help create in children a love of learning
that will be a wonderful foundation for the years ahead.
Not surprisingly, my colleagues never commented that they liked a book because it taught them communication skills or sentence structure or expanded their vocabulary!
Report on the Africa Roundtable—Dr. Shayesteh challenged delegates to consider seriously the agenda of the Muslims in their rapid advance to build Islamic schools and mosques across Africa.
Strategies to increase the attractiveness and effectiveness of professional development.
The quantity of homework is not the key to academic success, but rather the quality and purpose of the assignments.
Consider what it means to be a grown-up in this vital profession of teaching.
What if each of us, disciples of Jesus, whom He has called to the teaching profession, pursued being the kind of teacher, or rabbi, that Jesus was?
Teachers cannot take their students to a level of spiritual
development that they themselves have not experienced.
To help create a learning culture, the school leaders need to communicate an understanding of the pressure and time demands on the faculty.
Heart and Mind: Since grace so seldom affects the way we do school, should the lack of grace in our students surprise us?
What would merit calling a Christian school a professional learning community?
Better Business: The school should take into account whether the publisher will provide a faculty in-service training.
Quality school leadership requires a well-constructed and finely conceived understanding of yourself, of your position, of your staff, and of your community at large.
The principle of stewardship underscores the importance of learning about and engaging in the creation in a way that pleases the Owner—who is God.
Supervision of instruction plays a multifaceted role in the development of teachers’ instructional excellence in Christian schools.
To cultivate the teaching craft or to coast along on teacher charisma—each teacher must choose.
Learn from Experience: A successful campaign always begins with a clear and compelling vision.
Professionalism and Professional Development