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Austin Shenk

Austin Shenk

Tidings of Peace Christian School

Tidings of Peace Christian School By-Laws

Tidings of Peace Christian School's bylaws govern the qualifications, duties, and elections of officers, the protocol for calling meetings, and related agreements that allow the board to effectively guide the school. You may wish...

TOP Staff Manual 2018

This staff manual may serve as a source of ideas for your school's manual. Topics include staff responsibilities, guidelines for safety, discipline, and dress, and technology use.

Board Binder Tabs

This simple document can be quickly modified and printed to provide the cover and spine insert for a 3-ring binder.

TOP Parent and Student Handbook

The Tidings of Peace handbook explains schedules and procedures of the school's operations, but also grounds the expectations for parents and students in the school's faith and mission. The handbook describes expectations for...

TOP Board Member Responsibilities

So you've joined the school board. What are you supposed to do? Tidings of Peace drew up this description of the opportunities and responsibilities of board members. The document deals, not with specific tasks assigned to board...

Modeling Faithfulness

Image by Steve Evans on Flickr ; CC BY-NC 2.0 As a 20-year-old, I entered the teaching profession as a pit stop on my way to bigger and better things. Nine years later I’m still here. In that time, I’ve learned the best thing a...

Finding Their Place in the World: Teaching History with a Redemptive Perspective

I love to teach history because it is the one subject where we differ as Anabaptists from many other Christians and from the world. It is the place where I get to teach my students about how to view what's happened in history....

Three Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Started Teaching

As a 20-year-old, I started my career in education with no desire to make it a career. I knew it was a good work and I wanted to do well for at least one year but I had no idea then that I would be entering my 9 th year as I...

It Makes Life Really Simple: How LastPass Lets You Forget Your Passwords

Yes, I wanted to share that. Let's go for it. If you're like me, you may be a busy teacher who doesn't have time to worry about technology and security and all those kind of fun things that aren't really fun. I found out a while...

Speed It Up—Carefully: Old and New Technology to Serve Your School

Technology. We think that it's our friend, but in reality, the thing about technology is, it accelerates. I was inspired by the book Good to Great when it talked about [how] technology is an accelerator to make you great, but...

Good Morning, Sunshine!

Life change comes through establishing and working proper routines. As a 20-year-old, I walked into work one day with my drowsiness very apparent. My co worker knew that I was going to be teaching the following year. Part way...

You Aren’t as Important as You Might Think, But You’re Priceless

As an immature, proud, and inexperienced 20 year old, I applied to teach at Tidings of Peace Christian School. The administrator, who also happened to be my father, gladly accepted my willingness to serve as a teacher’s aide. The...

Why You Need a Bluetooth Earpiece

As a 20-year-old, I had a burning desire to be a missionary pilot. But I didn't look forward to just one thing about the job. I didn't like the need for continual education. So after a failed attempt at pilot training, I decided...

Research Paper Binder

Austin offers this research paper course as an aid in developing the skills of writing. Students are guided to choose a type of research paper, select and develop their topic, and conduct appropriate research. Use these documents...

Public Speaking Activities Slides

Austin shares a collection of ideas for public speaking practice. These activities can help students overcome the barrier of fear and exercise their public speaking capacities. Austin says, "Here is a fun speech class activity we...

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