This breakout will cover the value of fictional stories in shaping the imagination. This will include specific examples from the book Around the World in Eighty Days, with practical ideas for implementation of this or similar...

Geared to principals by a fellow principal, this breakout will focus on the importance of developing your vision in the realms of relating to parents, developing faculty, and discipling students. Come prepared for discussion....

Did you know that decreased physical activity can affect children's ability to learn? Play is not just for fun, it's an essential part of learning, creativity, and imagination. Jeremy Sauder highlights the benefits of movement,...

Everyone in the world has a specific role to fill to make others' lives better. In the same way, when school staff and students use their talents and collaborate together, great things can be accomplished. But how can we teach...

In this first session of his series on "Educating for the Kingdom," Jeremy Sauder defines both education and the "kingdom." He then turns his focus toward teaching with compassion, using Jesus and others as examples.

Creativity is found in the people of the classroom. To have a creative class, teachers must pay more attention to their students then to projects or programs. In his second talk in the "Educating for the Kingdom" series, Jeremy...

To educate for God's kingdom, we must get to the root of a matter and take action. Both of these things require us to think. As teachers, one of the greatest gifts we could give our students is the ability to think well. Jeremy...

Photo by Ekaterina Kartushina on Unsplash I’ve appreciated the letters and emails with updates and encouragement that I’ve seen other school leaders sending regularly. Here is a quote from a superintendent in one of our local...

Schools run better on efficiency. But is the efficiency to benefit the teacher or the student? Teachers that use a variety of methods creatively reach more effectively the different students in a classroom. This presentation...

Sometimes we get so caught up in our own stories that we forget about others in the room. Compassion enables us to imagine what others are feeling. Jeremy begins his first presentation in this teacher's week series by defining...

Learning isn't just learning; it is learning how to learn. Critical thinking is a mode of thinking in which the thinker improves his thinking. Jeremy challenges us to grow our students in critical thinking skills and gives...

Geared towards principals, this presentation focuses on the importance of developing your vision in the realms of relating to parents, developing faculty, and discipling students. Includes some discussion.

Collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce or create something. The essence of love is that we don't leave anyone behind. How do I bring the strength of collaboration into my classroom? Jeremy offers a variety...

Teachers should teach with heart, bringing their experiences and thoughts into the classroom. This impacts students' lives and helps prevent personal burnout.This clip is taken from Jeremy's talk "Am I a Teacher?" at Teachers'...

Does this sound familiar? First-graders come eager and ready to learn. Middle schoolers refer to school as prison. Seniors are glad they survived. The teacher has power to make or break this pattern, so what are some factors that...