Why teach literature? For wisdom. The writer is one who has eyes that see what's in front of his face. The Proverb writer, I think it was said, I walk by the place where the hedge was overgrown and the weeds were coming up. This...

As a member of the school board, you are responsible for overseeing many aspects of the school: finding staff, facilitating communication among school staff, parents, and church, providing finances, and giving oversight. What is...

Jonas : What are practical ways to have interaction with manipulative parents (with some of their tendencies), speaking truth yet keeping insurance for ourselves and our staff? Along with that, what's the core problem with...

What is the purpose for devotions? Are they another chance to practice your program songs, or a meaningful opportunity for student growth? Jonas shares a list of considerations for planning devotional times.

What is the value of teaching classic literature to children? Jonas explains that with literature, students connect to reality in a way they might not through other disciplines--and offers extended selections from poems and...

Cosette in Les Miserables from Wikimedia Commons On a school administrators' email group, Darrell Hershberger posed this question: What makes literature worthwhile? We're working on coming to an answer to this question that will...

What are the essentials in teaching children to read and write well? In this collection, Jonas offers considerations on literature, the library, and public reading practices.

No amount of skill or training can supplant the need for cultivating the inner qualities of the teacher’s heart. All teachers must carry authority, bring order, value learning, burn with compassion, have a vision, and exercise...

"American history teachers should be sure to trace the variety of religious issues that infuse the story."

This is a set of questions based on Rod & Staff's Handbook for Creative Teaching intended to help the aspiring student-teacher engage with the content of the book.

First-grade teachers expect that six-year-olds come to school with a solid foundation ready for formal reading instruction. Without that foundation, the students are ill-equipped to learn, and teachers cannot do in a few weeks in...

Enjoy a family-oriented evening as two presenters alternate with stories that illustrate wisdom from various school disciplines--nature, history, human interest, etc.

Studying quality literature influences how you live life from that day forward. You may gain knowledge, inspiration, warning, or motivation. Teachers can explore literary themes with students and demonstrate how to respond in a...

Enjoy a family-oriented evening as two presenters alternate with stories that illustrate wisdom from various school disciplines--nature, history, human interst, etc.

Oral communication is the ability to put knowledge into words. This talk looks at opportunities to cultivate this important life skill in the classroom with discussions, questions/answers, oral reports and reading, recitations...