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Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010

Habits of an Effective Teacher

Habits of an Effective Teacher

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teachers Week 2010, Luke Bennetch shares a variety of ways to grow as a teacher, including collecting books, staying organized, continued study, saving, memorizing, writing, timing procedural...

Cultivating a Love for Learning

Cultivating a Love for Learning

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Pete Peters communicates the spirit and shares the knowledge that forms the foundation of real teaching--unselfish love for students, willingness to grow, and clear...

Helping Students Think as Anabaptists through Teaching Math Logic and Science

Helping Students Think as Anabaptists through Teaching Math Logic and Science

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Pete Peters speaks about the importance of respecting the 'hard sciences' as reflecting God's truthfulness and consistency. There is perhaps less in a proper teaching of...

Modeling and Teaching the Anabaptist Christian Faith in a Practical Way Through Formal Classroom Teaching

Modeling and Teaching the Anabaptist Christian Faith in a Practical Way Through Formal Classroom Teaching

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Glendon Strickler begins by sharing his burden for the importance of retaining a distinctive Anabaptist Christianity in opposition to continual secular pressures of doubt...

Involving Parents in Classroom Instruction

Involving Parents in Classroom Instruction

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Howard Bean shares his own stories and ideas and also taps his audience for ideas on getting parents involved in children's education. Many of the ways to do this involve...

Structure for the Unstructured

Structure for the Unstructured

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, John Troyer talks about how to be efficient and effective in everyday classroom matters like grading, Bible memory, class planning, and homework management.

Boys Will Become Men

Boys Will Become Men

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Luke Bennetch shares stories and gives insights on relating with care and understanding to boys who are being boys. Having a vision of what boys can become helps inspire a...

Relational Challenges Facing Men in School Settings

Relational Challenges Facing Men in School Settings

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Howard Lichty talks about the advantages and disadvantages of being a male in the classroom. Along with the need for humility and authority, Howard spends significant time...

Principals Helping Teachers Succeed

Principals Helping Teachers Succeed

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Jason Croutch discusses ways principals can do well at supporting teachers, such as helping with teacher-parent relationships, supporting new teachers, joining in with...

Facilitating Open Communication with Parents

Facilitating Open Communication with Parents

In this session at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Jason Croutch discusses reasons and ways to stay in touch with students' parents, sharing numerous stories and addressing some audience questions. Healthy communication...

Modeling and Teaching the Anabaptist Christian Faith in a Practical Way Through Discipline

Modeling and Teaching the Anabaptist Christian Faith in a Practical Way Through Discipline

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teachers Week 2010, Glendon Strickler shares many specific and creative tips for effective discipline. He discusses the purpose of discipline, examples of matching the seriousness of a...

Helping Students Think as Anabaptists Through Teaching Bible and Guidance in Informal Activities

Helping Students Think as Anabaptists Through Teaching Bible and Guidance in Informal Activities

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Pete Peters shares stories from his thirty years of teaching relating his burden for students to grow up as true disciples of Christ. The ways we think of competition vs...

Helping Students Think as Anabaptists Through Teaching History, Geography, and Civics

Helping Students Think as Anabaptists Through Teaching History, Geography, and Civics

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Pete Peters reflects on the distinctiveness of Anabaptist education when studying cultures. The two kingdom concept, reminding us of our citizenship of a heavenly kingdom,...

[Duplicated]  Helping Students Think as Anabaptists Through Teaching Bible and Guidance in Informal Activities

[Duplicated] Helping Students Think as Anabaptists Through Teaching Bible and Guidance in Informal Activities

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Pete Peters shares stories from his thirty years of teaching relating his burden for students to grow up as true disciples of Christ. The ways we think of competition vs...

Modeling and Teaching the Anabaptist Christian Faith in a Practical Way through Informal Interactions with the Group and Individuals

Modeling and Teaching the Anabaptist Christian Faith in a Practical Way through Informal Interactions with the Group and Individuals

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Glendon Strickler identifies numerous ways for teachers to shape the character of their students, such as establishing rapport, modeling character, developing...

Relating to Parent Families and the Local Church

Relating to Parent Families and the Local Church

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Glendon Strickler goes over some practical advice for keeping good relationships between teachers and parents, and for healing poor relationships. Things like good...

Teacher Generated Problems

Teacher Generated Problems

In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Anthony Hurst talks about the need for things like consistency, balance, diversity, and student connection, as well as some pitfalls, like expecting the worst or expecting...

Developing Public Speaking Skills Across the Curriculum

Developing Public Speaking Skills Across the Curriculum

"Read for a full mind, write for a precise mind, and speak for a ready mind." Sir Francis Bacon (modified)In this talk given at Faith Builders Teacher's Week 2010, Jonas Sauder helps us rethink the importance of speech for...

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