Midwest Teachers Week

Preparation (Derek Overholt)

Novice Teacher Track: Am I prepared to teach school? Where do I start? What is most important? If you feel like an elephant that has been dropped into the ocean, this class will give you some techniques and strategies to help keep your head above water!

Critical Thinking for Christ's Disciples - Part 3 (Dalton Ford)

Part 3: Far from 'being critical', Critical Thinking gives an opportunity for Christians to take a serious, thoughtful, and intentional look at their every idea, belief, and experience through the lens of the Bible. An urgently needed topic, it is a call to resist the mental and spiritual drift that flows with the world, and instead use our God-given minds to live and stand up for His truth. This is a three part series.

Critical Thinking for Christ's Disciples - Part 2 (Dalton Ford)

Part 2: Far from 'being critical', Critical Thinking gives an opportunity for Christians to take a serious, thoughtful, and intentional look at their every idea, belief, and experience through the lens of the Bible. An urgently needed topic, it is a call to resist the mental and spiritual drift that flows with the world, and instead use our God-given minds to live and stand up for His truth. This is a three part series.

Critical Thinking for Christ's Disciples - Part 1 (Dalton Ford)

Far from 'being critical', Critical Thinking gives an opportunity for Christians to take a serious, thoughtful, and intentional look at their every idea, belief, and experience through the lens of the Bible. An urgently needed topic, it is a call to resist the mental and spiritual drift that flows with the world, and instead use our God-given minds to live and stand up for His truth. This is a three part series.

Keeping the Bible Central (Nathaniel Sommers)

Education without moral foundation promotes damnable heresy. Expect a ten minute condensed lecture of historical goals and results in education, followed by a thirty minute interactive workshop in which we discuss many ways to keep the Bible central in every activity of the school day because of our vision for graduates with moral foundation .

Teaching Through Story (Aaron Derstine)

“Tell me a fact and I’ll learn, tell me the truth and I’ll believe, but tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.” - Indian proverb

The Joys of Teaching (Jonathan Erb) 2024

Why do some teachers not quit? What do teachers sometimes fail to notice, which when noticed, positively affect their thoughts, actions, and effectiveness? “He that watereth shall be watered also himself.” Bring your galoshes for a hike into the realities of the life of a teacher.

Privilege of Teaching (Novice Track MTW 2024)

What does the Bible say about teachers? How can we follow the Master Teacher?