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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 punishment to the...
The Good Things of This Time: Guiding Lower-Elementary Learning at Home
How do teachers maintain human contact with their students during the shutdown? How can relationships grow during enforced separation? What are some tips for using Zoom effectively? How can students maintain their drive to learn? On April...
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 teamwork...
Staff Development: Empowering the Educator to Engage the Learner
When I first started doing some staff development sessions probably 10, 12 years ago, we, as my typical fashion is, I probably went into it too gung-ho and scheduled way too many and didn't do a very good job with them, and staff probably...
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, will run...
[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 teamwork...
Learning by Doing: Developing Activities that Inspire and Inform
Introduction So I made half of the class the immigrants, and I said, "All right! All of you have a job, and your boss isn't paying you very well and you have to work 16 hours a day. And so you get tired of it. And so you go on strike, and...
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 relationships with...
The Satisfaction of Learning: Affirmation, Correction, and Guiding Students to Discovery
I feel that affirming a student is very important to their success. I think it's important because for a student to feel successful, they need to feel built up. I generally don't say, "No, that's the wrong answer", but instead, I try to...
Dealing with Dysfunctional Homes: What Teachers Can Do, What Boards Can Do
You heard about the teacher that sent a note home with the Rufous, and it just simply said, "Rufous stinks. Please give him a bath." And the parents sent a note home, not home, sent a note back to school that said, "Rufous ain't no rose....