Plain Talent Connection is hosting a Career Connections Expo in Ephrata, PA on Tuesday, January 12, 2027. Give your students the opportunity to explore career paths and connect with local businesses! The Career Connections Expo brings high school students face-to-face with employers to discover career opportunities, learn about different industries, and begin making valuable connections for their future.

Maranatha Christian School in Watsontown, PA is looking for an administrator for the 2027-2028 School year. If interested please contact the school via email.

We had a wonderful day at school today. Not only was it a hot lunch day, but we had interesting discussions in our ethics and Anabaptist history classes. There were also just a few occurrences that made me reflect and be thankful that I’m a teacher and glad that I have the students that I am blessed to have. Here’s my list:

You can’t draw water from an empty well. You can’t make a meal with no ingredients. You can’t light a fire without fuel.

Kind Heavenly Father, I come to You today, deeply aware of the ways that I have fallen short...

Each school year, I read through the book These Are My People in reading class with my students.

When done well, group projects build valuable teamwork skills, inspire students, excite them about what they’re learning, and teach them much more than you lecturing ever could. That’s worth some extra effort.

I love to be outside on a sunny day with children happily romping around the playground.  They engage in friendly competition, work well with a team, and put their hearts into the game.

We all hope for things. We wake up every morning with some hope or expectation for the day. We give little attention to our dreams until things stop going the way we want. What do we do with ruptured expectations? What do students do?

“Now, friends, is that how we want to act?” I cringed when I heard a teacher say this to her misbehaving students recently in the local public library. A current trend in education has relaxed the respectful line between teachers and students, placing them on the same level.

Nottawa Christian School in Sturgis, Michigan is seeking a teacher/principal for the 2027–2028 school year. NCS is a small conservative Anabaptist school operated in connection with the Amish-Mennonite Pilgrim Church. We serve families from the local congregation and area churches.

We who work in Christian education—whether teachers, counselors, coaches, aides, or leaders—are engaged in “God-work.” I hadn’t previously thought of my teaching and work in education as being sacred, but I think this is a worthy consideration.

In this talk, Kevin Sensenig shows, from personal experience, how children from difficult backgrounds can thrive. He grounds his talk in Biblical principles like compassion and understanding, and offers practical resources for teachers and parents, including Kathryn Purvis' IDEAL framework.

Murrey Wideman challenges that if they want to have career teachers, they must pay them what they are worth. He considers practical ways to do this, including making it easy for teachers to turn in expenses, and stresses that teaching is not voluntary service and should not be seen in that way.

In this panel discussion, three men (Peter Claussen, Matt Fry, and Brian Warner) discuss the complexities and questions of college education in Anabaptist circles. They speak to issues of degree seeking, learning and pride, and cultivating talents.

Micah Stauffer and Nathaniel Gingrich give listeners a rationale and preview for a new software program (Candle) designed to lighten teachers' workloads. This program provides record keeping and report card generation, among other things, to help teachers have more energy to spend on students instead of administrative tasks.

Kenneth Hostetter describes the church school as an arm of the church and shows how each part of the school community plays a different role. He gives church leaders eight practical ways to work alongside the school, including participation in hiring, visiting, and policy setting.

Brian Warner address the history and fallout of the modern parenting method known as gentle parenting. He provides four ways churches, schools, and families can work to overcome this, including practicing Biblical disciple, creating boudaries, and choosing to trust truth over feelings.

Kendra Klassen encourages mothers to help with special events at school--whether hot lunch, birthday parties, field trips, or homework. Contributing to school events is a way to be hospitable, bless teachers, build community, and show children that school is important.