You must communicate as a teacher, but is your communication clear? Clear communication involves understanding your audience and building on what your audience already knows.

Presenters at WFTI summarize, review, and recommend books of interest to teachers.

What do you love? Who are you? We rely on our relationships to give us a sense of place, identity, and a view of the world. But ultimately, our relationships need to be based in God.

Think. Just think. Yes, but how? What does it mean to analyze? What are key concepts in analyzing a scenario? How can we help students to think beyond the current moment?

School life is about learning, but what the students are learning should be practical and should enable our students to be ready to face life with vigor that will be a blessing to the kingdom of God. We are called to be lights. Do your students have the training they need to help them be lights?

A teacher’s persona is about his or her personality, yet there’s more to it than that. What is persona? Should I be concerned about it? Can it be changed, should change be attempted, and what components of persona are essential of effective teaching?

Often if you stop and really listen, you can hear more than you might first guess. Listening to students, parents, and co-teachers is important and must be done with wisdom.

Are there some techniques that perhaps are smart and some that are not so smart? How can we focus on teaching actual material instead of always dealing with discipline dilemmas that darken the mood of the classroom?

What are the texts at the heart of the Biblical message and Christian worldview? How do we weave them into our classrooms?

What tools do we have for dealing with relationships in crisis? This talk considers working relationships and the practical side of nurturing relationships.

Perhaps you can light a fire in your students, but fire needs fuel. How can we motivate students to use the tools they have? They need to keep learning, keep growing, and keep showing others the love of Christ.

Once we have learned the basics, let�s move on to the warmups, enjoyable things to do with music, and song ideas that will keep the smiles on our faces. Ultimately, we want our students to love singing.

What is the value of parent-teacher meetings? Parents and teachers are on the same team; it's important that they communicate regularly.

Effective discipline starts with a disciplined teacher. What are some tools that can be used to effectively promote and preserve order in our lower elementary classrooms?

What resources does a first-year teacher take into the classroom? A lot, actually. This session challenges novice teachers to identify and use the skills, wisdom, inspiration, and ideas they gathered from life experience.

How do you present content in a way that appeals to your students, that "sells" them on truth? Three steps: bait, bite, and catch.

What are the texts at the heart of the Biblical message and Christian worldview? How do we weave them into our classrooms?

A class on the history of the English language and teaching English grammar. Focuses primarily on upper grade English.

The home is a powerful platform for ministry, the ultimate place to nurture a love for God in children.

Why is writing so important? How can I get my students to enjoy it?