A glimpse inside Hillsdale College's network of classical schools across the country.
Master Teacher Sam Clausen explains why teachers ought to take advantage of working in a school that has students from Kindergarten through 12th grade. He includes 7 very practical ways teachers can work with students outside their grade level or subject!
Anticipating the semester ahead, Sam Clausen shares few principles to help teachers through the busyness of a full school year.
Read this post for Master Teacher Emily Williams' reflections on how to cultivate students' ability to effectively share their thoughts during class instruction.
In this post, Master Teacher Matt Nolan gives practical advice on when to use mini whiteboards in the classroom as well as routines to make your use of them as effective as possible.
Master Teacher Sam Clausen uses an example from calculus to attempt to find balance between the pressure of feeling like everything matters and nothing matters as a teacher.
In the weeks before a new Hillsdale classical school opens, the Teacher Support Team will travel to the campus and lead New School Training to help prepare the teachers for the years to come. Read more on this type of support from Gwendolyn Yarbrough, one of our Classical Pedagogy Trainers!
"Hillsdale K-12 schools are filled with talented teachers who are dedicated to their craft, possess a deep knowledge of the content they teach, and model the wisdom and virtue we seek to cultivate within our students. Each year, a small cohort of teachers who are particularly distinguished in the art of teaching are honored as Master Teachers and serve as an extension of the Hillsdale K-12 Office." Read more about our newest group of Master Teachers who will be regular contributors on The Classical Classroom Blog!
For teachers, summer is a season of rest and preparation. It affords time to evaluate the high and low points of the previous year, to further develop content knowledge and pedagogical practices, and to plan for the fall semester. Our office hosts a conference exclusive to Hillsdale Member Schools in order to give educators a space to learn from one another, build connections, grow as a professional, and rekindle their passion for classical education! In this post, Becky Lincoln and the Teacher Support Team further explain the purpose, structure, and key takeaways from the conference!
Teachers must possess both content knowledge and the ability to communicate it well to students. Teaching, helping to shape human beings, is a weighty responsibility, and it is imperative to have a proper understanding of this role. This post explores this topic, diving into the work and duty of the teacher.
So many of us came into this profession with dreams of what it would be like and the great impacts we would make only to find the reality a rather rude awakening. But were all those visions complete fantasy? No. Teaching has fulfilled all those dreams I had when I was little. But they didn’t all come true in that first year, or even in the second.
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