2024 CEA Convention

In a world of pedagogy options and strategies, we will discuss the ancient and modern skill of storytelling and how it can harness the imagination to deeply engage a topic. As good as learning targets and end goals are, rarely when cracking a great novel does the author tell you the end of the book, or the goals they have for you in your reading. Instead they take you on a journey of discovery and imagination. It is in that journey that you are drawn in and discover meaning. We will wonder if storytelling in the classroom can do the same.

Routh Table discussion with other 9th - 12th Grade Math Teachers

Have Christians been taught the deepest understanding of what the Bible says about sex, gender and therefore marriage? If not, why? Through this dialogue we will trace the depth and beauty of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation to highlight God’s greater truth we are meant to point to.

Have Christians been taught the deepest understanding of what the Bible says about sex, gender and therefore marriage? If not, why? Through this dialogue we will trace the depth and beauty of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation to highlight God’s greater truth we are meant to point to.

Christian school leaders and teachers work within one of the most challenging environments to embody consistently the image of God as exemplified in the person of Jesus. A parent sends an angry email to a you about her student's grade and copies a board member; a colleague challenges you in the lounge on who you voted for in the election; a student you've worked with for days lies to you about using ChatGPT on his senior thesis paper. These types of situations happen often, making schools challenging places to be "slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love." Dallas Willard posed in his seminal work, The Divine Conspiracy, that instead of simply learning how to repress hurt feelings and anger, "[s]uppose we devoted our time to inspiring Christians and others to be people who are not offendable and not angry and who are forgiving as a matter of course." In this session, Miles will provide a few ideas and practices that help us to become the kind of people who can both steward our schools and classrooms with accountability while, in equal measure, having a heart that says, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Bullying is antithetical to God's love, so it's particularly imperative to deal effectively with it in a Christian setting. What is bullying, and what isn't bullying? We'll explore what to teach students and staff, prevention, investigation, follow up, and well intended common missteps. This session is geared toward teachers, administrators, and counselors/social workers.