Jonas completed forty years of Christian school teaching and administration in 2013. His current work in Christian education includes teaching summer term classes at Faith Builders, leading workshops for the CLE fall workshop tour, developing curriculum for CLE, and chairing the CASBI planning committee. Jonas is interested in literature (particularly poetry), writing, history, and general pedagogy.
Contributions:
- "Scarlet Letter" Questions
- Principal's Evaluation
- Sample Prospective Teacher Questionnaire
- What do Teachers Expect of their Principals?
- Christian School Principals Read and Lead
- 52 Team Activity Ideas
- Laying a Solid Pre-School Foundation
- Questions for Handbook of Creative Teaching
- Religious Issues in American History: Outline of Topics and Resources
- Encouraging Good Reading and Writing: Library Considerations
- What Is Good Literature?
- Planning School Devotions for the Year
- Sample Guidelines for Christian School Library
- Board, Principals, and Administrators: Who Does What?
- Study Questions for Handbook for Creative Teaching
- Basic Lesson Plan Template
- Classroom Observation Form
- Seeking a Right Way: Preparing for Schooling at Home
- Biographies to Consider
- Writing Biography
- Types of Reading
- Good Reads Handout
- Developing Oral Skills
- Developing Writing Assignments Based on Reading
- Writing Assignments Connected to the Curriculum
- The Role of Play in Growth
- Grading Difficult Subjects
- Preparing for Schooling at Home
- Comprehensive Study Guide for Amos Fortune: Free Man
- Unprecedented Times? The Pandemic in Its Historical Context
- Seeds to Carry with Us: Anabaptist Values in the New Normal
- Educating in Changing Times
- Classroom Visits
- Classroom Observation Checklists
- A Christian Philosophy of Education
- Applying the Philosophy of Education
- Asking Effective Questions (Jonas Sauder)
- Countering Snooze Abuse: Training the Will
- Cultivating an Anabaptist Worldview in Students (Jonas Sauder)
- Curriculum Development: Textbook Selection
- Dealing with Disrespect Respectfully (Jonas Sauder)
- Developing Christlike Thinking; Secondary (Jonas Sauder)
- Developing Levels of Reading Comprehension (Jonas Sauder)
- Discerning the Times
- Geometry and Thinking Skills (Jonas Sauder)
- Honor All Men (Jonas Sauder)
- How Teachers Can Stimulate and Encourage Each Other
- Improving Word Usage (Jonas Sauder)
- Living Approaches in Social Studies
- Our Incorruptible Heritage
- Owning the Vision for Anabaptist Education
- Practical Ways to Support the Faculty
- Preparation for Service at Home (Jonas Sauder)
- Preparation for Service in the Body of Christ (Jonas Sauder)
- Reading, Writing, and Speaking Across the Curriculum, Part I
- Reading, Writing, and Speaking Across the Curriculum, Part II
- Reading, Writing, and Speaking Across the Curriculum, Part III
- Recommendations for Parents and Preschoolers (Jonas Sauder)
- Serving Students with Learning Needs (Jonas Sauder)
- Teacher Literacy
- Teaching Reading, Part I
- Teaching Reading, Part II
- Teaching Secondary English
- Think on These Things (Jonas Sauder)
- Understanding Pupils, Teaching the Lesson, Part I
- Understanding Pupils, Teaching the Lesson, Part II
- Understanding Pupils, Teaching the Lesson, Part III
- Understanding Pupils, Teaching the Lesson, Part IV
- Understanding Pupils, Teaching the Lesson, Part V
- Understanding Pupils, Teaching the Lesson, Part VI
- Understanding the People You Serve
- Using Questions for Maximum Learning
- Where Are the Teachers?
- Can You Imagine? An Essential Task of the Teacher
- Why Should We Attend CASBI?
- Your Teacher's Influence
- Teacher Orientation: Expectations & Preparation (Jonas Sauder)
- Teacher Orientation: Managing the Classroom (Jonas Sauder)
- Cultivating The Affections (Jonas Sauder)
- Training The Will (Jonas Sauder)
- Shaping The Mind (Jonas Sauder)
- Developing Speaking Skills across the Curriculum
- The Teacher Is the School
- Can't He, or Won't He? (Jonas Sauder)
- Developing Reading Comprehension Skills (Jonas Sauder)
- Essential Personal Qualities of Teachers (Jonas Sauder)
- Cultivating Wisdom from Literature (Jonas Sauder)
- Developing Oral Skills (Jonas Sauder)
- Laying a Solid Foundation in Preschool (Jonas Sauder)
- Stories of Wisdom (Jonas Sauder & Jonathan Erb)
- Stories of Wisdom (Jonas Sauder & Ken Kauffman)
- Essential Personal Qualities of Teachers (Jonas Sauder)
- Why Teach Literature? by Jonas Sauder
- Love, Hate, Manipulate: Communicating Effectively with Unhappy Parents
- The Effective Use of Committees
- To Understand and Do: Teaching Literature for Life Change
- The Heart of Teaching: Engaging with Students and Content
- CASBI 2020 Panel Discussion
- The Principal: Proactive Initiatives
- Ten-Minute Presentations: Hybrid Classroom, Technology, Victims in the Classroom, Finding and Training Teachers
- Laying a Solid Preschool Foundation
- Can These Bones Live? Finding the Life in the Subjects
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