An Anabaptist Resource for Teaching and Learning
Technology accelerates communication. But what does this do for your school? Faith Builders developed a list of values for the Read More...
What do we teach when we teach science: a body of knowledge about the physical world or a process for Read More...
What are the texts at the heart of the Biblical message and Christian worldview? How do we weave them into Read More...
What are the texts at the heart of the Biblical message and Christian worldview? How do we weave them into Read More...
What are the texts at the heart of the Biblical message and Christian worldview? How do we weave them into Read More...
What are the texts at the heart of the Biblical message and Christian worldview? How do we weave them into Read More...
What do we teach when we teach science: a body of knowledge about the physical world or a process for Read More...
What do we teach when we teach science: a body of knowledge about the physical world or a process for Read More...
What are the foundational texts that carry us into the classroom and the world? Steven reflects on the power of Read More...
Love the Lord with your all. Love your neighbor as yourself. These commands capture the essence of godly living. How Read More...
In the third session of Texts for Teachers, Steven focuses on two more central ideas teachers should nurture in the Read More...
In the final sessino of Texts for Teachers, Steven examines the importance of fear in teaching children. Pass it on:
This is Part II of a collective effort by seven administrators of conservative Anabaptist schools. This group of administrators believes Read More...
This essay is a collective effort by seven administrators of conservative Anabaptist schools. This group of administrators believes that our Read More...
Can the challenges in conservative Anabaptism be solved by learning to think better? In a class discussion, Steven Brubaker urges Read More...
Although at first he strongly resisted his friends’ suggestions to publish a book on teaching, Christopher Dock’s School Management became Read More...
Becoming what we seem is extremely important for the administrator. We must be men and women of character. The path Read More...
Developing a vision for administration is important. Steven addresses jumping on board with the greater vision of Anabaptist schools, while Read More...
As an administrator, it is important to learn how to love those you serve by valuing diversity and promoting unity. Read More...
Steven spent ten years as teacher and principal of a Mennonite school in Barnwell, South Carolina, before coming to Faith Read More...
Regular and repeated activities imbed knowledge in the body, values in the heart, and beliefs in the mind. We will Read More...
Who we are (being), what we think (beliefs), and what we do (behaviors) are interrelated and inseparable. The life of Read More...
The Bible and Jesus elevate storytelling to a critical practice in developing love for God. Following this lead, my goal Read More...
Sinkholes are disconcerting because we assume substantial foundations. We will consider how Jesus’ use of the Shema points to lived Read More...
To be worthwhile, most meetings need as much time in preparation and in follow-up as the meeting itself. Steven explores Read More...
Developing the vision, cultivating the habits, and avoiding the pitfalls of teamwork. Pass it on:
Critical tasks that only the school administrator can do. Pass it on:
As teachers, our work is to create an environment in in our classroom where growth happens. Mr. Brubaker talks about Read More...
Conviction: Godly, passionate belief. Conviction is cultivated in our classrooms when the search for truth is understood. Mr. Brubaker gives Read More...
Curiosity is a desire to know, an eagerness to learn. Mr. Brubaker gives ideas and examples about how to create Read More...
Each person is hard-wired by their Creator to be creative. Creativity will look different in different people. Schools do not Read More...
How can we train our students to think? Steven suggests several key techniques. Pass it on:
Steven leads the group in developing tools for deductive analysis, a discipline well suited for secondary classrooms Pass it on:
In order to serve the Lord in our schools, we must accept the challenge to discipline our thoughts. Steven outlines Read More...
Steven challenges teachers to spur student learning with three necessary elementd: facts communicated with pizazz, engagement in careful thinking, and Read More...
Steven chronicles the progression of naturalism as it has removed the thought of God from many minds. In contrast, Christians Read More...
In an intense session, Steven discusses the importance of teaching the facts of the Scriptures as well as their implications Read More...
Science, says Steven, is best taught with dramatic demonstrations and great enthusiasm. Using a number of experiments, Steven talks through Read More...
The ideological assumptions we make guide our lives and shape our work. After highlighting the ruinous effects of wrong ideas Read More...
Steven gives eight wordssubmission, humility, honesty, ask, confess, struggle, obey, and listenthat characterize the learner’s relationship with his mentors. In Read More...
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