No amount of skill or training can supplant the need for cultivating the inner qualities of the teachers heart. All teachers must carry authority, bring order, value learning, burn with compassion, have a vision, and exercise patience. This presentation considers how to stir up these qualities in our hearts in a way that will connect with students' hearts.

Teachers are called to balance accepting the abilities God has given us and pushing ourselves to grow. How did Jesus work with the twelve men that were His disciples? In this presentation, Mr. Lichty explores foundational themes, focusting on traits of teachers and how these affects their classrooms.View the PowerPoint.

Textbooks are written with a variety of approaches. Some texts are too light and don't teach enough content, while others have more information than you can teach successfully in a year. What do you do when the book is too long or too hard? Amy offers advice for guiding students through the curriculum without skipping what they need to learn.

"A proper viewpoint of our own value and purpose that sets us free." How do you accept yourself as created by God--and perfect in Christ--while also striving to grow? Howard explores the biblical concept of self and offers direction for our self-perception.

Have you as a woman ever wondered how you can support your leader or how to support your administrator who does not seem to take leadership? Perhaps you wish for better relations with your fellow lady teachers. This workshop, which is directed toward, but not limited to women, will give tips on how to communicate with and relate to your leaders and fellow staff.

What is with this child!? The objective of this presentation is to discuss various things about human makeup that disrupt learning for a child, learn to identify them, and consider ways to handle them.

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Classroom management takes discernment in any classroom, but when the children do not come from the same culture as you, this becomes even more difficult. This presentation looks at a variety of methods used by urban and overseas teachers.

Schools run better on efficiency. But is the efficiency to benefit the teacher or the student? Teachers that use a variety of methods creatively reach more effectively the different students in a classroom. This presentation offers five steps to creative teaching.

What kind of attitude do we bring to the authorities in our community? How about school parents or church authorities? Prioritizing the time and energy to partner with and support the authorities in your community helps to bring healing to our world.

Mr. Lehman tells stories of teachers from his school days. Some examples are exemplary and some less so. Listen and ponder: how did teachers use their authority well? How can you?