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How can you close the gap?
You have what you need to help students
06/12/07 12:48 Filed in: Testimonial
| Questions
| Value-added
content | Skills | Assessment
| Meet learning
needs
3 writing guidelines that help students apply a Biblical perspective
04/12/07 13:08 Filed in: Teaching
tips
We need a standards-based teacher training program for Biblical perspective
26/11/07 07:47 Filed in: Training
At Christian schools, we train teachers to
help their students apply a Biblical perspective to
course content. Our task is to provide
teachers with challenging, coherent, relevant
training. Not an easy task. Why? Because there's no
curriculum. More specifically, there isn't a set of
curriculum/training standards for teachers.
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What hinders you/your school from helping students increase application of a Biblical perspective?
22/10/07 21:14 Filed in: Roadblocks
Want to increase student application of a
Biblical perspective?
- Identify which of the 20 factors (listed below)
affect your school’s staff/students.
- Develop 1 or more action plans to address one
factor you identified.
- Take action.
- Repeat steps 2-3 as necessary.
To target Biblical perspective, share stories
17/10/07 14:02 Filed in: Storytelling
| Testimonial
Want to target Biblical perspective?
Share stories. Share stories of students learning
about and applying a Biblical perspective. Here are
some of the stories staff shared at a recent staff
meeting. Read
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How can you get/provide increased support, encouragement, and accountability?
10/10/07 07:33 Filed in:
Support, encouragement, accountability
Christian school teachers model
Christlike behavior, talk with students about Christ,
and do devotions, Bible class, and chapel. Parents
like this. And students get this part of a Biblical
perspective—they encourage each other, help lead
devotions/chapel, and participate in Bible class.
So, is increasing student application of a Biblical perspective to course content a necessary operational priority? Read More...
So, is increasing student application of a Biblical perspective to course content a necessary operational priority? Read More...
How can you equip students to impact the world for Christ?
You want your students to impact the world
for Christ. To carry out this vital task,
you know your students will need to apply a Biblical
perspective to all of life—including the course
content they are studying in your class right now.
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Targeting Biblical perspective works
02/10/07 15:22 Filed in: Testimonial
Teachers like you believe that targeting
Biblical perspective works, that it results
in students being better able to apply a Biblical
perspective to what they study. To find out what
teachers are saying, read on! Read
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Use assessment data to target Biblical perspective
Want to increase student understanding and/or
application of a Biblical perspective? Use
data from 1 Biblical perspective assessment to modify
a unit plan (questions, content/skills, assessment,
instructional strategies). Read
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Identify current learning results
17/08/07 18:27 Filed in: Assessment
| Self-assessment
To get an idea of how you can more
effectively help students increase their
understanding and application of a Biblical
perspective, identify current learning results by
completing the following self-assessment. Next, use
your self-assessment data to develop action plans.
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How does measuring student application of Biblical perspective help?
04/08/07 06:41 Filed in: Assessment
Quick Answer: Measuring student
application of a Biblical perspective helps
students to know how they are doing,
how to improve, and what Christian education is
about. Read
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How can you increasingly target Biblical perspective?
16/06/07 09:51 Filed in: Self-assessment
In Christian education, targeting Biblical
perspective is vital. Targeting Biblical
perspective means focusing yourself and your students
on understanding and applying a Biblical perspective.
To get an idea of how you can target Biblical
perspective even more, complete the self-assessment
below for 1 class you teach. Read
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What's your mission?
26/04/07 12:34 Filed in: Vision
You’re working at a Christian
school, and it’s vital that you understand
the answer to the following question: What’s your
mission? To answer this question, first let me
clarify what I mean by “mission.” Your school’s
mission is your school’s purpose. Read
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They’re getting it!
19/03/07 11:06 Filed in: Testimonial
What happens at a Christ-centered school?
28/02/07 14:05 Filed in: Vision
Shortest
answer: The “4
Christ-centereds.” Short
answer: At a
Christ-centered school, students learn
Christ-centered content for a Christ-centered purpose
from Christ-centered people in a Christ-centered
environment. Read
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What do your students need to learn?
25/01/07 10:05 Filed in: Questions
| Value-added
content
As a
result of you asking a biblical perspective question,
your students need to learn 3 things:
(1) what the question
means, (2) a biblical answer that adds value, and (3)
how to use the question to further understand and use
a biblical perspective. Read
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