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Teachers use summer to convene, confer
August 1 & 2, 2007

Fourteen full and part-time staff members will be joined by three school board members or spouses at the second annual Southwest Classical Christian Educators Training in Phoenix August 1-2 at Valley Classical Christian School on Central Avenue. Featured speakers this year will be Matt Whitling and Jim Nance, both of Logos School in Moscow, Idaho. The conference is sponsored by the Phoenix Coalition of Classical Christian Schools (PCCCS) and endorsed for teacher training by the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS).

Three Cornerstone faculty will be presenting at this conference. Susan Rich, former area Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year, will be featured at the opening general session, speaking on “Reflections of a Master Classical Teacher.” Later she will do a breakout entitled “Feasts and Festivals, Fairs and Banquets in the History Classroom.” Jeff Jones, CCA Athletic Director and Latin Chair will be presenting a breakout on “Enrichment for Latin,” in which he will tell about the new Latin Club at Cornerstone and its national affiliate, the Junior Classical League. Dr. Askew, CCA Headmaster, will be making tow presentations, “Inductive Grammar,” which tells how we use Daily Oral Grammar at Cornerstone, and “Integrating the Fine Arts.”

Earlier in the summer, Dr. Askew represented Cornerstone at the national ACCS conference, Repairing the Ruins, June 21-23 in Atlanta. Liz Johnson and Kathy LeMay received training by Search and Teach in Valencia, California, June 21-22. Sarah Moulson attended a week long teacher training and certification in Perceptual Motor Development July 23-27, and Stacy Bade completed her certification in Structured English Immersion.

On Tuesday, August 7, the entire Cornerstone faculty will join over two hundred Christian schools teachers and administrators for the fourth annual Southern Arizona Christian Teachers Association’s Back-to-School Rally at Casas Church. The featured speaker this year will be John Stonestreet of Summit Ministries, who will be talking on Christian worldview issues in the classroom.

 

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