| ... Called to Teach... | | | | leading. |
| What a great mission, to know that you are | | | | It is our passion to help those in Christian schools |
| called to be a teacher, especially in a Christian | | | | to catch the vision of what it will take to set a |
| school. | | | | standard rather than reach a secular standard |
| Remember this, when you stand in front of your | | | | that has been shown repeatedly to be infused |
| students, at that moment in time you are the | | | | with fatal flaws. |
| most important person in their lives. Your actions, | | | | To create our own unique identity in the world of |
| attitudes and words can have an amazing impact | | | | learning, we need to focus on some rather |
| on their lives. | | | | foundational items. |
| The responsibility that comes with the designation | | | | - seek radical excellence by returning to traditional |
| TEACHER can be a burden... or a passion! In a | | | | values |
| Christian school especially, that passion as God's | | | | - develop outstanding leadership that is infused |
| messenger can have eternal consequences. | | | | with courageous vision |
| Your students will leave your classroom and get | | | | - create schools that are sharply focused on and |
| on with the rest of life. | | | | committed to scripturally based mission |
| When they leave, they will take part of you with | | | | statements |
| them. | | | | Speaking of passion, three teachers with over |
| Will that part of you... | | | | sixty years of combined service in several |
| - direct them to God? | | | | Christian schools nationwide, both as classroom |
| - encourage them to excel? | | | | teachers and administrators, have reached one |
| - impassion them to mission? | | | | inescapable conclusion. |
| You do get it, don't you? | | | | We have begun a journey towards creating a |
| All this God-stuff puts an amazing and awesome | | | | national movement that promotes a system of |
| impetus on teaching in a Christian school. Or at | | | | excellence, possesses a unique identity and |
| least it should. | | | | encourages mission-focused operation. This |
| We must not be content with being "as good as | | | | growing action MUST be ignited and fueled by |
| the public school." We must transcend that | | | | teachers and administrators who develop a |
| measuring stick and create one of our own. | | | | genuinely professional dialogue system that works. |
| It is extremely critical that we grab hold of the | | | | To that end, we are encouraging Christian |
| idea that we "are more than conquerors." | | | | teachers to join us in developing a national forum |
| We cannot become content with apathy, for a | | | | of communication that will eventually enable us to |
| growing apathy diminishes the ability to think | | | | create a local voice that is respected and listened |
| critically. Once our critical thinking becomes moldy | | | | to. You can read more about our efforts by |
| with apathy, we run the extreme risk of | | | | checking out the site noted in my author bio and |
| becoming apathetic towards God. | | | | reading a document called "The PACT Report" |
| That's why we have entered this profession called | | | | that develops the concept of a Professional |
| teaching. Our passion is to help achieve a sense of | | | | Association of Christian Teachers. |
| radical excellence that makes Christian school | | | | So the charge is simple. |
| educators unique in the world of learning and | | | | Keep the Faith, Fight the Fight. |