February 2019
Editorial Personal Development as Professional Development I am a 3 with a 2 Wing. For those unfamiliar with the Enneagram, the previous sentence may sound like a foreign [...] Article Preparing to Share: What I Learn When It’s My Turn to Speak Most of us, sometime in childhood, were offered this solemn advice from a peace-loving teacher or parent: “If you want to have [...] Article The Power of Collaboration in Christian Schools When a teacher leader approached the Grand Rapids Christian High School faculty in 2012 about “the PLC” (professional learning community) process, we [...] Article Professional Development in the Digital Age While we spend our waking hours at schools surrounded by people, as educators we may sometimes feel isolated and lonely in different [...] Article Not-So-Professional Development: A Missional Challenge Teaching is a challenging job. Myriad difficulties and surprises confront teachers on any given day. Christian educators also bear the ever-present responsibility [...] Article Discerning the ‘isms’ in Teaching and Learning (Editor’s Note: The original version of this piece was published in the November 2018 issue of the Christian Teachers Journal, an Australian [...] P@nel.edu This month our panel gathered to talk about professional development and some of our stories related to this topic. To start our [...] Day in the Life An Awkward Trust: Maintaining Relationships in the Tension of Doubt About a decade ago, Emma came into my class, eager to learn. She was the dream eighth-grade student. She was funny and [...] Slouching Toward Bedlam Confessions of a Bedlam Doughnut Eater Or Professional Development Comes for the Librarian Gord Winkle sighed with happiness. It was second period, his free period. The only other person to share his free period was [...] Back Page How Christian Schools in North America Respond to Snow: A Scientific Sample Will you get a Snow Day? Click here to find out!