Bill Simmer, CSM Senior Consultant, shows how we have witnessed dramatic increases in childhood depression, suicide, and a host of self-destructive behaviors. Research has demonstrated that most students do not get nearly enough sleep, exercise, or time outside. Some have even asserted that the average prison inmate in America gets nearly twice as much time outside as the average child! Most Christian families scramble to get their child to school in the morning, only to pick them up from some…

This seminar will invite all participants to bring their experiences of online learning, maintaining community at a physical distance, fiscal challenges, celebrating virtually, being kind, teacher virtuosity. The conversation will ask us to wonder what we should do with this information as we think about the Fall opening of school, in person and/or online. How do Christian schools act as leaders in their communities in caring for and educating children?   Cost: free to members and non-members Purchase tickets here:…

Simon Jeynes and Bill Simmer will talk about the following article from Entheos:  Writing Good Job Descriptions Enjoy and join in a wide-ranging conversation using this article as the centerpiece.   Cost: free for members; $10.00 for non-members Purchase tickets here: https://christianschoolmanagement.org/product/editors-conversation/

Simon Jeynes, CSM Executive Director, wonders why so many Christian schools tolerate the blasphemy of the empty seat. Enrollment is treated as a bureaucratic function in too many Christian schools and not as the Matthew 28 enterprise it truly is. This webinar interrogates how enrollment data and school mission connect to and inform each other. Come and see how to collect data, how to read it, and how to rekindle your enthusiasm for a full school. CSM believes profoundly that…

Week Three of this seminar asks us to consider scenarios for September 2020. There are going to be three plans every Christian school needs to consider: Plan A is the scenario where everything goes back to normal and the children  are back in school; Plan B is the scenario where we continue doing what we are doing now but have to do it better and without our teachers burning out; Plan C is the scenario where children can continue but…

Simon Jeynes and Bill Simmer will talk about the following article from Entheos: Cheating and the Christian Teacher Enjoy and join in a wide-ranging conversation using this article as the centerpiece.   Cost: free for members; $10.00 for non-members Purchase tickets here: https://christianschoolmanagement.org/product/editors-conversation-2/

Bill Simmer, CSM Senior Consultant, examines what spiritual formation means in Christian schools. To develop disciples of Jesus means a relationship with God that is complex. Our schools must approach spiritual formation holistically. This webinar explores what true spiritual formation and integration might look like. We will discuss the implications on our programs, curriculum, service learning, advisory, chapel, as well as our faculty on-boarding and professional development. We will explore together what brings the “Christian” into Christian student, and what…

Week Four of this seminar asks us to consider our teachers for September 2020.  Online teaching is not easier than in person teaching - in fact, there's considerable evidence that it's much harder. Many teachers are feeling really tired with what online takes. Will that change for the Fall? Let's talk about it.   Cost: free to members and non-members Purchase tickets here: https://christianschoolmanagement.org/product/the-christian-movement-seminar-2/