Treat yourself and your staff to a summer fieldtrip in one of the great historic cities of America: Charleston, South Carolina. Come and participate in the Great Conversation at the Francis Marion Hotel, June 25-28 (www.francismarioncharleston.com).
Administrator’s Pre-Conference - Wednesday, June 25:
$150.00 Registration (Members and Non-Members)
Lois Eha of the Educational Records Bureau will speak to school administrators about best practices in evaluation.
Annual Conference 2008 - Thursday, June 26-June 28:
$360.00 Registration (SCL Members)
$399.00 Registration (Non-Members)
$155.00 Spouse Registration (meals only, not permitted to attend plenary sessions and workshops)
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Robert Littlejohn, PhD
“Beyond Wisdom and Eloquence”
Is your school reaching the full potential promised by your classical vision statement? Do you suspect that outperforming public schools on standardized tests is not enough and that your school is missing some of the insights necessary to provide a truly classical, liberal arts education?
Robert Littlejohn, PhD will challenge you to break through the glass ceiling of mediocrity, and move to higher levels of visioning, quality teaching and learning, and cultural relevance. He will show you how to move beyond The Lost Tools of Learning, to mastering the tools of influencing and leading future generations through culture-preserving and culture-transforming living.
With 17 years of experience in classical schooling and 25 years in higher education, Dr. Littlejohn, is one of the foremost authorities on classical learning in the nation today. His book, Wisdom and Eloquence (co-authored with Charles T. Evans, and now in its second printing) is inspiring a new generation of faculty and students on college campuses and at Christian schools across the nation. Dr. Littlejohn shares lessons learned by the authors, before and since Wisdom and Eloquence was first published, to help schools cast transcendent visions for the future, as well as practical tips to help teachers bring those visions to life in the classroom.
As an alternative to crafting excellence in a vacuum, Dr. Littlejohn advocates mining best practices from other sources, including some “reverse engineering” of successes from the educational establishment. “It is entirely possible to remain faithful to the canons of classical learning, while tapping our God given creativity and the great American spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.” Dr. Littlejohn will also lead discussion sessions on both the controversial and consensus issues addressed in Wisdom and Eloquence. The book is recommended as pre-requisite reading for both the plenary and discussion sessions.
Katherine Koestner
“Cyber Dangers and Sexual Misconduct”
Do your faculty members know what a Hotornot rating is or how it can affect a student’s self-esteem? Have any of your staff members received Facebook Pokes from students? Do they understand the consequences of video phone technology in the academic setting? Do they know how X-Box live outings might affect students’ interpersonal and language skills?
Katie Koestner offers a crash course in preparing your school, your classroom and your parents for the 21st century. Katie Koestner is the Program Director for Campus Outreach Services, a national organization dedicated to developing research-supported curricula, model policies, and outstanding educational programs for school on student risk issues, Ms. Koestner has assisted more than 1,000 schools in enhancing their prevention and response to sexual misconduct over the last 15 years.
She is the co-author of two books on sexual assault policy and procedures for schools and the creator of “Responding to Sexual Misconduct: Customizable Training Manual for Schools.” She has worked with schools and school districts in developing proactive policies, procedures, risk management strategies and educational programs on topics such as social networking sites, text and instant messaging, boundary setting for faculty and staff members, online gaming, identity theft, defamation of character, bullying, harassment, sexual exploitation and a myriad of other technological ramifications.
She has been featured in dozens of media outlets including TIME magazine, as the subject of a HBO documentary, CNN, CNBC, Larry King Live, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Good Morning America.
Ms. Koestner will make $250 worth of reproducible diagnostic tools and model policies available at no additional charge to SCL Summer Conference attendees.
Conference Schedules
Administrator's Pre-Conference (Wednesday, June 25)
- 8-12 session
- 12-1 lunch
- 1-5 session
Thursday, June 26
- 7:30 registration opens
- 8:15-8:45 Welcome/Opening
- 9:00-10:50 Two session periods
- 11:00-12:00 Plenary
- 12-1:30 Lunch
- 1:30-3:20 Two session periods
- 3:30-4:20 Optional Round Table Discussions
- 4:30-5:30 Cocktail Hour for all attendees
Friday, June 27
- 8:00-10:50 Three session periods
- 11:00-12:00 Plenary
- 12:00-1:20 Lunch
- 1:30-2:20 One session
- 2:45 + Charleston Tours/Activities
Saturday, June 28
- 8:00-9:00 Plenary
- 9:10-12:00 Three session periods
- 12:00-1:00 Lunch