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Moving towards Certification and Other News
We are glad to report that we are making significant progress towards finishing the development of all of our level 1 and level 2 courses, such that all of the courses can be taken for certification credit. We now have five course developers employed to help us with...
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Certification Update
We are getting close to finishing the build-out of our Level 1 courses, meaning that we can soon offer a certification for those teachers who complete the Level 1 courses and two electives. To receive the certification, teachers will need to take each course for...
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Approved for CEU Credit
We are delighted to report that now all of our courses on ClassicalU have been approved for CEU (continuing education unit) credit. What's more, once you have completed the course (taking the quizzes and end-of-course test) you will automatically be issued a...
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Effective Grammar School Teaching and Leadership with Lori Jill Keeler
Release Date: November 2017 Veteran grammar school teacher Lori Jill Keeler (Westminster School, AL) came and recorded 12 remarkable presentations that we think every grammar school teacher will want to view and study!
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Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing with Andrew Pudewa
Release Date: September 2017 We are thrilled to feature this brief and important course on the four language arts of listening, speaking, reading and writing, featuring master teacher and writing expert Andrew Pudewa.
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Certification by ClassicalU
Now that we have nearly completed the development of our Level 1 Core Courses, we are adding a certification component as well. We have just posted our first course that you can take for certification credit--Andrew Kern's course on Classical Pedagogy. Here is how...
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The Apprenticeship Model: A Journey toward Mastery
A Master of . . . The Latin word magister (teacher, captain, director) is the root for our English word "master." The title "Mr." is also an abbreviation for "master." When we say "Good morning, Mr. Jones," we might as well say "Good morning, Master Jones." How is it...
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Beta Release of ClassicalU to Scholé Groups
BETA RELEASE On February 5, we are stepping out to release our Beta version of ClassicalU.com to our network of Scholé Groups around the country. The Scholé Groups network will be the first to make use of ClassicalU, try it out, and give us feedback and suggestions...
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ClassicalU — Training Classical Teachers
We have discussed the need for teachers to be trained by other human beings (mentor teachers) in order that they master the art of teaching. We think that while there are several ways we could segment the training of a teacher, it is wise to conceive of it as a...
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