During our 2018-2019 school year we focused on Pursuing More for our school and our students. Thanks to your support, we were able to meet our key goals:
Raised $200,000 to hire new teachers
Added planning periods for upper school teachers
Improved professional development opportunities through A Society of Teachers
Added new positions: Dean of Student Discipleship and Student Development Coach
WHY PURSUE MORE?
We are calling for a readiness to execute driven by strong core convictions and love for others.
A Higher Standard
While the core curriculum of a classical school focuses on developing the habits of the mind in a way that develops the habits of the soul, we should not assume that students will automatically learn to apply these habits to the economy, government, leadership, the arts, and technology. We must accept the responsibility to fan the flame of truth into a readiness to act.
A New Expectation
Having taught students to recognize, understand, and love what is good, true, and beautiful, we will prepare them to convert their knowledge into action. As we encourage them to grow in virtue, expand their knowledge, and develop their curiosity, we will equip them with the tools they need to engage and shape the culture for Christ.
A New Graduate
We will prepare students to learn any task or to serve at any post. They will have the tools and the wisdom to fulfill God’s calling in their life.
In sum, we seek to answer a call to equip graduates with the strength and freedom to run the race, and to do so with grit and wisdom, ready to engage the culture with strong core convictions and a self-sacrificial love.
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DEVELOPING A SOCIETY OF TEACHERS AT CCS
A $200,000 investment in our teachers. Our goal is to hire four new Upper School teachers to create margin for teacher development.
Our Upper School teachers currently prepare for two different classes and teach three sections of each class. That is six teaching hours per day and approximately four hours of preparation.
The Society of Teachers is a teacher development program that encourages growth in three areas:
Without a planning period for our Upper School teachers, teacher development cannot increase, and the plan fails.
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“If I had to give up preaching and my other duties,” wrote Martin Luther, “there is no office I would rather have than that of school-teacher. For I know that next to the ministry it is the most useful, greatest, and best…Therefore let it be considered one of the highest virtues on earth faithfully to train the children of others…”
Together we pursue a five-year vision for a thriving Cary Christian School