We have published our brochure for Teachers Week 2010. You can download a copy below. Online registration will be added soon.

More information is posted to Teachers Week.

We’ve posted additional information for the Administrators Conference and Retreat in March 2010, including a schedule for the event. We invite you to join other principals and school administrators for this weekend of seminars, discussions, and rejuvenation.

See updated information here.

March 26-28, 2010

Mennonite School Services invites you to join other school administrators for a weekend of equipping through challenging teaching sessions, individual and group conversations, and relaxation. The conference will also include time for administrators’ wives to interact through discussions and a seminar session. Staff will include Steven Brubaker (keynote speaker), Gerald Miller, and other current school administrators. All principals, assistant principals, and their spouses are invited to attend.

Contact our main office for more information or a registration form, or you can download a registration form below. You can also register online, including paying registration fees. More information will be available soon on our website. The cost of the conference is $160.00 and includes all conference fees, lodging for two nights, and meals. Administrators and their wives are welcomed with a combined, discounted rate of $299.

View more information here.

Update 2010-01-05: corrected link to register

We still have room for twenty-five more attendees at the Teachers Conference to be held October 16-18, 2009. If you or someone you know is interested in attending we encourage you to register soon. Online registration is available via our website on the Teachers Conference page. A downloadable registration form is also linked on the page. You can mail payment for the $25 registration fee or pay online. Our on-campus lodging is nearly full, but we have several spaces left for men. We have also finalized the session titles and list them on the detailed schedule on the Teachers Conference page.

Mennonite School Services, a ministry of Faith Builders Resource Group, invites teachers to a weekend conference on October 16-18, 2009. Melvin Lehman will present four keynote addresses on the theme “Preparing 21st-Century Students.” The weekend also includes workshop sessions, focused times of small-group interaction, and recreation.

More information is available on the Teachers Conference page. Online registration is available via our website. A downloadable registration form is also linked on the page. You can mail payment for the $25 registration fee or pay online.

We hope to see you this October!

Teachers Week has begun! We welcomed about 250 teachers for these four days of preparation for the fall term.

Teachers Week online and phone registration are disabled because the event is full. Thank you for your interest in Teachers Week!

Mennonite School Services (a division of Faith Builders Resource Group) is planning a weekend retreat for school administrators in March 2010.  This retreat will provide opportunities for school administrators to develop connections with other school administrators and to grow as administrators.  If you are interested in attending this retreat or wish to talk with someone about the weekend, please contact us.  More information will be published in the winter newsletter and posted to the blog.  This event will replace the March workshop for 2010.

The Teachers Week brochure is now available! You can also register for Teachers Week via our website. This annual event for teachers features in-depth topics, practical work sessions, targeted workshops, and networking with growing and experienced teachers.

NEW: Schools can register multiple teachers on the same registration form.

UPDATED: Teachers Week information

[podcast]http://www.fbep.org/audio/climbing-mt-everest-the-future-of-mennonite-education.mp3[/podcast]

In this lecture Steven Brubaker identifies four intermediate camps on the path for Mennonite schools to become “much more.” This presentation is part one in a series of six lectures in the album “Building Effective Schools: A Vision for Mennonite Schools,” available from Christian Learning Resource. This particular lecture was delivered October 21, 2006, at a weekend event for teachers. Steven Brubaker is an instructor at Faith Builders Training Institute, a ministry of Faith Builders Educational Programs in Guys Mills, Pennsylvania. The text of this lecture is also available as a PDF document at www.fbep.org.

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