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Andrew Smalley serves as Head of School at Veritas Classical School in St. Augustine. He has an extensive background in K-12 classical Christian education. In addition to direct classroom work, Andrew has almost 20 years of administrative experience, including serving as Dean of Students at a school in Pennsylvania and Director of Fine Arts in Texas. He is originally from England and completed his post-graduate certificate in Education at Birmingham City University in England and his Master of Arts degree at Villanova. His doctorate is in Educational Leadership, having also completed his Educational Specialist (Ed. S.) degree in the same discipline. Andrew is passionate about leadership development for students, faculty, and administration in the Christian school environment and is a national speaker in this area. In recent years, he has been invited to speak at the national conferences for the Council on Educational Standards and Accountability (CESA) and the Society of Classical Learning (SCL) as well as The Deeper Learning Conference. Andrew and his wife, Robin, have been married since 2002 and have three children. He is a competitive triathlete and an avid sailor in his spare time.
Building a rhetoric school at a classical Christian school is fraught with challenges. Drawing from applied research, this session shares the principles learned and the ways to ensure that your classical Christian school not only completes the trivium, but that your school parents and students understand the incredible value of a rhetoric school education.
In 2023 this workshop was standing room only. I was shocked at the interest and dialogues that occurred in the room and post conference.
Principal takeaway: Form a plan to keep your students through graduation because Rhetoric is the where the rubber meets the road for classical education.
As well as opening up the research, it will be important for the group to share their road blocks and for others to share the ways to overcome the barriers. Divulging the product- the graduate- even if you don’t have one – will be talked about and practical tips and encouragement for reaching graduation will be shared. (If selected please make sure the room is big enough! Thanks.)
Andrew Smalley serves as Head of School at Veritas Classical School in St. Augustine. He has an extensive background in K-12 classical Christian education. In addition to direct classroom work, Andrew has almost 20 years of administrative experience, including serving as Dean of Students at a school in Pennsylvania and Director of Fine Arts in Texas. He is originally from England and completed his post-graduate certificate in Education at Birmingham City University in England and his Master of Arts degree at Villanova. His doctorate is in Educational Leadership, having also completed his Educational Specialist (Ed. S.) degree in the same discipline. Andrew is passionate about leadership development for students, faculty, and administration in the Christian school environment and is a national speaker in this area. In recent years, he has been invited to speak at the national conferences for the Council on Educational Standards and Accountability (CESA) and the Society of Classical Learning (SCL) as well as The Deeper Learning Conference. Andrew and his wife, Robin, have been married since 2002 and have three children. He is a competitive triathlete and an avid sailor in his spare time.