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Emily Goodwin

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About Emily

Emily Goodwin is the founder and CEO of the board at Sardis Classical Christian Community, a hybrid program integrating rigorous academics, the arts, and whole-family formation. A mother of four boys, three with learning challenges, she has spent over a decade exploring educational models that cultivate skill, character, and a love of learning. Emily develops Sardis’s curriculum, ensuring its classical, Christ-centered vision shapes every aspect of instruction. Her award-winning essay on paideia, “Little Christs: Enculturation Leads to Authentic Growth,” reflects her commitment to forming students and families in the rhythms of faith and learning. She has guided Sardis through its early growth, building a skilled team and a community that transforms families and students alike. Emily holds an associate’s degree in Education, a bachelor’s in Christian Ministry, and multiple certifications in leadership development and classical pedagogy.

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An Apology for Hybrid Education: Why Formation Demands More Than Instruction

Hybrid classical education is often misunderstood as a compromise, but at its heart it is a profoundly faithful model for forming students and families into Christ-centered lives. This workshop demonstrates how hybrid schooling restores the household as the central site of worship, learning, and virtue cultivation.

Audience

  • Administrators
  • Heads of School
  • Hybrid School Leaders

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Emily Goodwin

Emily Goodwin is the founder and CEO of the board at Sardis Classical Christian Community, a hybrid program integrating rigorous academics, the arts, and whole-family formation. A mother of four boys, three with learning challenges, she has spent over a decade exploring educational models that cultivate skill, character, and a love of learning. Emily develops Sardis’s curriculum, ensuring its classical, Christ-centered vision shapes every aspect of instruction. Her award-winning essay on paideia, “Little Christs: Enculturation Leads to Authentic Growth,” reflects her commitment to forming students and families in the rhythms of faith and learning. She has guided Sardis through its early growth, building a skilled team and a community that transforms families and students alike. Emily holds an associate’s degree in Education, a bachelor’s in Christian Ministry, and multiple certifications in leadership development and classical pedagogy.