NCCSC 2018 Conference Resources
Breakout Sessions – Block C
The Modern Era
Denis Teti
The Baring of Standards
Elisabeth Sullivan
The Student’s Soul
Matt Bianco
Partnering with Parents, the Primary Educators
Rich Moss & Michael Moynihan
Restoring the Quadrivium
Peter Orlowski
The Place of Classical Languages in the Curriculum
Dr. Lionel Yaceczko
STEM Through the Looking Glass
Michelle Orhan & Dr. Merrill Roberts
Making Classical Education Accessible
Richard Beall & Meghan Waters
Mimetic Instruction
Danielle Bennette-Dukes
Enrollment Marketing on a Shoestring Budget
Chris Currie
PowerPoint
Breakout Sessions – Block B
The Catholic Millenium
Dr. Andrew Seeley
Christ & Reason
Dr. Brian Phillips
Panel Discussion: Virtuous Assessment
Nary Pat Donoghue, Stephanie McGann, and Dr. Jake Noland
To Teach Like Christ, The Vocation of Teaching
Rosemary Vander Weele
Moral Instruction in an Age of Relativism
Dr. Arthur Hippler
PowerPoint
Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4
Narration as the Foundation to Writing Well
Michelle Trudeau
Reaching the Reluctant Writer
Beth O’Connor
PowerPoint
Handout
Teaching Fiction from the Inside Out
Jeanneatte DeCelles-Zwerneman
Euclidean Geometry
Patrick Storey
A Classical Approach to Music Education
Amy Zuberbueler
Breakout Sessions – Block A
The Ancient World
Dr. Arthur Hippler
PowerPoint
Poetry’s Education at the Heart of the Church
Christine Perrin
CANCELLED
Roundtable Discussion – Natural Philosophy vs. Science
Dr. Andrew Seeley
Classical High Schools and College Admissions
Dr. Jake Noland
Handout
Grade Level Presentations – Integrating the Curriculum
Kindergarten
Heather Campos
Handout 1
Handout 2
Grade 1
Sue Mattina
Grade 2
Mary K. Robertson
Grade 3
Alejandro Lado
Handout
Grade 4
Mary Defilipis
Grade 5
Amy Clayton
Seminar Readings
Our seminars are a highlight of the conference, offering a small-group setting to ponder and discuss meaningful texts and to further develop our ability to guide conversation in the classroom. Each seminar is limited to 15 participants. Advanced sign-ups are now closed. Participants will have the opportunity to choose among remaining options during check-in. If you have your heart set on a particular seminar, be sure to check-in early before space fills up! If you’re dying to ensure you don’t miss out, feel free to email cweir@icle-member-site.mystagingwebsite.com and we’ll do our best to add your name to the list.
Euthyphro, by Plato
Matt Bianco, Director of Curriculum, CiRCE Institute
“After Rain,” by William Trevor
Jeannette DeCelles-Zwerneman, Director of Instruction, Cana Academy, Falls Church, VA
“The Nightingale and the Rose,” by Oscar Wilde
Mary Pat Donoghue, Director of School Services, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” by Mark Twain
Danny Flynn, Principal, St. Jerome Academy, Hyattsville, MD
“An Experiment in Criticism,” by C.S. Lewis
Dr. Arthur Hippler, Religion Department Chairman, Providence Academy, Plymouth, MN
“Lyceum Address,” by Abraham Lincoln
John Lyle, Fifth Grade Teacher, St. John Bosco Schools, Rochester, NY
“Regensberg Address,” by Pope Benedict XVI
Michael Moynihan, Head of the Upper School, The Heights School, Potomac, MD
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, Chapter 3, by Jean Leclercq, O.S.B.
Diana Philpott, St. John the Baptist Catholic School, South Bend, IN
Didascalicon, by Hugh of St. Victor
Dr. Matthew Post, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Graduate Director of Classical Education,
Assistant Dean of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts at the University of Dallas
“The Gifts of the Christ Child,” by George MacDonald
Colleen Richards, Headmaster of St. John Bosco Schools ~ Chesterton Academy of Rochester
“The Abolition of Man,” by C.S. Lewis
Dr. Merrill Roberts, Nature Studies Teacher, St. Jerome Academy, Hyattsville, MD
The Republic, Book VIII, by Plato (on oligarchy)
Dr. Andrew Seeley, Director of Advanced Formation, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
“Lilies that Fester,” by C.S. Lewis
Michael Van Hecke, Founder & President, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
“What is America?” by G.K. Chesterton
Chris Weir, Vice President, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
“A Consolatory Letter to His Wife,” by Plutarch
Mo Woltering, Headmaster, Holy Family Academy, Manassas, VA
Selected Poems
Andrew Zwerneman, Founding President, Cana Academy, Falls Church, VA