Teaching Christianly Individual Course and Book Bundle

This online course accompanies the book Teaching Christianly: A Brief Introduction for Teachers by Mark Witwer Ph.D. One copy of the book (print or digital) is included with the purchase of this course and may be redeemed on the store. Additional copies may be purchased on the store.

Bundle Price: Online Course (1 User) and 1 print or digital book

Price: $49 Member and $99 Non-Member

What’s Included

• Rich Content: Videos with insights from the book as well as lesson recordings from teachers to showcase practical application, participant notes, handouts, templates, and assessments.
• Interactive Content: Templates, discussion forums, interactive activities, assessments, digital handouts
• Independent Reading: Participants read the assigned chapter of Teaching Christianly before completing each session.
• Professional Credits: Teachers and staff can earn 6 Educational CEUs automatically through the ACSI Online PD platform by completing both the in-person sessions and online components.

Course Overview

This eight-session course, based on Dr. Mark Witwer's book Teaching Christianly, is designed to help new and seasoned teachers consider how Christian faith meaningfully shapes both what and how they teach. Participants will explore how instruction, relationships, daily practices, and assessment can encourage students toward deeper love for God and neighbor—while extending grace to themselves and others and remaining attentive to the work of the Holy Spirit.

The required book for this course, Teaching Christianly, is included and must be read in order to complete the course.

Curriculum & Learning Objectives

The Teaching Christianly course is structured into eight strategic sessions designed to establish a biblical foundation supported by practical, everyday application.

• Session 1: Inviting Students to Joy - Participants will articulate how their course vision can offer purpose, hope, or joy to themselves and their students.
• Session 2: A Christian Perspective on Subject Matter – Participants will analyze what their course communicates about what is most important.
• Session 3: Meaningful Relationships Between Faith and Subject Matter – Participants will distinguish between incidental and meaningful biblical integration.
• Session 4: The Big Ideas – Participants will identify discipline-specific Big Ideas and apply them to their grade level or context.
• Session 5: Thinking Christianly about Teaching Practices – Participants will distinguish between teaching practices shaped primarily by secular aims and those motivated by Christian faith.
• Session 6: Where the Rubber Meets the Road – Participants will compile and examine practices that exemplify teaching Christianly.
• Session 7: Grading Practices – Participants will evaluate grading practices through the lens of biblical values.
• Session 8: What Matters Most – Participants will define faithful measures of success in Christian teaching and develop an action plan.