Adam Andrews
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Adam Andrews received his BA in Political Economy and Christian Studies from Hillsdale College in 1991. He earned his MA in History from the University of Washington in 1994, and is currently a candidate for the PhD in History. He is writing his doctoral dissertation on the history of early American Presbyterianism. Adam is a Henry Salvatori Fellow of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and a founding board member of Westover Academy, a Classical Christian school in Colville, Washington. He is the assistant director of the American Indoor Air Quality Council, a professional training and certification organization.
Workshops:
Reading Comprehension from Seuss to Socrates, Wednesday 10:20 AM
This lecture demonstrates that everything you need to know about understanding and teaching literature is present in your second grader’s bedtime story. Adam reads a classics children’s story out loud to begin the presentation, and then leads the audience into a discussion of eternal literary themes. Along the way, he shows how you can do the same at home by following five simple steps. You’ll never put the kids to bed the same way again!
The Story of Job: Leadership Education for the Luckiest Man in the World †, Wednesday Plenary 8:30 AM
Education is not an object we can acquire; it’s a state of the heart, mind and soul. All great leaders share certain attributes in this area, and Job was one of the greatest! Adam’s unique perspective on Job’s career inspires parents to prepare their own students for leadership. The lecture sends them away with renewed vision for the liberal arts and practical suggestions for applying this vision in the classroom.
Asking the Right Questions – Teaching Literature with Socratic Discussion, Wednesday 1:30 PM
Adam shows aspiring classroom leaders three ways to lead students naturally and effortlessly into quality discussions of any book. He demonstrates each of these techniques through live discussion of a beloved American classic, and teaches audience members how to try them at home immediately.
Adam Andrews will be presenting at the Community Open House, Speaker Potpourri and Book Signing on Tuesday, July 27 at 7:30 PM
† Contains Faith-Based Content
Dr. House has been a Christian college and seminary professor for most of his career. He has also served as a pastor, church planter, and in summer missions work in Indonesia and South Korea. He has served as adjunct faculty at Taylor University and Columbia International University. For several years, he was the Director of the M.A. in Pastoral Ministries, and Director of Mentoring at the Huntington University Graduate School in Indiana. Dr. House has earned a B.A. from Asbury College, an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary, an M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from The University of South Carolina. His M.A. research focused on the History of American Revivalism, and his doctorate was in American Educational History. Other research interests include the History of Christian Liberal Arts Colleges; American Religious History; and American Cultural, Political, and Religious Trends and Issues. He is currently engaged in research, consulting, ministry, and pursuing entreprenneurial ventures. He and his wife Laura homeschooled their three college-aged children, and currently reside in Lynchburg, VA.
Jennifer Kimbrell began college as an English major, but switched to Nursing when she realized that no one was going to pay her to read good books. She never even considered teaching until she and her husband Charles were providentially compelled to homeschool their children. Nine years ago she discovered IEW. After teaching it to her children for a short time, she began to share it with friends. Soon came teaching roles as a co-op member, a paid co-op instructor, and finally, a free-lance instructor. Now teaching three levels of IEW to middle and high school students, she is continually motivated by the transformation of her students’ writing. Currently homeschooling her last child, Jennifer also teaches Sunday School, sings in the church choir, and reads good books.
Jill Pike is a registered nurse with eighteen years of teaching experience as a home educator. As an Accomplished Instructor with Excellence in Writing, she moderates the IEW Families support group and writes lesson plans to accompany the Student Writing Intensive series. In addition to teaching high school level science and writing classes in her community, she works with her own early elementary students to help them learn to read, write and spell. Having graduated three of their children, Jill and her husband Greg continue to educate five girls at home in Huntington, Indiana.
Andrew Pudewa is the director of the 
Maureen Richards, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S Army Reserve, has taught writing since she began instructing as adjunct faculty for the United States Army Command and General Staff College. Tragically, she noticed that senior officers, with bachelor’s and frequently master’s degrees, would rather attack a live machine gun nest than write a paper. Seeking assistance, she attended graduate school where she stumbled upon Dorothy Sayers’ “The Lost Tools of Learning” and Mortimer Adler’s How to Read a Book and realized that clear communication was as much a thinking problem as it was a writing problem. After earning a Masters of Education from Aquinas College, she refined the above principles when she taught 11th grade English and 12th grade rhetoric, with incredible results. By the 4th year, four students earned nearly $250,000 in scholarships in a single essay and interview competition. A few years later, circumstances found her teaching a 5/6th and 7/8th literature and composition in a small K-8 classical Christian school where she discovered that good thinking and writing tools employed at the rhetoric level also worked at the logic level. Her young students’ essays eloquently address the “Ultimate Questions/Subjects of Life” and their poetry consciously employs the poetic elements. Maureen is married to Jay, and they have three grown children and two grandchildren.
Best-selling novelist Lee Roddy’s credits include 43 wholesome novels for young readers, 10 adult novels, and 12 nonfiction books with sales in millions of copies. He currently has 30 books in print and is writing new stories. A book reviewer wrote, “Lee Roddy is the grand-master of exciting books for young readers.” Lee has taught fiction across the USA. His newest book is The Novel Writers Guide to Success published by the Institute for Excellence in Writing. It will be released at the Writing Educators Symposium in July. The author and his wife, Cicely, live in California. They have a grown son, daughter and two grandsons.
For the past thirteen years, Janet Spitler has been instructing students from 5th to 12th grades, home-school moms, and private school teachers in the IEW methodology. After her children graduated high school, she began teaching at a classical Christian school. Recently she accepted the full-time position of Classroom Consultant to private and public schools for IEW. Janet and her husband Greg reside in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Dr. James B. Webster will be speaking on classroom management, advanced TESOL, and metaphorical and allegorical writing.