2025 Workshop Talk | | All Grade Levels, Academics & Curriculum, Culture & Faith, Leadership & Strategic, General Classroom
Summary
There are many components of shaping school and family culture. Two that are often overlooked in practical ways are how we deal with conflict and developing a consumer to contributor culture that informs Identity Formation.
C.S Lewis stated “Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best indicator of what sort of man he is.” How we as a school community engage parents when they are frustrated or students when struggling communicates a great deal about who we are. When we have a unified approach across all grades it provides a wonderful context for clarity in our community…..you learn a lot about a person or organization by how they respond to conflict.
Healthy Struggle is the engine to growth and maturity” is a key part of raising sturdy kids in our homes, engaging early stages of Identity Formation, and developing a health culture in our schools. When we onboard our kids and students to responsibility early and along the way in life, we ignite this growth mindset.
Speaker
Keith A. McCurdy, M.A., Ed.S, is a Family and Parenting Educator and Consultant, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Virginia. He has worked with families, children, parents, and individuals for over 30 years in the field of mental health.
Keith provides consulting and coaching services nationally on improving parenting skills, building strong marriages, maintaining healthy relationships, leadership training, and addressing corporate stress management. He has developed and regularly offer parenting retreats entitled “Raising Sturdy Kids” to help parents operate from the correct paradigm with their children and have extended and customized this powerful program for schools and students. He also provides counseling services in person and via teletherapy throughout the state of Virginia at Total Life Counseling, Inc.
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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