hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.” One way or another a person teaches his values and beliefs by example. As a former headmaster at Upper Canada College put it, “A saintly person will teach saintly Mathematics and a degenerate will teach degenerate Mathematics!” James stresses how important outstanding character is for teachers, “Not many of you would presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judge more strictly” (James 3:1). Christian school educators need to have the spiritual gift of teaching as defined in Ephesians 4:11 because teaching is much more than passing on information. There’s no shame if a person doesn’t have that particular gift but it is essential in order to teach effectively. Scripture gives one primary motive for believers who teach: to honour God. "He who speaks on his own does so to gain honour for himself but he who works for the honour of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him” (John 7:18). Teaching has the potential to be dangerous. For example, what if a teacher or school system teaches that some forms of sexual sin are normal, acceptable and good? Now there’s a philosophy with some potentially disastrous consequences! Mark’s gospel has a warning for people who work with children. “And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck” (Mark 9:42). Life principles from Scripture need to be taught consistently at home, in church and at school. Children become exasperated when the truths they’ve learned at home and in church are contradicted or mocked at school. Paul says, “Fathers , do not exasperate your children; instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” (Eph 6:4) Paul warns about a time when people won’t tolerate important Christian teachings. Sounds a bit like today. “For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
The school’s philosophy of education, statement of faith, and mission statement. Qualifications for staff, students, parents. All legal, financial and policy matters. All promotional materials. A Christian educator should have considerable input into the choice of curriculum. Ideally that educator could become the future principal or at least a prime candidate for the position. Note: If the school committee become the official school board, by law no salaried employee of the school (including the principal) can be a voting member of the board. Also fewer than 50% of the board can be related to salaried members of the school staff. VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS Category Characteristics Potential Potential Concerns I CHURCH Church and School are one Corporation School employees are church staff Church and school may not have separate budgets Generally a denominational doctrine is taught, but not always The pastor is often ex officio Chief Executive Officer Church Board has final authority School committee/board doesn’t have authority to make major decisions—only Administrators have claimed their rent or equivalent to rent as a tax deduction for “minister’s housing” Often all staff are required to attend the church Shared facilities, equipment, and staff The congregation becomes an pool for recruitment conflicts with Sunday school teachers over facilities equipment and resources difficulties if either the church or school a significant debt, has a moral in leadership, or has a legal problem A change of senior pastor may diminish or remove support for the school Difficult to find enough quality staff members who will all attend the church. II CHURCH but Separately Church and school have separate budgets and boards Pastor is often ex officio Chief Executive Officer School board has more power than Category I schools, but may be answerable to church board Employees are not considered church staff Same as above Plus The option to operate as an school If the church develops debt it does Same as above Plus the church is under no legal compulsion to take care of school debts and vice versa. Legal responsibility for accidents etc. may be shared but need to be clearly established
workplace. New Brunswick Health and Safety issues: Contact your Business at: or If you have any questions your JHSC contact by: 1 800 222-9775 or by email: . See more at: Occupational Health and Safety Act (A.N.B. 1983, c. Sections 14 to 18 What are my obligations the Occupation Health and Safety Act of New Brunswick? Joint health and safety committee Mandatory - or more employees 5 to 19 Nova Scotia Workplace Health and Safety made under Section 82 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act S.N.S. 1996, c. 7 O.I.C. 2013-65 (March 12, 2013, effective June 12, 2013), N.S. Reg. 52/2013 as to O.I.C. (Sept. 23, 2014, effective Oct. 1, 2014), N.S. Reg. 143/2014 Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety Act (R.S.P.E.I. 2004, c. Joint health and safety committee Mandatory - 20 or more persons are Five or more regularly but no
people gold ore appears to be pretty unpromising stuff –mainly it looks just like hunks of grey rock. It takes a lot of focused, dedicated refining to get rid of the dross and bring out the valuable material. But in the end all the work and expense is worth it. So is Christian school. A Growing Body of Evidence about the Importance of Christian Schooling By Mark Kennedy I have yet to see any sort of study results that present a negative picture of school education. Three well-grounded independent resources make a very strong case for us. In 2011, The Cardus Educational survey compared adult from 5 types of North American schools: Public, Catholic, Secular Private, Protestant Christian and Home Schools. Here are a few quotations from that report: “One of the most significant findings in this study is the long term of Protestant Christian school graduates to stay within the Protestant faith. Attending a Protestant Christian school seems to impact graduates’ choice to stay into adulthood within the Christian faith.” What a contrast to the increasing rate of departure of other young people from the church!” “It is clear that graduates of protestant Christian schools are ideal church members in many ways. From church attendance to congregational the Protestant Christian school is having an impact on how its participate in church life…….While we understand the church’s need to support public schools, as well as the argument to place children in these schools as “salt and light” we wonder if the church would be wise to better support Christian schools for the betterment of their families, children, and…. their communities as a whole.” It also found that in comparison to all the other groups Christian school graduates: Spend more time incorporating their faith into their family lives ( discussing God and reading scripture together) Attend church more regularly Give almost 5 times more money to their church than any other group Give 7 times more money to other religious causes Give significantly more time volunteering in their churches and an equal amount of time volunteering for other community causes