Academic Excellence - An Adventist Priority
Tertiary-Lifelong
La Sierra University President Geraty frames this articles around five points by which academic excellence becomes an Adventist priority. Academic excellence is: a response to the goodness of God's world; a reflection of our status as creatures made in the...
Erasing the Myths of Adventist Education
Kindergarten-Grade 12
A composite article written by superintendents within the Adventist Church in Canada addressing the church's commitment to educational excellence. The authors address and counter six myths of Adventist education in areas such as curriculum, academic standards,...
Journey to Excellence (J2E) Website
Kindergarten-Grade 12
Dynamically guiding Seventh-day Adventist education into the 21st century this philosophy-based school improvement and change model is built on the primary components of the earlier FACT-21 report. Philosophy, Goals, Essential Core Elements, and Preferred...
Journey to Excellence Overview Text
Kindergarten-Grade 12
Use this word version of the NAD Journey to Excellence guiding document to cut and paste as you prepare your school's plan and curricula. A pdf version is available at
here.
A PowerPoint Presentation of Journey to Excellence, a model for school improvement in Adventist schools that includes Philosophy, Goals, Essential Core Elements, and Preferred Practices.
Journey to Excellence Videos
Kindergarten-Grade 12
"The J2E video shares the thoughts of administrators, teachers, parents, and students about the quality academics, strong curriculum and integrated spiritual and moral content of our schools." Available in 4 more formats in the
NAD...
Ten preferred practices identified by the NAD Curriculum Futures Commission are being developed at this website. Besides descriptions of these practices, at this site you will also find practical models and applications of each practice, and links to additional...
The Excellence in Education Movement - An Adventist Response
Kindergarten-Lifelong
Provides a brief summary of educational reforms promoted by the National Commission on Excellence in Education during the 1980s, and shares an Adventist perspective on achieving excellence in education. Reforms discussed include: The Paideia Proposal; Making...
Total Quality in the Classroom
Kindergarten-Lifelong
Adventist education achieving continuous improvement through improved quality control is the focus of this article. The author examines Adventist education practices through the lens of quality control principles with topic areas such as Redefining Quality;...
Using the Journey to Excellence Goals as a Foundation for Student Assessment
Kindergarten-Grade 12
Acceptance of God, intellectual development, communication skills & the J2E goals form the foundation for an excellent Adventist education. But how can we USE them in a meaningful and purposeful way to assess learning in our classrooms? Come discover what...
