What We Do

The mission of the Curriculum and Instruction Resource Center Linking Educators (CIRCLE) is to serve as a comprehensive source for locating the ever-expanding array of resources for Seventh-day Adventist educators as they continue the teaching ministry of Jesus Christ.

How We Operate

This educational resource curation service, funded by the North American Division Office of Education since 1998, links those who need Christian education resources with those who have them, anytime, anywhere. CIRCLE is promoted by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists as a tool for educator training and resource development globally, and now serves in partnership with the Adventist Learning Community

Freely you have received, freely give. Adventists who teach or lead education are invited to contribute what videos, curriculum, lesson plans, or adaptations of local materials that demonstrate faith-based educational policy and practice. The copyright remains with the author, and credit is given with contact information (if submitted by the author) that enables networking and peer support beyond the specific resource. Submit what you do best this year, and enjoy many more uniquely Adventist tools (over 8,000) best found through CIRCLE.

Who We Are

Heather Enders, an experienced elementary teacher, manages resource research and database entries, building new curations as educators query or request Adventist content in any format, on any educational topic. Jessica Chitura assists with French and Spanish resource management. English teacher Keri Conwell edits resource submissions from teachers and educational leaders in diverse disciplines and levels, working in Adventist and other educational positions around the globe.

As CIRCLE Director, Glynis Bradfield, Andrews University Non-Traditional Student Services Director, oversees operations and networks with Adventist educators to prioritize CIRCLE’s curation and communication of resources. Jonathan Duncan, Chair of the Computer Science and Mathematics Departments at Walla Walla University, serves as the CIRCLE Technology Director.

About Seventh-day Adventist Education

In the 1870s Seventh-day Adventist church founders recognized the importance of holistic education and began to develop a denominationally-based school system. The Adventist church's interests in education grew from the philosophy that students at all levels of schooling are uniquely valuable and should be educated to use their God-given capacities to become individuals of principle, qualified for any position of life. Education was to begin in the home where the basic values of redemptive discipline and mental and physical health were to be balanced with the importance of work.

Since those early days Adventists have embraced the philosophy that education should be redemptive in nature, for the purpose of restoring human beings to the image of God, our Creator. Mental, physical, social and spiritual health, intellectual growth, and service to humanity form a core of values that are essential aspects of the Adventist education philosophy.