Building a High Performing Leadership Team | Jean Kim
Jean Kim speaks at the Society for Classical Learning on building a high performance leadership team
Nov 04, 2020•36 min
An Examined Education
A podcast from The Cambridge School, a Christian Classical School in San Diego California, where we discuss an education worth pursuing. From Faculty and Administration to scholars across academia, we sit down with renowned names in the field of education to discuss both the classical and Christian principles that focus on formation, not simply information.
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Leadership | Jean Kim
Jean Kim, founder of The Cambridge School, talks about the formation and importance of a leadership team.
Oct 26, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Grammar School | 2nd & 3rd Grade | Hana Rodgers
Hana Rodgers, our 2nd and 3rd Grade team lead, sits down to walk us through a bit of the early Grammar School curriculum. She talks about feast days, 3rd grade events, our unique teacher partnerships, and how virtue development is cultivated in our students from a young age.
May 22, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 21
The King's Speech
Jean gives her speech from Back to School Night 2016.
May 13, 2020•17 min
College Counseling Part II | Class of 2020
The Class of 2020 joins us on the podcast to describe their college admission process and how Cambridge has shaped their decision on which schools to pursue.
May 08, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 20
A Robust Rebirth
Jean speaks at Back to School Night 2015 about the need for Robust Rebirth of a Classical Christian Education.
May 06, 2020•26 min
Afternoon with The Cambridge School | Jean Kim
Jean Kim, Founder of the Cambridge School, speaks to the need of an education like the Cambridge education. Listen Now!
Apr 29, 2020•23 min
The Cambridge Response to Covid-19 | Jean Kim
Jean Kim joins our hosts Jeff and DJ to discus the way that Cambridge reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic--the decision process of closing the school, the migration to an online teaching format, and where we are at now as an educational program and as a community.
Apr 29, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Education for True Freedom | Jean Kim
This is a speech that Jean Kim gave in 2017 at Back to School Night. We hope everyone is staying healthy and safe!
Apr 22, 2020•19 min
College Counseling | Becky Priest
2020 College Acceptances
Apr 10, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Math at Cambridge Part II | Jacob Mohler, Andrew Chung, and Josh Sansonetti
Jump back in to Math at Cambridge with Par II of our discussion on what Math looks like at Cambridge.
Mar 27, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Math at Cambridge Part I | Jacob Mohler, Andrew Chung, and Josh Sansonetti
The Cambridge Math Department joins us this week to talk about math at Cambridge and how we approach math a little differently. This episode will be broken into two parts, so make sure that you tune-in in two weeks to hear part 2!
Mar 13, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Science at Cambridge | Dr. Melissa Gingrich
As we continue to cover our curriculum at Cambridge, we welcome Dr. Melissa Gingrich, our Upper School Principal, who has been with the school since its inception and has been a big part in writing our Science Curriculum and refining it over the years. She speaks on the scope and sequence of our Science curriculum and talks about what makes Cambridge unique in its study of Science when compared to other educational organizations.
Feb 28, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
How Cambridge is Christian Part III | Russ Kapusinski, Brent Baber, and DJ Goodwiler
Welcome back to the continuation of How is Cambridge Christian, this week we will pick up the conversation we were having with Russ Kapusinski, Brent Baber, and DJ Goodwiler about how exactly Cambridge is Christian. Last episode we talked about a lot of the explicit ways in which Cambridge is Christian and in this episode we talk a bit more about some of the implicit ways Cambridge is Christian. As always we would love to hear your thoughts on the conversation and any questions you may have. Fee...
Feb 14, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 14
How Cambridge is Christian Part II | Russ Kapusinski, Brent Baber, and DJ Goodwiler
Join us this week to hear from Russ Kapusinski, Brent Baber, and DJ Goodwiler, all teachers who have been part of creating and implementing the Bible Curriculum at Cambridge. We begin to discuss what the Cambridge Bible Program looks like. This episode will be continued in Part III. Stay Tuned!
Jan 31, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Rhetoric - What is it? Part II | Colleen Dong & DJ Goodwiler
Jeff, Colleen, and DJ continue their conversation of Rhetoric within the Cambridge School as well as how Rhetoric manifests itself in its many forms and how it can influence the way we interact with the world around us.
Jan 17, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Rhetoric - What is it? Part I | Colleen Dong & DJ Goodwiler
Co-host DJ Goodwiler, takes off his hosting hat to be a guest on this episode of An Examined Education as he talks with Colleen Dong about Rhetoric-what it is and how it is taught at the Cambridge School. Enjoy!
Jan 10, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Combustible Data | DJ Goodwiler
DJ Goodwiler addresses the Cambridge Community about the Upper School literature program at The Cambridge School and how a reader can approach a work of literature rhetorically and ethically.
Dec 20, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 10
How is Cambridge Classical Part II | Jim Hamilton
Jim discusses Latin, Ancient History, and what makes The Cambridge Curriculum so unique. This is part two of this conversation and a follow up to a speech that Jim gave earlier in the year to a group of students about How Cambridge is Classical.
Dec 13, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 9
How is Cambridge Classical Part I | Jim Hamilton
Language Chair Jim Hamilton addresses the Upper School students at a retreat earlier in the year. Jim tracks classical education back to its origins to illustrate a couple ways in which the Cambridge Education is a classical education.
Dec 13, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 8
How is Cambridge Christian Part I | Russ Kapusinski
Russ Kapusinski joins us on today's episode to tell what it does and does not mean to be a Christian School in today's contemporary climate and challenges assumptions that may be brought into the discussion. This conversation will be continued in a future episode, so keep an eye out for that!
Dec 06, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Not just Kindergarten Part II | Colleen Dong
In Part 2 of our discussion with Colleen Dong, DJ steps in to do a deep dive on some of the concepts that Colleen discussed on her previous discussion with Jeff. Tune-in to hear how “Kindergarten is really 12th grade Lite” and how our Kindergarten Teachers embody Homer as they transition these young children from oral culture into literacy.
Nov 22, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Not just Kindergarten Part I | Colleen Dong
Colleen Dong has been with Cambridge more than most and has been involved in all stages of the educational development of the students. In this episode, Colleen tells her story of how she first got involved in the Kindergarten classroom and eventually came to teach Kindergarten here at Cambridge. It is a truly incredible story that shows Kindergarten is not something to look over when it comes to the early development of a child.
Nov 22, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Alumni on their time at Cambridge
Book Recommendations Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson Wisdom and Eloquence by Robert Littlejohn and Charles T. Evans Liberal Arts Tradition by Kevin Clark and Ravi Jain Institutes of Oratory by Quintilian Collected Works by Erasmus...
Nov 12, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Beginning with the end in mind | Jean Kim
Book Recommendations Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson Wisdom and Eloquence by Robert Littlejohn and Charles T. Evans Liberal Arts Tradition by Kevin Clark and Ravi Jain Institutes of Oratory by Quintilian Collected Works by Erasmus...
Nov 12, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The Founding of The Cambridge School | Jean Kim
Jean Kim’s address to new parents at the New Parent Orientation. Jean tells about herself and the foundation of The Cambridge School. Tune in to the next episode where Jeff Yoder will dive deeper with Jean into why Cambridge, how Cambridge approaches education, and who the Cambridge education is for.
Nov 12, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to An Examined Education
Jump into the inaugural episode of An Examined Education, with your host, Jeff Yoder, Director of Advancement, and your co-host, DJ Goodwiler, Humanities Chair and Rhetoric and Literature teacher at The Cambridge School. In this commencement, you will learn all about your hosts (perhaps more than is necessary) and learn about why The Cambridge School has decided to start a podcast. We hope you enjoy and perhaps share a laugh or two with some friends (at the expense of our intrepid hosts).
Nov 06, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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