You have a philosophy of Christian education. Good. And you want to make sure you’re implementing it. Even better.
 
Question: How can you do this?
 
Step 1: Take a line from your philosophy statement and ask, “How do we do this?”
 
For example, teachers at Christian Academy in Japan reviewed the following statement from the school’s philosophy statement: “We recognize and value student diversity seen in ways of learning, abilities and cultural background and identities.” Then, the teachers responded on the following question: What do we do that shows that we recognize and value student diversity?
 
Here are their some of their responses:

• We differentiate instruction.
• We support students with special needs.
• We have a variety of different classes (for example, AP and ESL).
• We respect the cultural background of our students.
• We celebrate student success in a variety of ways, including posting art and holding sports assemblies.
• We try to minimize academic competition and try to maximize moving all students along from where they are.

Step 2: Once you have identified how you currently implement a given line from your philosophy statement, ask, “How could we do this even better?” Then, take action on your answers.
 
Implement your philosophy of Christian education. Today.