My job as a Catholic educator is primarily to help my students experience God's love through a deep and personal relationship with Jesus Christ. While we may be working with some of the most advanced educational technology the world has to offer, my focus will be on my students' faith formation and spiritual development.
I've developed a set of class rules that reflects my mission as an educator. These are not only my rules, but God's rules. Each rule is matched with a verse from the Bible. I hope that the rules in my classroom might mirror the rules that my students' familes have set up in their own homes.
The rules are as follows:
1. Give thanks for everything.
"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thess. 5:18)
2. Use kind words and a pleasant tone.
"Let your words always be full of grace." (Colossians 4:6)
3. Obey those in authority.
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God." (Romans 13:1)
4. Make good choices.
"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." (Philippians 4:8)
5. Offer to help whenever you can.
"When you are kind to others, you help yourself." (Proverbs 11:17)
6. Tell the truth.
"Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool." (Proverbs 19:1)
7. Be forgiving when wronged and ask for forgiveness.
"And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil." (Luke 11:4)
1. Give thanks for everything.
"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thess. 5:18)
2. Use kind words and a pleasant tone.
"Let your words always be full of grace." (Colossians 4:6)
3. Obey those in authority.
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God." (Romans 13:1)
4. Make good choices.
"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." (Philippians 4:8)
5. Offer to help whenever you can.
"When you are kind to others, you help yourself." (Proverbs 11:17)
6. Tell the truth.
"Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool." (Proverbs 19:1)
7. Be forgiving when wronged and ask for forgiveness.
"And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil." (Luke 11:4)
