Guiding Knowledge: Lessons on the Socratic Method from a Law Professor and Judge
Ryan Holte, Judge at United States Court of Federal Claims
This year's theme is "to know and to love."
The Forum's flagship event, Convivium is the only conference in the world designed specifically for male teachers. Convivium combines the focus of a professional workshop with the leisure of a spiritual retreat by offering teachers the time, space, and camaraderie needed to think deeply about broader educational questions and their impact on the craft of teaching.
During the event you can expect lectures and breakout sessions, featuring both Heights faculty and our friends beyond the walls. Equally important, the conference will feature plenty of good food and drink, lively conversations, and local excursions.
In addition to plenary sessions, Convivium will also feature a set of breakout workshops led by teachers and scholars from schools around the world. If you are interested in leading a breakout session, stay tuned: proposal submissions will open June 2. Selected breakout leaders will receive a scholarship that covers the entire cost of registration to the conference.
Thanks to the generosity of the Herzog Foundation, which recognizes the importance of formative education and the teachers that make such education possible, Convivium will be free of charge. This includes conference registration, all meals at the conference, and lodging for the evenings of November 13 and 14.
Headmaster, The Heights School
Headmaster of The Heights School, and an advisor to hundreds of school leaders, both of start-up schools and established schools seeking to revamp their offerings, especially for boys.
Author, Professor at Harvard Business School
Arthur C. Brooks is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership, happiness, and social entrepreneurship.
Associate Dean, Hillsdale Graduate School of Government
Dr. Mehan is the Associate Dean and Associate Professor at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. campus. He has been teaching and designing humanities curricula for twenty-five years, and has written for outlets both scholarly and popular. He is also the author of The Handsome Little Cygnet, as well as Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals.
Alvaro de Vicente
Dr. Matthew Mehan, Hillsdale College
Ryan Holte, Judge at United States Court of Federal Claims
Kyle Blackmer, Teacher at The Heights School
Austin Hatch and Tom Steenson, Teachers at The Heights School
Bill Dardis, Teacher at The Heights School
Dr. John Walker, Superintendent at Central Christian School
Rinju Chenet, Teacher at Father Gabriel Richard High School
Bill Rivers, Office of the CEO at Palantir Technologies
Tom Cox, Teacher at The Heights School
Mark Grannis, Teacher at The Heights School
Colin Gleason, Lower School Head at The Heights School
Brian Peppiatt, Assistant Headmaster at Chelsea Academy
Dan Murphy, Teacher at Western Academy
Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard Business School
Rob Greving, Teacher at The Heights School
Michael Moynihan, Upper School Head at The Heights School
Rich Moss and Nate Gadiano, Teachers at The Heights School
Rev. Seth Hedman, Teacher and Pastor at Marshalltown Christian School
Ted Watkins, Director of Advancement at Ambleside School
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