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June 22-26, 2026

Teaching Essentials Workshop

The Heights School • Potomac, MD

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Teaching Essentials

About

Led by two veteran Heights teachers, the workshop blends instruction about teaching with instruction through teaching. Sessions on particular aspects of the teaching craft are supplemented by seminar discussions on great works that, in addition to being good and useful in themselves, touch on themes relevant to the work of a teacher.

Who this is for

Teaching Essentials is a workshop for teaching men of all levels of experience. Especially useful for newer teachers, the workshop is also valuable to seasoned teachers who are new to the liberal arts and liberal arts teachers who want to rejuvenate their craft and pick-up new skills to bring into their classrooms.

Registration

Registration Cost: $975. Registration includes breakfast and lunch during the week, printed materials for the workshop and a custom Forum notebook. Please note that the workshop is limited to 30 participants to allow for personal attention.

Lodging

We recommend staying at The Embassy Suites, which is only five minutes from The Heights School.

Transportation

Participants are responsible for their own transportation.

Location

The campus of The Heights School in Potomac, MD

Topics

Workshop Topics
Seminar Topics
  • Lesson Planning: Year, Quarter, Month, Week, Day, Class Period
  • A Teacher’s Classroom: Beauty and Utility
  • Embodied Souls: Posture and Gesture in the Classroom
  • Field Trips and Excursions
  • Seminar and Socratic Discussion: Age Appropriate Reading of Good and Great Books
  • Coaching in Class: Public Speaking and Acting
  • Grading
  • Coaching One-on-One: Writing and Book Discussions

Examples include...

  • Cicero’s De Amicitia
  • Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
  • The Magna Carta
  • A Euclidean Proof
  • Selected Short Stories

Faculty

Meet the teachers who will be leading the workshop.

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Austin Hatch

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Tom Steenson

Inquire and Register

Registration Cost: $975. Registration includes breakfast and lunch during the week, along with printed materials for the workshop and a custom Forum notebook. Please note that the workshop is limited to 18 participants in order to allow for personal attention.

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Questions? Contact nate@heightsforum.org with any inquiries.