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Who We Are

ClassicalU.com is a teacher training service provided by Classical Academic Press providing asynchronous video courses covering the practice, the history, and the philosophy of classical education across multiple subject areas and grade levels. Our presenters include educators, leaders, and university professors experienced in the field of classical education.

Where To Start

To get an initial broad welcome with both educators and parents in view, here is Dr. Christopher Perrin answering the question of “What is Classical Education?” in an 11-minute lesson.

Next Steps

  • Level 1 Beginner
    (4 courses)
  1. Introduction to Classical Education (10.6 hours)
  2. A Brief History of Classical Education – Charter School Course (10.17 hours)
  3. Narration: A Classical Guide (6.2 hours)
  4. The Teacher’s Playbook: Practical Pedagogy for Classical Educators (3.8 hours)
  • Level 2 - Intermediate
    (3 courses)
  1. Principles of Classical Pedagogy (11.1 hours)
  2. The Seven Liberal Arts (6.4 hours)
  3. One of these two options:
    1. Essentials of Effective Teaching (5.9 hours)
    2. Growing Classroom Culture through Parent Partnerships (5.2 hours)
  • Level 3 Advanced
    (3 courses)
  1. Socratic Teaching Symposium (8.9 hours)
  2. One of these two options:
    1. Awakening the Moral Imagination through Fairy Tales and Stories – Charter School Course (3.7 hours)
    2. On Teaching Fairy Stories (4 hours)
  3. One of these two options:
    1. The Black Intellectual Tradition and the Great Conversation (13 hours)
    2. Women in the Liberal Arts Tradition (11.6 hours)
  • Level 4 Master
    (2 courses)
  1. Assessing Students Classically – Charter School Course (5.6 hours)
  2. At least 6 hours from across one or more subject-specific or grade-level courses such as:
    1. Teaching Singapore Math (17.2 hours)
    2. Teaching Formal Logic (10.6 hours)
    3. Teaching Science Classically: 10 Essential Principles (4.3 hours)
    4. The Scientific Revolution: A Short History (10.8 hours)
    5. How to Teach History (11.3 hours)
    6. The Art of Poetry (17.3 hours)
    7. Teaching Shakespeare’s Greatest Plays & Sonnets (11.7 hours)
    8. Reading and Teaching The Odyssey (7.9 hours)
    9. Teaching Music with the Humanities (2.43 hours)
    10. Essential Music (4.6 hours)
    11. Essentials of Drawing (8.14)

Additional Content in Your Designated Course List

Please note that your designated access provides even more content from across these 52 nonsectarian courses:

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Aristotle

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