I'm a returning teacher to FCLC, teaching in the Upper Division. I never planned to be a teacher. I was a pastor and when my son was getting ready for Kindergarten, I checked the Christian schools in the area and found one I liked a lot at Barstow Christian School.      Through a series of doors that subsequently opened and shut, an opportunity arose to move into teaching at that school that I couldn't refuse. That was over 25 years ago, and I've been teaching in Christian Schools ever since.      After several years at Barstow I moved to Tabernacle Baptist School in Concord, where I taught for nine years. After that I taught a couple of years at Faith Christian and then began a ten-year teaching stint at North Hills Christian School in Vallejo and now find myself back at Faith Christian.      Besides teaching I am also a professor in an Internet Based theology training program and am mentoring students throughout the U.S. and the world. I currently have a student coming for graduation from a country in Africa I never heard of before!      After more than 25 years of classroom teaching, I find that the concept behind the individualized instruction is superb. Two of my students came in from public schools and are years behind their grade-level. The public schools gave up on them. However, after less than two weeks I've noted remarkable improvement on both their parts. Both have commented to me that this is the first time in a long time that school has been fun.      I recently enjoyed the experience of watching one of them pass a test — probably for the first time in a long time.      The key to the success of the kind of individualized pace-based instruction used here at Faith Christian is in making learning the supreme ruler. Normal classroom instruction situations enthrone time as the supreme ruler. Teaching, of course, ends when the bell rings.      In the individualized learning carried out here, mastery is the ruler and learning only ends when the student successfully demonstrates proficiency at the end of each pace. I am enjoying the down-to-earth character of my students. They are really diving in and accomplishing things. I like the fact that they are working hard; really striving at their individual levels; and apparently working with success.      I am enjoying the down-to-earth character of my students. They are really diving in and accomplishing things. I like the fact that they are working hard; really striving at their individual levels; and apparently working with success.      Of course we are trying to gather fruit for the kingdom. When I'm an old man these kids represent the generation that will be in charge of the world.      I think that here at Faith Christian we're giving some of them resources to help them actually succeed at that daunting task.

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