Lutheran Education Podcast

Stacy Hoeft, LSEM President/CEO, and Kara Bratton, Resource Center Director, join the podcast to talk about LSEM and its role in serving Lutheran and Christian schools across the country. They take us from the origins of LSEM where it began as the Lutheran School for the Deaf that assisted students with hearing impairments and how the focus has changed over the years to serve all students with lea...

We conclude our series with Dr. Kim Marxhausen, a former Lutheran school teacher and current guest speaker for LSEM. In this episode we explore our third topic about trust in the classroom and how it's essential to learning.

We continue our conversation with Dr. Kim Marxhausen, a former Lutheran school teacher and current guest speaker for LSEM. In this episode we talk about repentance, the second way of being "smart."

We interview Dr. Kim Marxhausen, a former Lutheran school teacher and current guest speaker for LSEM, and talk about building socio-emotional skills and the teaching of faith in this first of a three-part conversation.

We interview our very own Resource Center Director, Kara Bratton, and talk about the differences in and the importance of accommodations and modifications. As Kara points out, every student has a unique need and that the curriculum should meet the child right where they’re at in their learning. She also discusses the importance of documenting these accommodations and modifications in order to bett...

In this episode we hear from Travis Grulke, superintendent of Michigan District Lutheran Schools, and Chuck Winterstein, assistant superintendent. They join the podcast to talk about the state of education in Michigan’s Lutheran schools.