Academy for Classical Teachers
The Academy for Classical Teachers (ACT) provides online enrichment for classical teachers who seek to teach in their classrooms according to the principles of a traditional Liberal Arts Education. ACT is a collaborative initiative of Great Hearts Academies and our partner institutions in both higher education and classical K-12. This year’s courses are designed to help teachers dive deeply into content, with an eye toward both theory and practice. Faculty are drawn from our friends in higher education, expert teachers, and scholars who have chosen to teach within the public K-12 arena because of the unique opportunities it affords.
For further questions, please email the Academy Director, Dr. Paul Weinhold at paul.weinhold@greathearts.org
All Courses are FREE for Great Hearts employees: use voucher code ghemployee (case sensitive) at checkout.
Featured Courses
Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy
A live Zoom seminar on six plays by two Greek contemporaries, Euripides and Aristophanes.
$125.00
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Augustine & Aquinas on Teaching and Learning
A live Zoom seminar on medieval philosophies of teaching and learning.
$125.00
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Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
A live Zoom seminar on Boethius's timeless work, The Consolation of Philosophy.
$125.00
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Essentials of Drawing
In this self-paced course, Brighton Demerest-Smith (a classically trained artist and veteran educator with Great Hearts Academies) moves from how to teach the elements of drawing up through still life and master study. Grounded in fundamentals and close observation of subjects, his methods of teaching drawing are traditional and time-tested.
$125.00
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Lyric Poetry
A live Zoom seminar on lyric poetry devoted to a careful reading of some of the greatest lyric poetry in various forms, including: the sonnet, the ode, the elegy, blank verse, and open forms.
$125.00
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Math for Every Teacher
In this self-paced course, veteran mathematics teacher and leader Jake Tawney provides a clear and engaging introduction to the beauty of Mathematics. This course does not propose a specific curriculum. It does, however, present a list of “those things from mathematics you should have learned but probably didn’t.”
$125.00
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Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra
A live Zoom seminar on Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, which was the work he considered his best.
$125.00
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Plutarch's Parallel Lives
A live Zoom seminar on “the road to Caesar” through the lives and times of seven Romans from the last century of the Roman republic.
$125.00
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Reading and Teaching Homer's Odyssey
In this self-paced course, you will read through Homer’s Odyssey, guided and inspired by St. John’s College tutors Dr. Eva Brann (who has tutored at St. John’s for over 60 years and is the author of Homeric Moments) and her colleague Dr. Hannah Hintze. In addition to hearing from both Dr. Brann and Dr. Hintze on the Odyssey, you will also find four seminars (discussion-based class sessions) on the Odyssey, led by Hannah Hintze and featuring several St. John’s students and another tutor.
$125.00
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