What makes a school "Episcopal?" How can teachers, administrators, and school leaders new to an Episcopal school better understand, articulate, and live out their school's Episcopal mission, culture, and program? This webinar will explore the distinguishing features of Episcopal schools with a specific focus on the roles of administrators and faculty leaders.
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The National Association of Episcopal Schools conducted the NAES Early Childhood Education Survey during the 2025-2026 school year and received 91 responses representing programs located in 24 states. The purpose of this survey is to provide a demographic profile of Episcopal early childhood programs across the country for analytical, comparative, and reporting purposes as well as to assist program directors, governing boards, and vestries in important program-level decision-making. The results provide a profile of Episcopal early childhood programs including characteristics of early childhood programs, parish early childhood programs, staffing, benefits, and governance.
Our presence and the way that we are present are central to creating an effective and deeply meaningful chapel for young children. In this webinar, we will explore how we can do this. From choosing the stories to the ways we tell them; from choosing songs to the way we sing them; from thinking about visual support to the children creating art; all these we will consider so that we can bring our best to these special times together.
The purpose of this survey is to provide a demographic profile of Episcopal early childhood programs across the country for analytical, comparative, and reporting purposes as well as to assist program directors, governing boards, and vestries in important program-level decision-making. The results provide a profile of Episcopal early childhood programs including characteristics of early childhood programs, parish early childhood programs, staffing, benefits, and governance.
Young children are competent and capable learners and providing a rich and meaningful environment honors their growth and development through play. Understanding how children move along a dynamic developmental continuum in their thinking provides early childhood educators with the lens to provide foundational support for later learning. See how children move from object transformation to ideational transformation which leads to more abstract mathematical and literacy development all in the context of play.
Decades of research confirm that children are innately spiritual beings, but knowing how to nurture that spirituality best is challenging. This webinar will explore how children embody their spirituality and practices for nurturing the spiritual lives of children in your classrooms and schools using principles from Godly Play, an imaginative approach to religious education.
This full color poster and pamphlet, newly updated and revised in 2022, examines the key characteristics common to all Episcopal schools, including aspects of Episcopal identity, faith-life, chapel, moral development, academic excellence, and social justice.
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Based on his work with young children at the Episcopal School of New York, teacher and storyteller Gordh offers a collection of stories from the Bible, arranged and told to create a meaningful childhood chapel for children ages 3-7 and their families. Originally conceived as a resource for use in day schools, it is also ideal for use in Sunday church schools in Episcopal and other mainline congregations.
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Common Prayer for Children and Families is a collection of prayers and liturgies written for kids and the adults or communities who pray with them. Whimsically illustrated with pen and ink, this book contains prayers for morning, midday, and evening; prayers throughout the Church year; and prayers for all sorts of occasions.
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For ages 3-11. Working with the same overall themes of his first book, Building a Children's Chapel: One Story at a Time, Bill Gordh presents a wide range of folktales from around the world, stories from different faith traditions, and some updates of the original volume. The stories are presented to be told aloud, complete with storytelling tips and musical suggestions for each. Thirty-five curated folktales and stories from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, African, Asian, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions support the values that many desire to instill in children. As an award-winning storyteller, banjoist, author, and educator, Bill Gordh offers a storytelling approach that honors both the source material and the children who listen.
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