Teacher as Mentor
August 8-9, 2025

Modern education often presents teachers as specialists tasked with imparting expert knowledge to students. Yet the focus of a specialist in pursuit of imparting facts and information too often becomes overly narrow and overlooks the development of the whole student. This kind of oversight can leave a graduate with major blind spots in his or her understanding and outlook. By contrast, the teacher as mentor embraces the project of delivering more than subject-specific content and works to cultivate the moral, spiritual, and intellectual health of the whole student. In this education conference, we will explore the nature and practices of mentorship in pursuit of equipping students with tools, skills, and wisdom to live faithfully before God.

I attended my first Gutenberg Education conference in the summer of 2023 and was surprised by the quality of the conference. Because of that experience, our school brought 13 faculty and staff in the summer of 2024. The conference was once again exceptional, affording us an excellent team-building road trip! Both conferences were relaxing and challenging, the speakers were knowledgeable and approachable, and the schedule was full, including a great variety of topics and presenters. The hospitality–food, coffee, organization–was wonderful, and our school was very well taken care of. In my mind, the Gutenberg Education Conference is a great value, and it is now a part of our permanent school calendar! Congratulations Gutenberg, and thank you!

—Matt Greco, Head of School for Seattle Classical Christian School