Author Archives: Israel Galindo

About Israel Galindo

Israel Galindo is Coordinator of the Leadership in Ministry program at the Center for Lifelong Learning, Columbia Theological Seminary. Formerly he was Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary and Dean at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.

Leading an anxious system: what’s a leader to do?

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Israel Galindo

Thoughts on leadership in a chronically anxious system at the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog.

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Do you know your educational terms?

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Israel Galindo

Nifty handout on educational terms at the theological school deans blog from the Wabash Center.

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Five Stages for Effective Teaching

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Israel Galindo

One of the hardest things for both novice and experienced teachers to learn is that lecture is not instruction. Here are some thoughts on “Five stages for effective teaching” at the Wabash Center? blog on “less lecture.”

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Curriculum maps

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Israel Galindo

A tool for curriculum assessment and integration, the curriculum map, at the Wabash Center blog for theological school deans.

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Church curriculum resources

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Israel Galindo

In honor of Theological Libraries Month & American Archives Month the library staff at Columbia Theological Seminary sent this helpful list of curricular resources for congregations. These resources are available at the library’s curriculum lab (located in the children’s library). … Continue reading →

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Three models for curriculum integration

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Israel Galindo

Three models for curriculum integration at the Wabash Center blog for theological school deans.

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How ministry practitioners learn best

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Israel Galindo

How ministry practitioners learn best at Journeying Together.

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11 Leadership Secrets of Effective Deans

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Israel Galindo

Eleven leadership secrets of effective deans at the Wabash Center blog for theological school deans (with apologies to August Turak).

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Rick asks about differentiation and finding a mate

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Israel Galindo

Rick has been asking systems questions again lately. It may be time to start another compilation… < > This is an intriguing topic. I’m not sure that it is always interpreted correctly. As with many concepts in Bowen Systems Theory, … Continue reading →

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The Dean and Problem Solving

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Israel Galindo

New post at the Wabash Center blog for theological school deans on problem solving.

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