5 Pillar Certification

LEVEL I
An introduction to the Five Pillars and the Classics/Mentors model of education.

1. Read the following books and discuss them with a friend.
   
   
   
   • Potok, The Chosen
   
   
   • Bronte, Jane Eyre
   
   
   • L’Amour, Walking Drum
   
   
   • Moody, Little Britches
   
   
   • Stratton-Porter, Laddie
   
   
   • Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew
   
   
   • DeMille, Thomas Jefferson Education
   
   
2. Attend the seminar “Face to Face with Greatness: A Thomas Jefferson Education.”

LEVEL II
A comprehensive study of additional classics.

1. Complete Level I and enroll in Level II.


2. Choose twelve of the following books. Write a one page summary for each and submit via email:


• Austen, Pride and Prejudice


• Bastiat, What is Seen and What is Not Seen*


• Johnson & Johnson, The One Minute Teacher


• Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People


• DeMille, Leadership Education


• Dickens, Great Expectations


• Frank, Alas Babylon


• Gardner, Multiple Intelligences


• Gatto, The 7 Lesson School Teacher*


• Harward, Market-Based Education


• Holt, How Children Learn


• Hugo, Les Miserables


• Kavanaugh, Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers


• Lewis, The Abolition of Man


• Noebel, Understanding the Times


• Shakespeare, five plays


• Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin


• Strauss and Howe, The Fourth Turning


• Thoreau, Walden


• Wister, The Virginian




3. Attend the seminar “Face to Face with Greatness: The Power of Mentoring the Classics.”

(* = articles found in the books Bastiat, Essays on Political Economy & Gatto, Dumbing Us Down)

LEVEL III
Practical application of the five pillars in an educational setting.

1. Complete level II and enroll in Level III.


2. Administer or teach in a public, private or home school or class and apply the 5 Pillar™ system for a minimum of six months. Keep a journal of the entire project. Write a project summary when the project is complete. Pass an oral board discussing your findings.


3. Attend either of the following seminars*:


• Face to Face with Greatness: World Views and the Emerging State


• Statesman Retreat: Rethinking Leadership

For seminar dates and locations please visit www.gw.edu/seminars.