Carter Rendall

Carter Rendall is a husband, a father, and a teacher at the Sacred Heart Private School in Welland, Canada. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Queens University and will graduate from the CiRCE Master Educator Apprenticeship in May 2025. Carter stumbled upon Christian Classical Education a number of years ago and has been on fire with a passion for educating ever since. He is blessed with the opportunity to live out his vocation to lead his family and to teach the youth. Carter hopes to play a small part in bringing the Christian classical renewal to Canada. Carter loves playing guitar, camping, hiking, reading the Great Books and discussing deep ideas. However, what he loves most is spending undistracted time with his family and watching his daughter grow.

Teaching Philosophy

Having been trained by the CiRCE Apprenticeship, I look at education through the lens of Nature, Purpose, and Propriety. Some questions I ask are, what is the nature of the student? The content, skill, or idea I am trying to teach? What are their purposes? This helps lead me to finding the proper or appropriate way to teach, assess, and guide my students. The student being an image bearer of God colours my entire teaching philosophy.

I teach each lesson following the Mimetic sequence which provides consistent and ample opportunities for students to contemplate, narrate, and apply their skills. As a part of the mimetic lesson, and in literature discussions, I also teach with Narration. Narration helps students solidify knowledge, clarify thoughts, and put content into long-term memory. It also provides for a deeper understanding of the text and therefore a richer discussion. All of this, however wonderful, must be rooted in the firm Tradition that has been handed down to us, and in Christ the incarnate Word. I believe Christ the Logos is the unifying principle of God's Cosmos and by teaching in the Mimetic way, incarnating the truth of our lesson to the students, we can bring students closer to Christ.

Statement of Faith

I am a Roman Catholic committed to traditional Christianity affirmed in the Nicene and Apostles Creeds and the doctrines of the Church. I believe in both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, and strive daily to pick up my cross and follow the one true Lord. I am a member of St. Ann's parish in Fenwick, Ontario, where I was married and my daughter baptized.