Bio - CCLE

Dr. Jackquelyn Veith

Advisory Director 2020-Present, Executive Director of Educational Certification for CCLE

Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Gene Edward Veith, Jr., is a writer and a retired literature professor. He is Provost Emeritus at Patrick Henry College. He previously served as Culture Editor of WORLD MAGAZINE and Professor of English and Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Concordia University Wisconsin. He […]

Marie MacPherson

Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Marie MacPherson is a wife, mother, and baptized child of God. Author of several devotion books and Lutherans for Life booklets, she has also published a variety of curriculum at Lutheran Homeschool Marketplace and written dozens of blog posts focused on health, education, and Biblical womanhood. Her Bachelor’s […]

Katie Schuermann

Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education A native of central Illinois, author Katie Schuermann studied vocal pedagogy and literature at Greenville University before earning graduate degrees in both choral conducting and music history from the University of Missouri—Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music. Today, she is a full-time homemaker, part-time musician, and seasonal writer […]

Jocelyn Benson

Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Jocelyn grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa, attending Lutheran school through 8th grade. She has a B.A. in English-teaching and an M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa. She also completed three and a half years of doctoral work in Educational Psychology with emphases […]

Rev. Andrew Hill

Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Rev. Andrew Hill is the pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Rock Springs, Wyoming and Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Green River, Wyoming. He grew up in Casper, Wyoming and attended Mount Hope Lutheran School. After marrying his lovely wife Sarah, Andrew graduated from the University of Wyoming […]

Rev. Andrew Richard

Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Pastor Andrew Richard is the Assistant Pastor and Headmaster of Mount Hope Lutheran Church and School in Casper, WY. He teaches Religion, English, Literature, Poetry, Logic, Rhetoric, and Latin to the upper level students. Pastor Richard serves on the board of regents for Luther Classical College. He […]

Andrew Bloch

Latin Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Andrew Bloch is the Humanities Teacher at Trinity Academy at Concordia University Nebraska. For the 2024-2025 school year, he will teach Algebra I, Latin I and II, and American History at TAC. He earned his MA from Concordia Seminary in 2019 and wrote a thesis for […]

Rev. Brandon Koble

Greek Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Rev. Brandon Koble is the pastor of Oklahoma Avenue and Trinity Lutheran Churches in the greater Milwaukee area and headmaster of Trinity Lutheran Classical High School. He was born and raised in Fort Wayne, IN, a mile from the Seminary. He attended Concordia Lutheran High School […]

2023: Cheryl Swope

July 2023: The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education (CCLE) Board of Directors is pleased to confer the distinguished Magistra Magna award to Mrs. Cheryl Swope for her exceptional vision, service, and dedication to classical Lutheran education. Cheryl Swope was born on June 7, 1962, in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated magna cum laude from the […]

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