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Deadline: September 26, 2022
CONVENTION THEME
Regeneration is the process of regrowing or replacing what was lost. The overall health of our schools depends upon our collective commitment to continual growth and improvement. Our schools have experienced various losses over the past few years, and we now have an opportunity to rebuild and strengthen. This is the focus for this year’s teacher convention.
Each of our keynote speakers exemplifies the importance of critical thinking in the face of challenges to explore new strategies for higher levels of effectiveness and joy as Christian educators. From engaging keynote sessions, and skill–based workshops, teachers will receive tools and inspiration for experiencing regeneration, both professionally and personally.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SESSION TOPICS
Session One—A School Transformed
Karen Daniels, Administrator at Lighthouse Christian Academy Westshore
This is a story of a school lacking direction and purpose with unhappy and often unkind parents, deeply declining enrolment, a discouraged and burnt out staff and a very new and reluctant principal. How does this school go from floundering to flourishing? Please join me as I share with you the story of Lighthouse Christian Academy Westshore. Our story speaks to both staff and administration, and is a story of looking to God in humility in order to build a strong vision, good planning, and a rock solid team.
Session Two—A Classroom Transformed
Karen Hills, Retired Teacher
Professional crisis that leads to improved teaching. After teaching at public schools for many years, Karen moved to teaching at a Christian school. Her experience led her to seeing that, after the initial excitement wore off, she was not teaching anything differently in the Christian classroom than she was in a public one. This led to a professional crisis, a professional and spiritual learning journey, and a complete change in the way she approached teaching in the Christian classroom.
Session Three—A Student Transformed
David Hunt, Education Coordinator at Cardus
Why do Christian schools exist? Do they bear good fruit? David Hunt, and ACSI–school alumnus and the director of Cardus Education, will tell part of his story, alongside evidence from the Cardus Education Survey (the largest reliable, representative non–government sample of graduate outcomes in Canada, the United States, and Australia. David will also present challenging and paradigm–shifting findings from new research, showing that Christian schools have never been more critical for the common good and regeneration of society.
workshop options
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*Workshop offerings are tentative and subject to change.
CONTACT
Phone: 403.948.2332
Email: acsiwc@acsi.org
Ongoing, localized and personalized professional development is essential to the flourishing of teachers. ACSIWC provides structured events to help meet the development goals of Christian schools and their teachers. Each year we host Teacher Conventions which local committees help plan. These conventions feature both keynote presentations and workshops which are intended to match the professional goals of our schools. The distinctive element of each convention is the Christ-centered foundation of all learning experiences for teachers. Every educational topic is presented through the lens of the Biblical narrative. Conventions inform, equip and ultimately inspire.