ACSI Professional Development
This course establishes a strong biblical foundation, guiding educators in evaluating objective truth, defending Scripture, depicting the unified story of the Bible, and explaining how biblical books fit within a cohesive narrative. This course is for educators who are new to their profession, new to Christian education, or want to firmly root their faith in biblical truth. This course is 1 of 3 in the Foundational Bible Knowledge series.
This course is worth 5.5 Bible CEUs.
In Session 1 of the 2025 series of Bible Teacher Network webinars, Dr. Sean McDowell provides practical guidance for how to teach the Bible to our students. He addresses the question, “How do we help our students see the relevancy of Scripture and why faith matters in their modern culture?” These insights and examples are tailored for high school Bible teachers, though the overarching principles are also relevant for lower grades.
In Session 2 of the 2025 Bible Teacher Network webinar series, Dr. Sean McDowell provides practical guidance for how to address sexual issues, including LGBTQ, with students. The information is geared toward high-school Bible teachers, counselors, mentors, and administrators, but the ideas could be adapted for younger grades.
Like any skilled artist, teachers rely on a set of unassuming yet powerful tools to refine their practice and create a transformative learning environment. Join Karrie Edwards in this training where she unveils practical and simple techniques that ignite student motivation and foster a classroom culture of love, respect, and value.
Whether you are a new teacher embarking on your teaching journey or a seasoned educator seeking to enhance your instructional approach, this training will benefit you and your students. Karrie Edwards has meticulously curated a collection of functional tools that will empower you to guide students towards positive learning behaviors and remarkable achievement.
You'll gain invaluable insights into cultivating student motivation and creating a classroom atmosphere where every individual feels valued and inspired. From proven strategies for engagement to fostering a culture of respect, you will learn how to wield these effective tools with precision and artistry.
Step into your role as an artist of education and embark on a journey of educational excellence like never before. Unleash your teaching artistry with the power of effective tools.
Are you aspiring to start a Christian school? ACSI can help. For more than four decades, ACSI has guided the growth and development of hundreds of Christian schools. This course offers a research-based guide to the protocol for starting a Christian school according to ACSI’s Flourishing framework. It features video content, scriptural applications, measurable steps, actionable items, and additional resources to support you through each phase of your journey.
No matter what your role in education is - teacher, administrator, or support staff - much is usually expected of you. You can often feel pulled in multiple directions and as a result you can often feel discouraged, burned out, and ineffective. What should be your priority as an educator? How do you decide where to focus your energy and time? Are you really supposed to attend to all the needs of all the students? How should Christian education be different from secular education?
As an educator, you have probably been exposed to multiple instructional tools, methods, and theories that inform and assist your role in education. New ideas and new technologies have become a constant part of education often claiming superiority over past practices. As Christian educators, however, we follow an unchanging standard based on God and the gospel of Jesus Christ that is the central theme of His Word. How does this story of transforming grace inform your methodology, theory, and practice?
"Your Christian School: A Culture of Grace?" will allow you to examine your priorities in your role of education. It will help and compel you to create a school or classroom that is aligned with the work God is doing in the lives of students.