Inspire Chair Training

Prepare for the Inspire Accreditation Visit with our comprehensive course designed for visiting team Chairs and Co-Chairs. Learn the essential roles of a Team Chair, master pre-visit readiness tasks, effectively communicate and structure team efforts, and manage on-site schedules and tasks for a seamless accreditation process.

Inspire Team Training

Designed for Christian educators assigned to an accreditation team, this course equips you for a successful Inspire Accreditation Visit. Gain a clear understanding of your role and expectations, review the work timeline, learn guidelines for stakeholder interviews and classroom visits, master techniques for completing the Visiting Team Report, and practice writing effective commendations and recommendations.

The Flourishing Christian School Board: Foundational Practices (Course 1 of 3)

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. 

The Flourishing Christian School Board: Relational Practices (Course 2 of 3)

In this engaging three-part course series, a distinguished ensemble of ACSI leaders and seasoned experts will guide your board on the journey to becoming a biblically flourishing Christian school board. In this second course of three in the Flourishing Board series, school board members will apply the relational practices of leading a flourishing Christian school. Together as a school board, you will distinguish between roles of the board members and head of school. Then, you will analyze your processes for evaluating the head of school. Next, you will refine your processes for creating and utilizing effective committees. And finally, you will recognize the various community engagement roles of board members.

The Flourishing Christian School Board: Strategic Practices (Course 3 of 3)

In this engaging three-part course series, a distinguished ensemble of ACSI leaders and seasoned experts will guide your board on the journey to becoming a biblically flourishing Christian school board. In this third course of three in the Flourishing Board series, board members will understand and apply the strategic practices of leading a flourishing Christian school. Together as a school board, you will implement annual budgeting best practices. Then, you will identify a framework for creating an effective strategic plan. Next, you will apply your school's financial planning to the strategic plan. And finally, you will analyze your board's processes for succession planning.

Your Christian School: A Culture of Grace

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.