NEXUS|Live 2011 keynote speakers' presentations now available in your VPP!
Virtual Content
Below is just a sampling of the amazing content!
- NEXUS|Live 2011 Keynote Speaker Presentations
*The recordings of the 2011 NEXUS|Live presentations are now available in My VPP!
- ACSI NEXUS Delivers ASCD PD In Focus
- Video-Captured Content Available On Demand
*Leadership Academy 2011
*International Institute for Christian School Educators 2011
*re:View
*Economic Summit 2010 and 2011
*Think Again! Workshop
*Workshops from Summit Ministries
*A&M Partnership
*Demand the Evidence Worldview Series
- Webinars Available to NEXUS Participants
- On-Demand Webinars Available to NEXUS Participants
*Professional CEU
*Board
*Bible CEU
*Early Education
*Other
Questions? Email the ACSI NEXUS|Virtual Coordinator
1. NEXUS|Live 2011 Keynote Speaker Presentations
- Most keynote speaker presentations are available.
- Many of the speakers have participated in webinars that will follow up on their keynote presentations given October 20 or 21, 2011.
- Additional keynote speaker information is available at NEXUS: Speakers.
2. ACSI Delivers ASCD PD In Focus—over 100 hours
All PD In Focus videos are organized into channels guided by widely recognized experts.
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Differentiated Instruction, with Carol Ann Tomlinson
How teachers create multiple pathways for increased student learning.
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ESL/ELL, with Virginia Rojas
How schools and classrooms across the United States are implementing a vision of educating English language learners that meets the needs of all students.
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Literacy Strategies, with Donna Ogle
How teachers in all subjects can help students become better readers and interpreters of textbooks and other materials.
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The Art and Science of Teaching, with Robert Marzano
How teachers combine the science of research-based instruction with the art of great lesson planning and formative assessment.
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Never Work Harder Than Your Students, with Robyn Jackson
How to develop a master teacher mindset that results in a more fluid and automatic way to respond to students and deliver great teaching experiences every time.
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Formative Assessment, with Doug Fisher and Susan M. Brookhart
How to use classroom assessments to get evidence of students' learning and use it to adjust instruction.
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The Brain and Learning, with Pat Wolfe and Eric Jensen
How to improve student achievement and create a more effective classroom by applying brain research to teaching.
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Enhancing Professional Practice, with Charlotte Danielson
How to use 22 research-based components of successful teaching practice to support teacher education, evaluation, and professional learning.
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Curriculum Mapping, with Heidi Hayes Jacobs
How to use curriculum maps to identify repetitions in the curriculum, integrate subjects, and match assessments to content and performance standards.
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Giving Effective Feedback, with Susan M. Brookhart
How to give students the right feedback for all kinds of assignments, in every grade level and subject area.
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High Schools at Work, with Joe DiMartino
How high schools can do more to connect with students, personalize learning, differentiate instruction, and make high school curriculum more relevant.
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Best Practices in Action, with Margery Ginsberg and Bonnie Benard, plus Cooperative Learning and The Whole Child
How to attend to the multiple developmental and academic needs of all students.
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3. Video-Captured Content Available On Demand
Leadership Academy 2011
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Keynote Speaker: R. Scott Rodin, PhD
Dr. Rodin is a senior fellow in Engstrom Institute and former president of the Christian Stewardship Association and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the managing partner of OneAccord Consulting. He is also the author of five books including Stewards in the Kingdom, and his recent release, which each delegate will receive upon registration, The Steward Leader: Transforming People, Organizations and Communities (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010).
Dr. Rodin's session titles:
- The Personal Journey of the Faithful Steward: Discovering the Freedom and Joy of a One-Kingdom Steward
- Leading as a Faithful Steward: Our Relationship to God and Self: Why great leaders must be willing to die and ready to leave
- Leading as a Faithful Steward: Our Relationship to Neighbor and Creation: Effective leaders resist the greatest temptation the world has ever known … can you?
- Implications for School Leadership: From Planning to Board to Raising Funds: Tough questions and tougher answers on the practical implications for effective school leadership
- Apples of Glass: The Radical Reality of Following Christ as Steward Leader
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Participants will also hear from Dr. Bradley Green, Associate Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition at Union University, Jackson, TN.
He is a scholar on the works of Augustine and has written extensively on the issues of Christian thinking and the life of the believer. Dr. Green will speak about his most recent book, The Gospel and the Mind (2010) by Crossway Books.
For more information about The Gospel and the Mind,
visit Dr. Green's website.
Dr. Green's session titles:
- Secularism, the Christian Mind, and the Christian School
- The Implications of Words and the Christian School
- Education and Growing the Intellect Grounded in the Cross
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Methods Course—Get Your Hands On Math (Pre-K–Middle School educators), Cindi Banse (One CEU)
Step into your classroom where math is understood, interactive, and everyone is able to feel successful. Using modeling, manipulatives, and hands-on activities we will show ways to make math meaningful, increase test scores, and create students who can think mathematically. We will discuss vocabulary, journaling, and how to integrate the five strands of mathematical proficiency into our daily math lessons. This will be a hands-on adventure, so come prepared to play games and learn to make math an exciting part of the day.
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Technology in the Classroom, Christa Agiro (all ages, all subjects) (One CEU)
- Simplifying and enhancing teaching and learning processes through access to web resources.
- Designing curriculum that will engage students in memorable and meaningful comprehension, application, analysis, and synthesis.
- Saving time and energy in planning, instructing, and communicating through applications of technology.
- Increasing effectiveness and efficiency of student assessments with technology.
- Keeping abreast of current and emerging resources in the field of classroom technology.
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Truth Project Training, Derek Keenan (Coming in 2012)
An innovative seminar in which you will be trained to prepare your staff to meet the newest option for meeting the ACSI philosophy requirement by using The Truth Project® material (DVD series and website) from Focus on the Family and the supplemental materials developed by ACSI. A comprehensive trainer manual that includes extensive support materials, and a copy of The Truth Project® DVD series are part of this seminar. The Focus DVD set will be needed and can be purchased through ACSI for a fee of $85.
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Teaching Students to Think in a Digital World–Part 1, Helen Boen
The importance of teaching students to think is as crucial today as it was two decades ago. The student, however, is not the same, nor are many of the skills needed for productivity. A shift has occurred in 21st century learning needs, and teachers must understand the differences if they hope to prepare this generation to be thinkers. This two-part seminar examines 21st century learners and strategies for training them to think.
Teaching Students to Think in a Digital World–Part 2, Helen Boen
The importance of teaching students to think is as crucial today as it was two decades ago. The student, however, is not the same, nor are many of the skills needed for productivity. A shift has occurred in 21st century learning needs, and teachers must understand the differences if they hope to prepare this generation to be thinkers. This two-part seminar examines 21st century learners and strategies for training them to think.
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re:View
Presented by Cedarville University
re:View is a worldview study that equips high school students to discern culture and ultimately use it to engage their world. Through the use of award-winning short films and teaching segments, the series will change the way your students view and listen to the world around them.
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2010 Economic Summit
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The Role of Mission in Strategic Planning: A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Presenter: Dr. Brian Simmons, President of ACSI
Offering a model that begins with philosophy: mission, vision, and core values, Dr. Simmons presents the role of mission in strategic planning by determining in advance a strategy of action toward a desired objective. |
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Building a Strategic Board
Presenter: Mr. Terry Moore, ISM, Inc.
A highly functional board is fundamental and foundational to excellence for independent schools. Conversely, schools with boards that misunderstand their role are often an organizational “albatross” around the school’s neck. Join ISM as they share their 38 years of research and experience in thousands of schools and guide you into building a board that is disciplined, self-reflective, and focused on the organizational “difference makers” that make this stewardship role so crucial to the school’s health.
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Recruitment and Retention
Presenter: Mr. Chip Snowden, ISM, Inc.
Stable enrollment, predictable tuition income, and proud parents are the chief ingredients in stability. You can ensure your school’s future when you know the resources are secure and your families are proud of their school and gladly share that pride with others. Join us to learn how you can understand and incorporate the “psychology of systematic bragging” into your constituent bonding endeavors. Move parents from the belief that “this school is good for my child” to an understanding and commitment to the idea that “our school is good for children.”
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The Budget Cycle—From Beginning to End
Presenter: Dr. Stephen Dill, Delaware County Christian School
Best practices in budgeting tell us that the budgeting process is an ongoing 12-month activity. This session will include discussion regarding the necessity of building an annual budget from the context of a multi-year plan, the use of benchmarking, tuition pricing and the role of financial aid, and the typical annual cycle in school budgeting. Current economic conditions require thorough and effective budget development.
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Lessons from Higher Education
Presenter: Dr. Brian Simmons, President of ACSI
With a background in K–12 and higher education, Dr. Simmons will share what Christian schools can learn from higher education. Practices in the areas of tuition, fund development, grants, endowments, financial assistance, etc. will be considered with a focus on very practical financial ideas to create “alternative spigots” of revenue to help our school toward sustainability.
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Maximizing Your Annual Campaign
Presenter: Mr. Chip Snowden, ISM, Inc.
The foundation of private/independent school advancement strategy is the implementation of an effective annual fund. Successful schools get out of the “selling candy and sending form letters” fundraising model quickly and move to a strategic and systemic approach that engages our constituents in much more personal and plan-full ways. An effective annual fund also acts as a core way to accurately establish your constituents' ability and desire to contribute to your mission.
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Strategic Finance
Presenter: Mr. Terry Moore, ISM, Inc.
Making certain your school is sustainable, and thus able to deliver your mission to students with excellence over time, is the key responsibility of the board. One of the most foundational mechanisms in achieving this is the development and implementation of a Strategic Financial Plan. Boards that create and implement effective financial planning strategies ensure that their schools will be prepared to maintain viability even during challenging times.
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The Process of Strategic Planning: De Bono's Six Hats of Thinking and Developing Indicators of Health
Presenter: Dr. Brian Simmons, President of ACSI
In this session, Dr. Simmons moves to the SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; to implementation steps; and finally to evaluation. |
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2011 Economic Summit
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The Level Five School and the Transformational Board
Presenter: Gene Frost, Wheaton Academy
We will explore a five-step model of Christian K–12 schools and see how our schools might stack up. We will then explore the critical role of the school board in building a great Christian school. |
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Thriving in the New Christian School Reality
Presenter: Gene Frost, Wheaton Academy
The current economic crisis has exposed fractures in the foundation of Christian K–12 education. Perhaps the biggest revelation is that the Christian school customer has changed. This session will explain that change and what we as Christian school leaders need to do about it in order to thrive.
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Build for Success in Our Christian Schools over the Long Haul
Presenter: Gene Frost, Wheaton Academy
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Tuition Is About Mission, Not Money—What Every Head/Board Member Needs to Know About School Finance, Part 1 and 2
Presenter: Mr. Bill Simmer, ISM, Inc.
This workshop acts as a primer on ISM theory and practice related to school finance, with the process and foundation for the creation (and implementation) of a Strategic Financial Plan as the focus. The core audience is heads-of-school and board members, but other roles throughout the school are welcome. Subjects to be covered:
- The Three Levers of School Finance
- The Four Myths of School Finance
- The Three Market Taxonomies and Their Impact on Financial Planning
- Strategic Planning and Its Relationship to School Finance
- Board Culture, Evaluation, and Finance
- Compensation & Faculty Culture
- Developing a Strategic Reserve over Time
- Tuition Increases: How to determine them and how to communicate them to your constituents
- The Strategic Use of Financial Aid
- A Look into the (Near) Future: Financial implications of 21st century schools
Business managers are welcome, but are asked to understand that this workshop is for non-financial specific roles within the school. This workshop can be very helpful for business managers seeking language and concepts that will aid them in communicating school finance issues to both internal and external constituents.
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The Art & Science of Systematic Bragging—An Integrated and Comprehensive View of School Marketing, Part 1 and 2
Presenter: Mr. Chip Snowden, ISM, Inc.
This workshop is designed to introduce the core theory and practice around school marketing and internal marketing. From ISM’s perspective, everyone has a role in marketing the school. The focus of this workshop is on moving beyond mere marketing to creating a culture that bonds families to your school, creates meaning and connection with all constituents, and facilitates a “culture of philanthropy.”
The audience for this workshop is heads-of-school, advancement personnel, and admission personnel, though all are welcome and can benefit. Subjects to be covered:
- Developing Your Purpose & Outcomes Statement
- Your Market Taxonomy and Its Implications on Marketing
- Staffing Your School to Market Effectively
- Knowing Your Constituents and Determining Their Ability to Contribute
- The Centrality of the Annual Fund
- The Stewardship Cycle for Major Donors
- The Missing Key: The secret power of internal marketing
- Developing Your PREP (Parent Retention & Education Program)
- The Crucial Role of Faculty in School Marketing
- The Role of Your Parent Association (Potential and Challenges)
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Think Again! Workshop
Using vivid illustrations and everyday vocabulary, the Think Again! Workshop provides a survey of the "big ideas" that have shaped Western culture from the ancient Greeks to the present. But this course isn't just a dry history lesson! This multi-media, interactive workshop provides a compelling understanding of what the biblical worldview is all about, and why it matters!
This course is designed for use with the accompanying text, Assumptions That Affect Our Lives, by Dr. Christian Overman, and the Think Again! Participant Guide. To purchase these items, call Worldview Matters toll-free at 877.624.0230 (USA or CANADA), or order on-line.
Workshops from Summit Ministries
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Witnessing to New Agers, by Kevin Bywater [51:40]
In this lecture, Bywater describes witnessing to New Agers as more than simply giving them a tract. It involves engaging them as individuals. Bywater gives examples of ways in which to probe the individual about their beliefs, rather than purely making statements. He suggests that the Christian ask questions of New Agers such as, what are their fears? What are their worldviews? When asking these questions, Bywater offers these exhortations to the Christian: Do not be afraid of New Agers. Instead, understand them as individuals and remember that they are created in the image of God.
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Marks of the Cults, by Kevin Bywater [50:59]
Kevin Bywater describes his experience with growing up in the Mormon church. He speaks of Mormonism as being a false religion of idolatry, and shares the work of God in his life as he came to the realization of what it is to be a true follower of Christ. Bywater then goes on to describe the Marks of the Cults. They add to the Word of God, subtract from the deity of Christ, multiply the terms of salvation and divide loyalties.
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Worldview Overview, by Chuck Edwards [43:00]
According to pollster George Barna, a biblical worldview is the missing element in 9 out of 10 followers of Jesus Christ. Using examples from popular movies, Chuck Edwards explores three major aspects of a worldview and the difference thinking “worldviewishly” makes in understanding today’s culture. Learn how everyone has a worldview that begins with the question of God, and has implications for every other area of life, including philosophy and theology, psychology and science, economics, law, and politics.
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Postmodern Bible Study, by Chuck Edwards [45:01]
How do you approach studying the Bible and the context in which its words are written? Chuck Edwards provides a discourse on various passages in the Scriptures and challenges the student to think critically about the context of those verses. Edwards further challenges students to avoid asking the question, what does this passage mean to me? and instead, asking the question, what does this passage mean?
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The Case for the Pro-Life Position 1–3, by Scott Klusendorf [1:28:02]
Beginning with the argument that creatures only reproduce after their kind, Scott Klusendorf equips and challenges students to give a defense for the pro-life position. Klusendorf uses several additional arguments to lay the foundation for the nature of the unborn. In portions of the series, Klusendorf offers three main points in the case for defending pro-life view: the importance of restoring meaning to the word abortion, simplifying the abortion debate, and knowing how to refute common objections to pro-life view.
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Thinking Clearly 1–4, by Gregory Koukl [2:48:20]
Part 1 of this series begins with a discussion of relativism and radical subjectivism. Gregory Koukl distinguishes between arguing and quarreling and equips the student to contend and argue for their faith using a thoughtful, incisive, careful and gracious defense. Part 2 includes a discussion on postmodernism. In Part 3, Koukl discusses foundations of an argument and how arguments differ from assertions. Part 4 concludes the series with a discourse on informal fallacies or "think bomb." Koukl presents seven types of informal fallacies: ad-hominem, or "name-calling," category errors, genetic fallacy, circular reasoning, naturalistic fallacy, self-refutation and straw-man fallacy.
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Importance of the Christian Mind 1–2, by J.P. Moreland [1:52:52]
In Part 1 of this series, J.P. Moreland begins with an account of how he came to know Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. Moreland describes the biblical picture of a disciple and discusses the importance of spreading values as ambassadors for Christ. Part 2 includes a discussion of learning and knowledge. Moreland offers tools that students may employ to improve the exercise of their minds.
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Evil and Suffering 1–2, by John Stonestreet [1:16:39]
The number one question that students have for God often leaves them (and us) speechless. John provides clear teaching on a tough question. This is one of the most impacting talks that John gives. |
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The Challenge of Bio-technology 1–2, by John Stonestreet [1:21:45]
Cloning, stem cells, artificial intelligence, abortion, euthanasia. Biotechnology is the social issue of our times, and is moving at pace that leaves any ethical consideration way behind. Christians simply must address this issue, but many have no idea what is even going on. These sessions provide an introduction to the emerging technologies, and clear concise teaching on the key foundational issue of personhood and what makes humans valuable. |
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A&M Partnership (Abstinence and Marriage)
Presenter: Scott Phelps
Excel: Live Your Life; Be Free (A Biblical Plan for Helping Teens Pursue Sexual Purity)
This training session will instruct educators on use of the Excel program to teach students God's clear plan for sexual purity. The study follows the life of Joseph in Scripture (Genesis 37–50), helping youth to understand that God has a remarkable plan for their lives. It helps young people understand that by following the Biblical model to save all sexual activity for marriage, they can protect their future marriage and ministry and can live their lives in purity for the glory of God. Excel is an 85 page student workbook. The Excel Leader's Guide includes PowerPoint, and activities for each of chapter. The eight chapter student workbooks are designed to be used over the course 8 or 16 class sessions—depending on the amount of interaction and activities incorporated.
You may access the student workbook and leader's guide at A&M Partnership or by calling 877.517.9264.
- Living Life On Purpose (Genesis 37)
God wants to do great things through you.
- Never Alone (Genesis 39)
Living in the presence of the Lord.
- Standing Strong (Genesis 39)
Resisting pressures.
- Protecting Your Mind (Genesis 39)
Guarding your heart and your mind.
- Waiting On The Lord (Genesis 39)
Building your character.
- Marriage Rocks (Genesis 41)
Trusting God for your future.
- Making A Fresh Start (Genesis 41)
God heals hurting hearts.
- The Big Picture (Genesis 50)
Life is short. Live well.
Presenter: Don Johnson with Connection Ministry
Because we believe that true biblical worldview integration in the classroom is a skill that can be acquired and diligently maintained, we have designed a course called Making the Connections: How to Put Biblical Worldview Integration into Practice. This effective approach to integration is a teaching methodology and skill that equips teachers to design lesson plans integrating the biblical worldview with academic subject matter at all grade levels, using any curriculum. This approach will help students make the connections between the pieces of their lives and God’s larger view of reality. Helping students make these connections is at the very core of distinctively Christian education! The course includes an accompanying workbook, the Making the Connections Participant Guide. Other companion texts designed to accompany this course may be purchased on our website at Biblical Worldview Institute
Demand the Evidence Worldview Series
Presenter: Dr. Henry M. Morris III, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Creation Research
Pulling Down Strongholds
Scripture presents the image of a spiritual army destroying enemy castles, nullifying great war strategies, and capturing the thoughts of many. Just how are we expected to do that? What does our Lord demand of us? What role do individual Christian leaders play in this eternal battle?
Genesis and the Character of God
What is the difference between special and general revelation? Are they to be taken at the same value? Is the creation itself intended to provide an interpretative framework for the rest of Scripture? How are we to use the "speech" and "knowledge" of the creation in our understanding of what God has revealed?
What Make the Good News Good
All too often the gospel is prepackaged in a sales pitch that leaves out both foundation and its consummation. One must believe who Christ is before they can trust what He did—or even begin to understand why He did what He did.
Presenter: Dr. John Morris, President of Institute for Creation Research
It's a Young World After All
Scripture clearly teaches the young earth, that creation occurred only thousands of years ago. Properly discerned and understood, science strongly supports the biblical doctrine of the young earth and refutes radioisotope dating. In fact, once you understand it, you will see it everywhere. Five examples from science backing this up along with flood model build the case for a young earth.
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4. Webinars Available to NEXUS Participants
These may be viewed on demand—recorded and available under the My VPP tab located in the NEXUS|Virtual Community.
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5. On-Demand Webinars Available to NEXUS Participants
Note: Each three-part webinar is broken down into two-hour segments. Each one-part webinar is 90 minutes in length.
Professional CEU
Applied Research (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Ellen Black
Target Audience: All educators
Session one provides an update on brain research and how God wired us to learn. Sessions two and three apply this to classroom practice in how we plan, instruct, and assess in the varied content areas. This is about working smarter.
Architecture of Learning (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Kevin Washburn
Target Audience: Teachers and instructional leaders
During learning, the brain converts raw data into understandings and skills. How does this happen? What are the “building blocks” and “power tools” of learning? Based on the book The Architecture of Learning: Designing Instruction for the Learning Brain, this webinar series will explore learning and effective instructional design in depth. (ACSI recommends reading the above book before the webinar.)
Classroom Management: Putting Together the Pieces (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Beth Ackerman
Target Audience: All educators
Participants will learn skills for proactive classroom management, how to identify puzzling classroom behaviors, and strategies for dealing with the difficult student.
Culturally Responsive Teaching (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Milton Uecker
Target Audience: All educators
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Curriculum Mapping (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Timothy Heaton
Target Audience: All educators
This seminar will assist schools to review their curriculum process and implement change in the curriculum through curriculum mapping and evaluation.
Differentiated Instruction (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Sheryl Vasso
Target Audience: Elementary and secondary educators
This webinar will focus on responding to the diverse needs of students via weaving differentiated practices into classroom methods. Because students are alike and different at the same time, educators must know how to respond to students' learning needs, interests, and motivations through flexible and differentiated approaches to content, instruction, and product construction.
Effective Classroom Management (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Timothy Heaton
Target Audience: All educators
This webinar will look at proven research on what works in every classroom at every age level to create a positive and ordered learning environment. Topics covered will deal with biblical approaches, a system of classroom discipline, and classroom management techniques, as well as what to do with certain problematic situations that arise in the classroom with students. Organizational tips will be given, as well as how to manage absences, interruptions, and disruptive students. If you follow the steps given in this seminar, you will begin having fun teaching rather than just “putting out fires” and “pulling your hair out” due to classroom management issues.
Engaging Teachers and Students in Children’s Literature Across the Curriculum (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Sheryl Vasso
Target Audience: Elementary and secondary educators
This webinar will present a broad introduction to children’s literature—its major genres, including poetry, current trends, and formats such as the graphic novel and the picture storybook. Attention will be focused on evaluating and integrating children’s literature across the curriculum.
Incorporating Research to Enhance Learning (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Ellen Lowrie Black
Target Audience: All educators
This three-part series focuses on current research as it relates to teaching and learning. Emphasis will be placed on brain research, differentiated instruction to meet varied needs/skill sets, and research-based instructional strategies.
Multiple Intelligences (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Sheryl Vasso
Target Audience: All educators
This webinar will explore the current eight intelligences as identified by theorist Howard Gardner. Curriculum applications, teaching strategies, classroom management, and assessment specific to each intelligence will be addressed. Also, emphasis will be placed upon teaching and assessment approaches that address all intelligences at once.
Research and Implementation for the Brain-Compatible Classroom (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Timothy Heaton
Target Audience: All educators
This presentation will give information on what is known about the brain and how it learns best. Research and background will be given as well as specific identification of hemispheric preferences and techniques to help you assist each learner to succeed in a brain-compatible classroom. This seminar will include handouts and hands-on practice to assist you to implement a more brain-friendly learning environment.
Restorative Practices (three parts)
Presenter: Mr. Steve Korr
Target Audience: All educators
Participants will learn about: basic concepts of restorative practices; a step-by-step overview of the IIRP’s Safer Saner Schools two-year implementation program; case studies of schools that have implemented restorative practices; extensive research data on restorative practices and its impact on schools; reports on how restorative practices are helping to decrease suspensions, expulsions, and detentions in schools; and stories about the ability of restorative practices to empower staff and students to take active responsibility for behavior and school climate.
Teaching Special Needs Students (three parts)
Presenter: Miss Linda Bonsall
Target Audience: All educators
Gain a deeper understanding of the most common special needs that we are facing among students in Christian schools today. Specifically, we will be discussing learning disabilities, ADHD, giftedness, emotional disabilities, disorders on the autism spectrum, and other health impairments. Discover ways that you as an individual teacher or your school as a whole can implement best practices for providing accommodations and/or modifications for these special students. We will also be discussing how you can develop individual learning plans, provide grading options, and keep accurate documentation for special students going on to college. You will have the opportunity to hear about various case studies and how teachers have effectively addressed students’ special needs.
Transformed Teaching (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. Sandy Outlar
Target Audience: All educators
Teaching is leadership in the classroom. Teaching is broad-based knowledge. Teaching is know-how. Teaching is community-minded. Transformed teaching will examine each of these components and how they separate the average teacher from the amazing teacher.
Using Fiction and Non-Fiction (three parts)
Presenter: Dr. E. Penny Clawson
Target Audience: Elementary and secondary educators
Integrating literature to teach specific skills and content can engage the students in deeper learning. This webinar will examine the various genre and their relationships to the content areas.
Foundations of Reading
Presenter: Kristin Barbour (three parts)
Foundations of Reading Part I—Phonics, Phonological Awareness and Fluency
The National Reading Panel has identified 5 core skill areas essential for reading. The first three are phonics, phonological awareness and fluency. This workshop will take an in-depth look at these three areas and provide practical suggestions for classroom implementation for developing readers and students struggling with reading acquisition.
Foundations of Reading Part II—Vocabulary
Vocabulary development is the fourth core area essential for developing reading ability. This workshop will discuss ways to develop vocabulary skills through morphology - a dynamic and fun method for expanding students’ vocabulary acquisition and use.
Foundations of Reading Part III—Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension is the fifth core area and highest level of literacy skills. Good readers actively engage with the material being read. This workshop will explore ideas to stimulate active involvement with text engaging all the core areas of literacy built upon in the previous two workshops.
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Bible CEU
Biblical Integration Through Teaching Biblical Worldview (three parts)
Presenter: Mrs. Robin Williamson
Target Audience: All educators
This seminar will equip teachers to better understand what a biblical worldview is, how to fine tune it, and how to use it to help shape the thinking of students. The dominate worldviews of our culture will be explored, including Scientific Naturalism and Post Modernism. Practical applications will be made for biblical integration in the K–12 classroom.
Cultural Background of the Bible (three parts)
Presenter: Mr. Lester Hicks
Target Audience: All educators
This course is a comprehensive study of the world in which the Old and New Testaments develop. It will discuss the geography, politics, arts, and religion of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean region, emphasizing Israel’s culture and her interaction with surrounding nations throughout its biblical history.
Ruth: A Gentile and a Jew and the Lineage of the Greatest King of Israelite History (three parts)
Presenter: Rev. Douglas Batchelder
Target Audience: All educators
The Old Testament book of Ruth is not a love story describing Ruth’s pursuit and capture of the heart of Boaz; rather, it is a story of God’s activity in "His-story" that led to the greatest king of Israel’s history. This webinar will discuss the wonderful story telling of the book of Ruth, the reasons it is incorrectly read as a love story, and how this literary work reveals the surprising hand of God in the history.
Early Education (90 minutes each)
New Early Education Directors
Presenter: Mrs. Mary Liz Youtz
Target Audience: New directors of early education centers
Are you new to your role as director of a Christian early education center? If so, this session will introduce you to leadership tips and a short introduction to ACSI member benefits.
Discipline or Discipling
Presenter: Mrs. Mary Liz Youtz
Target Audience: Early educators
Discipline or discipling? Which is it when we guide our children into making right choices? How do you handle when a child misbehaves? This seminar will take a look at children from birth to preschool age and methods that work to disciple them using godly discipline.
Home-School Collaboration for Children with Challenging Behavior
Presenter: Mrs. Cyndi Bailey
Target Audience: Kindergarten and early educators
When a child exhibits challenging behavior, it is especially crucial for parents and teachers to work together. This approach provides parents and teachers with a communication and implementation method that encourages follow through that works for real parents in the real world. (This webinar is based on School-Based Collaboration with Families by J. Brien O’Callaghan.)
Parent Connections in Early Education
Presenter: Mrs. Cyndi Bailey
Target Audience: Early educators
We say early educators see parents as partners. To make this a reality, we need to build bridges with parents via communication strategies, family involvement ideas, and creating home-school connections.
Early Education Moves Outdoors
Presenter: Mrs. Cyndi Bailey
Target Audience: Early educators
Outdoor time is NOT "recess." We will consider the importance of outdoor/nature activities and the opportunities they provide for social, language, cognitive, physical, and spiritual development.
Questions that Matter
Presenter: Mrs. Cyndi Bailey
Target Audience: Early educators
We will explore the different ways teachers talk to children and the types of questions teachers ask which extend language development as well as encourage creative thinking. How can you support creativity and higher-order thinking skills through asking questions?
Adaptations for Infants Through Twos with Developmental Delays
Presenter: Mrs. Mary Liz Youtz
Target Audience: Early educators
This webinar presents how children learn and how to adapt for those with developmental delays in your classrooms.
Fostering Literacy and Language Development
Presenter: Mrs. Mary Liz Youtz
Target Audience: Early educators
(Description not available at this time.)
Creating Learning Environments That Support Literacy
Presenter: Mrs. Mary Liz Youtz
Target Audience: Early educators
How do you support emergent literacy in your classroom? Ideas will be shared to support literacy development in your learning centers.
Playing Math
Presenter: Mrs. Mary Liz Youtz
Target Audience: Early educators
Mathematics helps children make sense of their world outside of school and helps them construct a solid foundation for success in school. In play and daily activities, children explore mathematical ideas and processes as they sort, classify, compare quantities, and notice shapes and patterns. The climate of your classroom needs to be engaging and encouraging so that the children’s attitude towards mathematics will be shaped positively.
Other (90 minutes each)
Biblical Approach to School Bullying
Presenter: Dr. David Hegedus
Target Audience: Elementary and secondary educators
School bullying is alive and well within the walls of the Christian school! This session will expose the root of bullying and then provide a biblical basis to address the virtual heart of this matter.
Developing Intentional Leadership Training for High School Students
Presenter: Mr. Sean Bevier
Target Audience: Secondary educators
Is preparing your students for a lifetime of godly influence important to your school? Would you like your students to become leaders in their churches and communities 10–20 years from now? Would you like some ideas on how to do that? Please join us to discuss what your school can be doing to walk with your students in a way that will equip them to lead long after they have graduated.
Gender Appropriate Instruction
Presenter: Dr. David Hegedus
Target Audience: Elementary and secondary educators
Does your instruction differ between boys and girls? This webinar will explore current research about gender appropriate instruction for the elementary and middle school classrooms.
Missions Is Not Just a Trip: Maximizing Short-Term Missions Through Student Discipleship
Presenter: Mr. Jonathan Nazigian
Target Audience: Middle school and high school educators, administrators, and spiritual life directors
You’ve heard the amazing impact that a short-term missions trip can have on a teenager, and you’ve imagined the impact it can have on your school, but how do you actually put a trip together? Come discover just how possible it can be. Discover some practical tips for planning the trip, fundraising, and other details. Special focus will be placed on student discipleship and preparing your students spiritually for their part in the Great Commission.
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