ACSI wants to equip leaders in Christian schools, churches, and communities to advance Christ-centered education. From a current Christian school leader seeking enrichment or improving board governance, to a new or emerging leader needing Leadership U mentorship, ACSI can come alongside with thought leadership and a variety of resources to support your needs through every stage of leadership. 

From administration certification to continuing education, we serve Early Education leaders all the way through Higher Education professionals around the globe by helping them create flourishing school communities. 

We invite school leaders to explore the Flourishing School Journey that will equip your school to flourish by utilizing the Flourishing School Culture Model. ACSI has developed tools and training to help you measure and foster a flourishing school culture. The flourishing journey will deepen your level of transformation through a journey of flourishing. The journey includes:

• Flourishing School Culture Instrument (FSCI)
• Flourishing Schools Institute (FSi)
• Flourishing Schools Network
• Flourish Deeper
• PD by Design

We invite you to explore the tabs to learn about resources for Christian school leaders.

ACSI Career Center

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ACSI Community

Community opens the door to ideation, collaboration and innovation with your peers around the world making us all Stronger Together. Take a moment to check out the Getting Started information under Community Help, and Engage!

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The ACSI Day of Prayer is an annual event that advances Christ-centered education by advocating through prayer. These past few school years have presented many unique challenges, but God has given our school communities the strength to overcome adversities and pursue new opportunities. We encourage you to join ACSI when we unite across the globe to pray for Christ-centered education next year on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

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ACSI Inspire Accreditation

Accreditation with ACSI engages schools in a vigorous, holistic process of organizational appraisal and improvement that engages every school constituent. Our program is a highly regarded Christian program for member schools. We have partnerships with all of the U.S. regional accreditation agencies and offer joint accreditation with numerous accrediting organizations.

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ACSI Membership

We are stronger together! As an ACSI member, you are part of a global movement through which God speaks life and biblical truth into the hearts of the next generation. ACSI comes alongside you with legal alerts and information, thought leadership including the latest research, an online community with other educators ready to collaborate and so much more! There is value in school membership and individual membership as well. Here’s what others are saying:

Mandy Vastola, Jupiter Christian School told us this about the ACSI Online Community: “I’m grateful for the support from fellow ACSI members.”

Caron Swatley, Briarcrest Christian School says this about a Leadership Network Meeting in the US Eastern Division: “I walked away with several practical applications for our school community.”

Gregg Wright, Ross County Christian Academy is grateful for ACSI: “I am grateful for all the services ACSI provides. I have been in education for more than 40 years. There has been no other organization that provides so much support for Christian schools.”

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Spiritual Formation

ACSI Spiritual Formation crafts and facilitates Spiritual Formation tools, resources, events, and conversations to equip Christian educators to grow in love & truth, foster community, engage in discipleship, serve as Christ's ambassadors, and pursue Christlike unity. Visit acsi.org/spiritual-formation to learn more.

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Administrator Certification

ACSI Certification provides professional credibility for your school community. ACSI offers certification for administrators and teachers. For Christian school leaders, you can view and print your own ACSI certificate and requirements as well as a report of the certification status and renewal requirements for your teachers

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Children's Tuition Fund

Children’s Tuition Fund (CTF), a ministry of ACSI, supports and advocates for educational choice and innovation through scholarship tax-credit programs that provide parents the opportunity to choose an education that is the best fit for their children.

Visit the Children's Tuition Fund Website

Early Education 

As a Christian school leader, we desire to equip and support you in serving the youngest learners from birth to age 8. Join our ACSI Early Education team along with early education program administrators, owners, directors, curriculum specialists and others by sharing ideas and challenges in a like-minded, Biblical community through monthly Early Education Leadership Network opportunities with ACSI Early Education Director Dr. Althea Penn or U.S. divisional Leader Connect opportunities. We also invite you to bring your team to professional development events and encourage them to join the ACSI Online Community for ongoing collaboration.

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Educational Resources

ACSI is committed to providing educational resources to help you and your school community flourish.

To help your faculty and staff continue to learn, we upgraded ACSI PD powered by Campus for a better user experience with well over 500 hours of formal instruction for Christian educators.

To help you measure instructional effectiveness, the ACSI Student Assessment Program provides a full-service program that includes discounts, professional development, and program support. Summative and formative as well as college/career readiness best-in-class assessment solutions are available.

Having a problem finding teachers or want to create an additional revenue stream or save money? Sevenstar has partners with Christian schools to provide solid, biblically based academic resources to meet a wide range of educational needs from student credit recovery and supplemental learning to filling teacher gaps or providing online learning access to new students.

Choosing the right textbooks for your school community is an important decision, both financially and foundationally. Purposeful Design Publications, a division of ACSI, provides academically rigorous textbooks that are intentionally rooted in biblical truth to equip the teachers in your school with the tools to eternally transform the hearts and lives of children.

Finally, ACSI provides resources containing important thought leadership or practical operational help in Christian schooling. Visit our store for resources in a variety on areas on leadership, governance and more.

Leader Events

As a leader, you are constantly pouring and investing into projects, programs, and people. But who is pouring into you? At ACSI, we desire to come alongside you to sharpen your skill set with the latest best practices and thought leadership as well as networking opportunities through both online and in-person events throughout the year.

• Early Education Leader Connect or Leadership Network Opportunities
• Flourishing Schools Institute
• Leadership Network Meetings
• Public Policy and Advocacy Summit

Also, you can create your own in-service event for your faculty and staff by using PD by Design, an on-demand professional development opportunity featuring six hours of flexible training in a variety of themes. Or view content on your own time with ACSI PD. Finally, do you know a new or emerging leader? Leadership U provides an 18-month mentoring journey to prepare leaders among all grade levels for the challenges and blessings of leading a flourishing Christian school.

Events for the FY 2024-2025

Faith Teaches

Faith Teaches in Every Moment, Every Day and Every Way. 

Through God’s original and best design, parents, both a mother and father, are the primary teachers to infuse biblical faith in a child’s life. We believe that parents should be supported by both a strong church and Christian education community. 

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Find Your Office

ACSI is privileged to be a part of God's robust worldwide movement in Christian schooling. Use the link below for more information on our Country and Regional Offices, International Schools, and US Divisions information.

Global National

International Schools

US Divisions

Flourishing Families

Flourishing Families equips schools to empower parents and guardians in their God-given role to disciple their children with ongoing support from their Christian school and church community.

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Flourishing Schools Journey

Cultivating Leaders To Transform Culture

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ACSI is committed to equipping your school to flourish by utilizing the Flourishing School Culture Model. ACSI has developed tools and training to help you measure and foster a flourishing school culture. The flourishing journey will deepen your level of transformation through a journey of flourishing. The journey includes: 

• Flourishing School Culture Instrument (FSCI)
• Flourishing Schools Institute (FSi)
• Flourishing Schools Network
• Flourish Deeper
• PD by Design

Learn More About The Flourishing Schools Journey

GRAACE Initiatives

ACSI GRAACE Initiatives connects and equips educators serving educationally disenfranchised children (whether by their Gender, Race, Ability, Academics, Culture, or Economic Status). Our goal is to empower educators to provide all children with an education that is distinctly Christian.

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Legal Support

ACSI Public Policy & Legal Affairs

ACSI is doing the legwork for you as a Christian school leader by providing important information such as the ACSI publication Legal Legislative Update and creating opportunities to learn how to advocate through the Public Policy & Advocacy Summit.

Also, the Legal Defense Reimbursement Program through ACSI helps schools prevent potential legal action.

Read more about the ACSI team working hard in Washington D.C. for you as well as the broad range of resources to help your school community thrive.

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Professional Development

At ACSI, we know that Professional Development is important to you as a Christian school leader for not only yourself, but your staff. You’ll find many of the professional development opportunities under the Events tab.

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School Board Support

Christian School Trustee Online Training

You have a wonderful opportunity to extend God’s Kingdom through your Trusteeship.

Psalm 22: 30-31 says: Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it. You hold the school in trust to Jesus, you are holding children’s futures in your hands, your job is to ensure the school is a blessing to the next generation, the children yet unborn.

CSM Christian Trustee Online Training gives you principles to follow, practical actions to take, and a deeper understanding of your purpose and importance in being a Christian School Trustee.

Please note that all of the Divisional Directors can provide in-person and virtual training.

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Tune in to the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, featuring conversations between ACSI President & CEO Dr. Larry Taylor and Christian school leaders who share their best practices, calling, models, and qualities to create a dynamic, growing school culture.

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Student Assessment Program

ACSI's assessment program provides a service that helps schools use testing data to improve instruction, thereby advancing Christian education through school improvement. The data is used to gauge school results and effectiveness, determine goal attainment, and address problems the school faces.

We invite you to build a flourishing Student Assessment Program

• What is your purpose for assessment?
• What assessment format do you prefer?
• What grade levels do you assess?
• What subjects do you want to assess?
• What standards/objectives do you want to assess?
• What type of data do you need?

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Support for Your School

You could live in Georgia… the country or the state! No matter where you are on the globe or the educational environment you are leading, ACSI wants to come alongside you to support advancing Christ-centered education.

Additionally, we want to come alongside you with prayer support. While we have an annual Global Day of Prayer, below you can leave current prayer requests knowing that an ACSI team member will be praying for you.

Finally, if you have a question or need assistance in any way, reach out to our ACSI Care Team via email or phone. Visit our contact us page for more details.

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Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership is critical to ACSI because we want to provide leading insights on research and innovation on matters of educational, spiritual, and cultural importance for Christian education. Learn forward-thinking approaches to current issues and topics through the weekly blog and ⁠⁠podcasts. Then glean the latest research through our bi-annual publication Research in Brief, and additional research reports. Check our research and resources such as studies on Artificial Intelligence, recent Salary and Tuition reports, and our Flourishing School Culture Model.

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