Early Ed Conference: South Central

Intentionally Cultivating Potential

God tells us in Jeremiah 29:11, For i know the plans i have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

As an early educator, God daily gives us many opportunities to develop the potential of each child in our classroom for a very specific time in his or her life, not only for this year but a potential that can last for eternity. How do we accomplish this God sized mission?

The Early Education Conference in Dallas, TX will consist of two professional development days.

Pre-Conference Workshop: February 10, 2012
Early Education Conference Live Streaming: February 11, 2012 
(Those in the area may attend the live event.) 

Early Education Conference Live Streaming for programs in other regions. Sign up at the one-time introductory site price. *Register now!
The weblink to access the Live Streaming will be emailed to the registered email address on February 10, 2012.

* Please register as a guest.
Online registration closes two days before the conference, however you may register for the live event at the door on the day of the conference.
 
Conference Brochure
 

Pre-Conference Workshop for Directors—February 10, 2012

The Pre-conference, on day one, is all about directors. Kristi Martin, PhD, will lead directors through a day of discovery on the theme of leading through change. Spiritually insightful, encouraging and practical, Dr. Martin will lead you through four hours of leadership training. Taken from her newly acquired doctorate and life experience, come prepared to take away some ideas you can use in your program, with your staff and the families you serve.

►Pricing

Lunch included in the cost of registration.

►Pre-Conference Overview

All attendees will receive four clock hours of training.

►Pre-Conference Speaker

Dr. Kristi Martin

Dr. Kristi Martin is the Executive Director of Harvest Child Development Center (HCDC) and adjunct faculty for Southwest Assemblies of God University teaching Masters early education courses. HCDC is a large early education program in the North Fort Worth area that has been accredited with ACSI since 2000. Kristi serves ACSI as an early education ambassador, early education representative on the Executive Board, chair of the Executive Board's Early Education Services Committee, and Vice Chair of the Executive Accreditation Commission.

Live Streaming Early Education Conference—February 11, 2012

The Conference, on day two, will be comprised of six large group sessions intentionally chosen to offer encouragement, instruction and practical teaching ideas. Session speakers will focus on the topics of serving families, the relationship between the church and school, teaching tools and ideas and encouragement in your calling to serve little ones.

Join us for our first ever Live Streaming Early Education Conference. Early Education programs in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, please join us live. For those of you in other parts of the country, we invite you to sign up as a site at the introductory price. All your staff can participate and receive clock hours when you sign up your site.

This event will be streaming live via the internet. You will need a computer with a steady internet connection. A dial-up connection will not be sufficient. For small groups of 2-3, watching from a computer screen may be the easiest. For larger groups you may want to hook up your laptop to a projector in a classroom or conference room. This will enable set-up for a conference style theater experience or small groups around tables for discussions. You may have as many people attend at your site. You will be asked to provide their names and email addresses at the time of registration.

►Pricing

Update: Lunch included in the cost of registration.

►Conference Overview—Central Standard Time

All attendees will receive six clock hours of training.
Update: Conference speakers and seminar descriptions 

►Conference Speakers

Pastor Gregg Headley

Pastor Gregg Headley is the senior pastor of the historic Gospel Lighthouse Church in Dallas, Texas. He has served at the Lighthouse since 1983. He has a passion for pastoral ministry and a shepherd’s heart. Pastor Headley is committed to communicating God’s word in a life-changing and relevant manner.

His passion for missions has opened doors of ministry for him in Asia, Central America, South America, Europe, the South Pacific, and the former Soviet Union. Pastor Headley also serves as the sectional presbyter of the South Dallas Section of the Assemblies of God in the North Texas District. He has a Master of Divinity from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, and a Bachelor of Arts from Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida.

Joy Headley 

Joy Headley is a family pastor at Gospel Lighthouse Church in Dallas, Texas. She attended Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida and graduated with a major in Bible and Elementary Education and a minor in English. She has taught in public and private schools and substituted to remain fresh since 1980. She graduated with a Masters degree from Dallas Baptist University in August 2007 with a concentration in Church Leadership and Christian Education. 

Joy presently teaches adult classes in Gospel Lighthouse Church, speaks at retreats, and does pulpit ministry when the opportunity arises. She does family, marriage, and teen age counseling along with life skills coaching. The last few years she has spent many hours mentoring young adult women and young mothers individually for three month segments. She also teaches a class at Christ for Nations each year in the spring semester.

Gregg and Joy have served at Gospel Lighthouse Church which includes Lighthouse Christian Academy for 28 years. Their sons Adam and Nathan attended and graduated from LCA and their grand daughter is presently attending a Christian school. 

Pastor Headley and his wife, Joy, have a great family including Adam and his wife Brandi, and daughter Karsyn Blake who live in Lubbock, Texas. Nathan and his wife, Brooke and their three children: Madison, Ethan, and Nolan who live in Castle Rock, Colorado. They cherish family time when they can all be together.

Barbara Jackson

Barb Jackson received her AA degree in Early Education at El Camino College in California. She taught for over 30 years, and she was also a director and an assistant director. Barb has been an ACSI seminar teacher for over 17 years. Her passion is to teach and train Christian teachers to be all that God has called them to be.

 

Professional Growth Hours/ CEU's

ACSI is working with 24/7 Educational Services, LLC to provide in-service hours required for maintenance of teacher certification and/or an ACSI CEU for attending the conference seminars.
This is a web-based process that requires you to login.

Go to my247ed to register your CEUs.

This service is free up to 30 days after the conference; after 30 days there is a $10.00 fee.

Plan now to join other early education professionals for a day of networking, equipping, and supporting other EE professionals.