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Are we so concerned that our students achieve some kind of worldly happiness or self-fulfillment that we have forgotten to turn their attention in the same direction that Christ turned His?
Perhaps the most important decision that school boards make is the hiring of the chief educational officer. The second most important decision is the development of this leader.
ACSI, along with ECFA, CSA, and other Christian nonprofit organizations, has adopted the following Biblical Principles for Stewardship and Fund-Raising as a guide for how we pursue kingdom values and seek sacred kingdom resources.
Research clearly indicates that the quality of learning experiences young children will receive and the development that will occur are largely dependent on the educational qualifications of their teachers.
ACSI Certification Department received an email from a woman who had just completed her bachelor’s degree at 61 years of age!
One of the truths of effective institutions is that they are organized for success.
We must ask first, “Am I really called to be an administrator?” Effective teachers are not always effective administrators.
Our students possess solid biblical answers to life’s gnarly issues yet still lack souls that resemble the Founder of the faith they profess.
The outcomes we should be striving for in the Christian school are students who are not only intellectually developed but also spiritually formed.
An effective board mentors and shepherds its administrator.
As the name of his book implies, Gladwell writes that there are “tipping points” that determine the success or failure of many facets of our daily experiences.
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To be truly effective teachers and, most important, life changers, we must constantly evaluate the amount of class time spent on content versus its application to our students’ lives.
The quality of a school depends on how successful its leaders manage change.
Change from the perspective of organizational behaviors.
Do we assume the wrong things about excellence?
What are the time wasters keeping you from being efficient and effective?
Systems thinking looks at an organization and acknowledges its complexities, interactions, and dynamic movement.
Some pastors and lay people took charge and started their own private schools, hiring gifted people, mostly women, to educate their children—knowing full well that the future belongs to educated people.
The most important areas of focus for the school is whole-child programming.
The support team’s role is crucial in enabling the leader to lead with focus and success.
Operation Picture It is based on the concept that seeing a program has a greater impact on conveying the program than just hearing about it.