ACSI Website Resources
The ACSI website connects to a broad array of educational resources designed to equip all member schools to reach greater effectiveness in achieving their mission. Content is updated regularly.
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Accreditation (K–12)
ACSI accreditation provides K–12 day and boarding Christian schools with international benchmarks to measure standards, performance, integrity, and quality. This is offered for national curriculum schools and those preparing students to transition internationally to tertiary education.
At-Large schools contact
ACSI Global.
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accreditation@acsi.org
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Apostille/Hague Authentication Letters
ACSI provides accredited international schools efficient movement of official documents. ACSI handles all of the forms, government red-tape, tracking of documents, ensuring low-cost, prompt turnaround. Schools do not have to struggle with long-distance communication with multiple agencies.
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Board Governance Materials and Training
ACSI provides several training resources for Christian school boards through Purposeful Design Publications. In addition, board governance training is available through the various regional offices. Contact your local office for additional information. |
Certification (Licensing)
This program is designed to provide professional certification to qualified Christian school teachers and administrators. This service may require an equivalency determination.
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certification@acsi.org
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Christian Educator/Program and School Recognition
Career Service/Achievement Award
This service honors individual educators who are nominated and who meet the criteria for recognition.
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CSE@acsi.org
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Christian School Comment (parent newsletter)
Christian School Comment is published monthly, September through May as a communication to Christian school families. The publication explores a variety of topics related to Christian schooling. ACSI President Brian Simmons and guest authors offer practical advice and encouragement to Christian school parents and families.
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Conferences (ICEC/IAC)
ACSI offers international Christian Educator Conferences and International Administrators Conferences for International school members. These conferences are specifically developed to meet the unique needs of faith-based international schools, and provide networking and inspiration in addition to excellent professional development.
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Destinations (support for exchange programs)
ACSI Destinations provides support and services to Christian schools and educators that work with international students, want to start an international student program, or are developing their program further. Currently ACSI provides consulting, best practice information, and social networking. Member schools are also eligible for ACSI's insurance plan for international students.
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destinations@acsi.org
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Distinguished Christian High School Student Program (DCHSS)
This program identifies and honors outstanding juniors and seniors of member high schools worldwide. The DCHSS Program also provides these select students with potential communication from ACSI member colleges and universities in North America that use this important vehicle to recruit Christian high school students for their degree programs.
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English as a Foreign Language Textbook Series
ACSI has produced four levels of EFL materials that follow TOEFL international standards, integrate character education goals, are content area rich, and highly experiencial in nature. More levels are coming out annually. Materials for ages 4–7 are available now through our Latin American office
www.acsilat.org.
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International Christian Educator Recruiting Fair
Each October or November ACSI hosts recruiting fairs at Christian colleges in the Chicago area plus in association with one of the large ACSI USA conventions. This is a cost-effective platform for international school representatives and mission agencies to represent their agency and/or school and to market their schools to potential candidates in a face to face setting.
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Instructional Materials and Educator Resources
Textbooks from Purposeful Design Publications are available for review at no cost and are yours to keep. Member schools receive 25–50% off the price of Purposeful Design products. Member schools also receive free Purposeful Design teacher editions with each purchased classroom set of at least 10 student editions.
Instructional Support
Purposeful Design Publications
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International Institute for Christian School Education (IICSE)
IICSE meets annually at Columbia International University. This five-day training experience provides educators with inspiring professional development and prayer times as well as networking with educators from around the world. Multiple courses and Bible and/or professional CEU tracks allow educators to earn up to 3 graduate credits or 5 CEUs.
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International School Development Services (ISDS)
ISDS provides development services to international schools without their own U.S. nonprofit status. These services include:
- Gift receipting and accounting of tax-deductible donations in the USA
- Banking services (checking, savings, certificate accounts, VISA, and international ATM services)
- Investment opportunities
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Leadership Academy
ACSI’s forward-looking, issue-confronting Academy for leaders offers an outstanding keynote speaker and several point-counterpoint presentations and panel discussions. It also provides great networking among key leaders, including ACSI board members and major school leaders from around the world.
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Listserv (administrator and director networking)
The listserv has been established to provide you with a valuable communications tool for sharing ideas and questions, growing professionally, and learning from others who face similar circumstances day by day.
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Online Education for Students Through SevenStar Academy
Sevenstar Academy partners with over 250 Christian schools around the world to offer online Christian courses. An online option will help schools with challenges in various areas including curriculum, recruiting, scheduling (for both students and teachers), finances (new sources of revenue), and school growth. Sevenstar is a low-cost option (and, possibly, an additional income source) to meet these needs.
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Professional Consultations, Development/In-Services, Trainings
Our belief is that professional development is not an event; it is a process. This is accomplished through:
Nexus, Enablers, Webinars, Mentoring, Internships, and other incredible resources.
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Professional Educator Associations
Individuals can join these associations to experience personal and professional
growth.
International Association of Christian School Administrators and Board Members (IACSA&B)
International Association of Christian Early Educators (IACEE)
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Professional Journals and Publications
ACSI provides professional resources which are readily available to you through monthly and quarterly publications that encompass a variety of critical issues:
Christian Early Education
Christian School Comment
Christian School Education
Legal Legislative Update
Math By Design
National Notes
Prayer Guide
Regional News
The Meantime
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STAR Program
Designed to assist non-accredited ACSI member schools with a formal process of school improvement that will lead schools toward recognition and possibly toward accreditation with ACSI.
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Student Activities
Our mission statement for student activities clearly states the purpose behind all the work involved in the organization of each event: to develop and sponsor activities and events that enhance God-given abilities, gifts, and talents in the lives of our students.
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Student Assessment(TerraNova)
ACSI is pleased to announce our selection of CTB/McGraw-Hill as our standardized test vendor beginning with the spring of 2012 testing season.
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Student Tours (historic) Through American Christian Tours
American Christian Tours (ACTS) offers you, as educators and administrators, the chance to ignite a fire within your students that will help turn them into world changers. By experiencing a face to face encounter with America’s Christian history, your students will gain not only a deeper understanding of our nation’s heritage, but a sense of their role in our nation’s future.
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TCK-Pre-Field Orientation Program
Dissertations and school follow-up studies have established the effectiveness of this program that prepares international educators and boarding home parents for international service. Offered each summer in Houghton, NY, this program has been offered since 1987 but stays current for the ever changing contexts faced by new staff.
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Teacher and Student Resources in Multiple Languages
Some products listed in the ACSI catalog have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and French or have been adapted to different cultures. The translation and the cultural adaptation continue.
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Transcript Depository and Forwarding
ACSI stores transcripts and documents for international member schools only.
The Student Transcript Depository Services ensures:
- Confidentiality for all student records/transcripts
- A secure depository for the permanent records of all graduates
- Protection against any natural hazard, damage, or disturbance within a country that might jeopardize the security or accessibility of storage records
- Storage of student records/transcripts if an international school closes
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transcripts@acsi.org
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Tuition/Salary Survey
Accumulates and compares data in various areas including personnel issues, budget percentages, enrollment numbers such as student-teacher ratio and student retention, tuition increases, and many other helpful statistics.
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USA and Canadian Conferences for International Schools
The ACSI NEXUS on-line convention with follow-up webinars is new for 2011–12. If interested in becoming a down-link site for this conference, contact Sam Barfell for details. If traveling to ACSI regions with conventions and conferences, your personnel receive a 50% discount.
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