By Association of Christian Schools International, August 31, 2020
This year Christian Schools have had to adjust to a new normal. Online learning, social distancing and mask wearing have changed the landscape of schooling, possibly forever. As an association of Christian schools around the world, we have had to adjust as well.
Over the past decades, ACSI has provided professional development for Christian school faculty. Most of this development has been done through conferences and large training sessions. However, with the 2020 curveballs, we have needed to adjust in order to continue bringing the same quality of training, but through a different platform.
ACSI is excited to announce a collaboration with The Colson Center to produce a 10-hour Professional Development program for Christian educators. The "Worldviews & Culture Fluency" video series is designed to provide guidance for teaching worldviews, culture, and cultural engagement featuring internationally acclaimed speakers and practitioners such as Os Guinness, Christopher Yuan, John Lennox, Bill Brown, and John Stonestreet.
As a special friend of ACSI, we would love to invite you to watch these videos for free. Just follow the link below to view this thought-provoking series that we are using as a development tool in lieu of our in-person conferences.
https://www.educators.colsoncenter.org/
The pandemic has certainly impacted the way in which we are able to support Christian schools internationally. Our leaders have not been able to travel to provide in-person training, but technology has allowed us to increase our communication around the world. Mike Epp, our Senior Vice President for ACSI Global, is having more conversations with our global leaders than he did before the pandemic, although those conversations are conducted over the internet. The pandemic has not stopped ACSI from "strengthening Christian schools and equipping Christian educators worldwide as they prepare students academically and inspire students to become devoted followers of Jesus Christ."
Thank you for supporting this vital ministry of strengthening Christian schools worldwide!
David McNamee
Development Coordinator