2013 SPEAKERS RICK GREEN (Wallbuilders) Rick Green is a speaker for WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization. Rick has served for his church as a leader and for his state as a Texas State Rep. Rick earned his B.B.A. in finance and his Doctor of Jurispudence. He is married, a father of four, and an entrepreneur who has built several successful businesses. Rick has a solid Biblical worldview and is an excellent teacher of how Biblical principles and Christian values relate to current events and every aspect of life. Rick has influenced tens of thousands of Americans to become salt and light in their communities, helping them understand their dual citizenship and responsibilities both as citizens of Heaven and of America. Rick's presentations contain compelling historical and Biblical facts that create interest and inspire patriotism. WORKSHOPS: Freedom's Frame: The Secret of America's Success The Birth of Freedom (Keynote - General Session) Restoring America's Constitution Is America One Nation Under God? BILL JACK (Worldview Academy) Bill Jack is faculty advisor for Worldview Academy, an academic leadership program that seeks to train Christian students to think and live in accord with a Biblical worldview so that they will serve Christ and lead the culture. Bill has appeared on numerous radio and television programs. Bill’s passion is to raise up a generation with the vision to reach their culture with the gospel, the valor to engage that culture with the truth, and a reliance on the virtue of the Word of God. Bill and his wife, Tabby, live with their three children in Colorado. WORKSHOPS: Whatever! (Deut. 12:32) (Keynote - General Session) TEEN SESSIONS: (with Bill Jack) Seven Habits of Highly Suppressive People Four Duties of a Good Soldier of Christ Jesus You Gotta Have Heart The Ways of the Wizards vs the Way of the Wiseman What Happens When You Die? Fortitudine Vincimus (By Endurance We Conquer) ROBERT ANDREWS (Gospel Parenting) Robert Andrews is a graduate chemical engineer who has been a college campus evangelist, high school chemistry teacher and basketball coach, church teaching elder, church planter, national conference speaker and certified business and family coach. The emphasis of Robert’s ministry has always been the family, and the first of his six books, The Family, God’s Weapon for Victory (1995, 2002, 2010), is in its third edition. He has been married for 43 years and has three children and ten grandchildren, so he is able to draw upon extensive “trial and error” experience for the anecdotes that fill his books and conference presentations. He feels that there is no more important task today than winning the battle for the minds of our children. Home educators are the most important warriors in that battle, the heroes in the culture war. It is from this conviction that Gospel Parenting was born. Its mission is to help parents equip their children to extend the rule of Jesus Christ into the next generation. WORKSHOPS: Parenting: Mission Impossible, If You Choose to Accept It (and you have!) Biblical Discipline - Raising an Eager, Obedient Learner Building Character into Your Child Capturing Your Child's Heart Finding a Mate in Treacherous Times - Are There Biblical Principles Practical for Today? RICK & MARILYN BOYER (Character Concepts) Rick and Marilyn Boyer are true pioneers of the home education movement. They began teaching the eldest of their fourteen children at home in 1980 and are still actively home schooling their three youngest children today. They have authored several books on home education and Christian parenthood and have spoken at conferences all across America and in several foreign countries. Their books have been translated into a number of foreign languages and have circulated around the world. Their ministry, The Learning Parent, encourages parents through the resources they publish, their speaking ministry, this web site, a monthly newsletter, and their articles, which have been published in several leading home schooling magazines. Marilyn is always appreciated for her keen and warmhearted insights into parenting while Rick, with his humorous, folksy style has been called "the Will Rogers of the home schooling movement." WORKSHOPS: Rick: What Is an Education? (free Thursday evening session) Breaking the Shackles - Why Parents Should Trust Themselves, Not Schools What's a Dad to Do? (men's coffee break) Take Back the Land (combined teens and adults) Marilyn: Why I'm Glad I Homeschooled Through High School (free Thursday evening session) Homeschooling - The Catalyst for Revival (free Thursday evening session) A Legacy of Greatness: Inspiring Your Kids to Become Today's Heroes Gotta Love Those Preschoolers Learning to Delight in Your Children The People You Want Them To Be WOODY ROBERTSON (CollegePlus) As a first generation homeschool graduate, Woody has been where most students are now and desires to help them wisely answer some of life’s biggest questions concerning their future. Since co-founding CollegePlus and its parent company Global Learning Resources, Woody serves as Vice President of the Sales and Marketing department. Together with his team, he passionately pursues the development and research of educational systems that accelerate the degree process. His ultimate responsibility is to come alongside the American family and their college-bound student with alternative resources that will help them save time, money and most importantly strategically equip them for leadership! A frequent motivational speaker at conferences nationwide, Woody thrives in rallying and organizing teams, families, and students for greater efficiency and impact in our culture today. WORKSHOPS: What Colleges Don't Tell You: Four Secrets to Save Time and Money Dreams, Desires, Decisions: A Practical Look at Life Purpose (Teen Session) The Coming College Tsunami and the Huge Opportunity for Homeschoolers Bachelors Degree by Age 18: Inspiring Students with a Vision BECKY COOKE (HSLDA) Becky Cooke and her husband Jim homeschooled their three children from kindergarten until college using an assortment of teaching resources. She enjoys using these same skills to equip parents to teach their children through the high school years and to encourage them to enjoy doing so. After sending her children off to university, Becky helped develop HSLDA’s Homeschooling Thru High School program, including its high school website. Becky primarily provides personal consultation and friendly advice with a listening ear to HSLDA members who have homeschool questions and concerns including about college admission and testing. In addition, she has spoken to numerous local homeschool meetings and dozens of state-wide and regional conferences. She has co-authored articles on high school topics for homeschool magazines, “how-to” brochures, and monthly high school email newsletters that reach homeschooling families nationwide. She has also appeared on radio programs to speak about homeschooling. Becky and her husband live in Virginia outside of Washington, D.C. WORKSHOPS: Building on a Sure Foundation Developing a Plan for High School High School Transcript Clinic Recordkeeping for High School KIM KAUTZER (WriteShop) Kim Kautzer loves to help parents feel more confident about teaching writing. Having learned the hard way to teach her own writing-phobic son to like (and eventually love) writing, it’s now her joy to equip parents to teach writing with confidence—even when it seems like an uphill battle. Kim encourages homeschoolers that with the right tools, they can guide and motivate their struggling writers. WriteShop, her unique and successful writing program, has been honored as one of Cathy Duffy’s 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum. Kim and her husband Jim have been married 37 years and live in Southern California, where they homeschooled their children through high school. She blogs about writing at In Our Write Minds www.writeshop.com/blog. WORKSHOPS: Inspiring Successful Writers, part 1 Inspiring Successful Writers, part 2 Effective Tips for Teaching Timed Essays Growing Your Child's Writing Vocabulary Writing Strategies for Special Needs Kids BARRY STEBBING (How Great Thou Art) Mr. Stebbing has been an artist and educator his entire life. He is the author and creator of How Great Thou ART Publications, with over a dozen art texts, teaching homeschoolers the fundamentals of drawing and the academics of color theory and painting. During the past dozen years he and his wife have extensively traveled throughout North America teaching homeschoolers in 3 day art classes, now estimating that they have personally instructed over 60,000 Christian students. Mr. Stebbing has recently been selected by the American Family Association to teach a variety of art programs on its homeschooling network. WORKSHOPS: Teaching Children Art at Home Nature Drawing and Journalism Learning to Draw God and the History of Art SUSAN MALPHURS (Real Science-4-Kids) WORKSHOPS: Raising Einsteins in Your Monet Garden The Unbreakable Bubble It's All Greek To Me! Using the Internet as a Study Tool for Science >>> STAY TUNED FOR MORE TO COME <<< CHRISTOPHER PERRIN (Inside Classical Education) JOAN COTTER (RightStart Mathematics) PAUL JEHLE (Plymouth Rock Foundation) WILLIAM & KRISTEN ECKENWILER (The Struggling Reader) . . . and more