ACSI Podcasts
On this channel are ACSI’s four podcasts: Sharpening Kingdom Leaders, with President & CEO Dr. Larry Taylor. Grafted Together, with Chief Ministry Officer Jerry Nelson. Student Leadership & Learning, with SLL Director Emily Pigott. The Flourishing Journey, with Director of Leadership Programs Dr. Edward Bunn. ACSI’s podcasts aim to equip Christian school educators and strengthen you in your calling to impact the next generation for Christ. On a weekly basis, you can hear interviews, stories, research, and more. These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Watch these episodes on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@associationofchristianscho4983/featured
Episodes
Julie Heinsman, Superintendent at Morrison Academy in Taiwan, shares the challenges and successes of her Christian school leadership career. Heinsman has worked at Morrison Academy since 2000.
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In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor highlights school leaders as they share their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
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Jerry Nelson and his guest, Alice Middelkoop-Stijsiger, discuss a biblical worldview of vocation, how to help students see how God has gifted them, and what we can learn from the Netherlands' educational system. Middelkoop-Stijsiger is currently the Coordinator of Hoornbeeck Knowledge Center and also teaches at Driestar Applied University as a teacher trainer for second-career vocational education teachers.
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A graduate of a Christian high school in Miami, Catherine Dorcinvil joins Emily Pigott to reflect on the positive impact of teachers, Student Leadership & Learning opportunities, and why she was motivated to enter the medical field.
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Dr. Edward Bunn sits down with Jerry Nelson, ACSI's Chief Ministry Officer, to discuss foundational principles of spiritual formation.
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The Flourishing Journey podcast explores strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application. The show is hosted by Dr. Edward Bunn, ACSI's Director of Professional Development.
Continuing a series on global voices in the ACSI family, we hear from a school leader who founded a Christian school in Ukraine. Persevering through uncertain circumstances, Maggie (who asks to go by her first name due to security reasons) has a heart for the Gospel touching every heart, no matter where.
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In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor highlights school leaders as they sha...
Jerry Nelson details the ways women of the Bible advanced the Gospel, and how their calling today is still as significant as ever.
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The Grafted Together Podcast examines how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024. Each has a new episode each month, available on YouTube and in audio-only form on most majo...
Emily Pigott discusses the importance of relationship-building in making a difference as an educator. This generation yearns for relationships, but older methods of connecting may not work as well. Emily shares stories and insights on how to make the most of each relationship.
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The Student Leadership & Learning Podcast aims to help create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways ...
Dr. Edward Bunn sits down with Billy Hutchinson, Dean of Academics at Hickory Grove Christian School, to discuss practitioner strategies and exemplars of an effective professional development culture.
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The Flourishing Journey podcast explores strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application. The show is hosted by Dr. Edward Bunn, ACSI's Director of Profession...
Kylie Barker helps advance and provide access to Christ-centered education as a head of school in northern Iraq. Alongside ACSI President & CEO Dr. Larry Taylor, Kylie discusses her school's story and what motivated her to travel across the world for the sake of Kingdom education.
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In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor highlights school leaders as they share their calling, bes...
Chief Ministry Officer Jerry Nelson discusses how to view AI with a biblical worldview and how AI can even increase our knowledge of God and ourselves.
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The Grafted Together Podcast examines how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024. All four will have a new episode each month, available on YouTube and ...
Students don’t need us for information, they need us for wisdom. The second episode of the Student Leadership & Learning podcast explores educators' influence and how to cultivate it.
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The Student Leadership & Learning Podcast aims to help create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders. Your host is Emily Pigott...
Stephen Deck, ACSI Senior Director of Accreditation & Credentialing, joins the Flourishing Journey podcast to discuss tools & resources for school-based professional development.
Find more info here or by email at SchoolBasedPD@acsi.org.
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The Flourishing Journey podcast explores strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application. Your host is Dr. Edward...
Part two of this conversation between Dr. Larry Taylor, ACSI President & CEO, and Dr. Don Davis, the Head of School at Second Baptist School in Houston, TX, focuses on leadership qualities, preparing students for their calling, and practically implementing student development in your school.
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In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor will highlight school leaders as they share the...
In the first episode of Grafted Together with ACSI Chief Ministry Officer Jerry Nelson, be encouraged to think about AI and Biblical Worldview soberly and optimistically.
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The Grafted Together podcast examines how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.
Grafted Together is one of four ACSI podcasts launching in January 2024. These podcasts will hel...
In the first episode of the Student Leadership & Learning podcast with Emily Pigott, ACSI's SL&L Director, examine the noble calling of an educator: difference makers, change agents, supporters of those who have promise and those who don’t think they do. Learn strategies for holding steadfast to what God has called us to.
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The Student Leadership & Learning Podcast aims to help create enrich...
In the first episode of the Flourishing Journey podcast, learn from ACSI Director of Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn, and ACSI Vice President of Flourishing Initiatives, Cindy Dodds, about the Flourishing Construct of Professional Development.
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The Flourishing Journey podcast explores strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
In the first episode of the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, ACSI President & CEO Dr. Larry Taylor talks with Dr. Don Davis, the Head of School at Second Baptist School in Houston, TX. Hear about how to equip parents to be disciple-makers, school philosophy, and the relationship between church and school at Second Baptist.
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In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor sits down wi...
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