2010 Workshops

2010 HIM Workshops

Friday, March 12th – 2:00 – 3:00

                1. “Teaching Junior and Senior High at Home”
                Does looking ahead to the high school years make you feel intimidated, overwhelmed, and uncertain? The goal of this workshop is to help you gain confidence as you anticipate and navigate some of the BEST homeschooling years! We’ll provide an overview of junior/senior high, as well allowing time for you to ask questions of a panel of experienced moms and current high school/college students. Topics include: how to teach the harder subjects, testing, transcripts, keeping records, graduation ceremonies, and more.
                Speakers: Kelly Klein and Cindy Probasco have homeschooled their eight children for a combined total of over thirty years. Through their varied experiences, they will challenge, encourage, and come alongside those who are wondering about homeschooling beyond the elementary years. Some of Kelly’s and Cindy’s children will join them. These students are willing to share with you from their personal experiences.

Friday, March 12th – 3:00-3:30 P.M.

                1. “Homeschool Students and Sports”
                Have you wondered what opportunities there are in the world of sports for your homeschooled student? This workshop will cover many of the “bases,” so to speak. We’ll discuss: basic requirements and expectations (fees, physicals, try-outs, equipment, etc); eligibility requirements and reporting; when to start and the pros/cons of timing; benefits and challenges; communicating with the schools and districts; and, athletics beyond high school.
                Speaker: Kelly Klein has lived all that she’ll be sharing with you. Her two sons played football and basketball at the local public high school and both went on to earn football scholarships. She and her husband, Doug, have raised sons that excel – first and foremost, in godly character, and secondly, in sports.

Saturday, March 13th - 11:00 – 11:50 A.M.

                1. “Flashcards: There IS Another Answer!”
                Memorizing hundreds of math facts is exhausting. Sadly, whatever is learned by rote needs frequent review to stay learned. However, games are fun are exciting, games provide practice for facts, and games become an application for the information! Join us for some FUN as we play addition, multiplication, and fraction games.
                Presenter: Right Start Math: Teresa Foltin is a homeschooling mother of 5 blessings. She has been using RightStart Mathematics for 5 years and enjoys watching her children really understand math.

                2. “Help, My Homeschool Is Chaos!”
                Is your homeschool day made up of demanding toddlers and emotional teens, six subjects to prepare for each child, co-op demands, music, sports, falling behind, tears, chores, skipping chapters… and ultimately the question, “Where is God in all this?” Learn to work together as a family to achieve attainable goals with a fresh outlook and easy-to-implement organizational ideas. Bring sanity and success back to your home, and enjoy the process. Your homeschool chaos can come to an end!
                Speaker: David Hazell has been involved in homeschooling since 1987, several of those years as the primary homeschooling parent. The Hazell family spent eight years in Russia where David served in Bible translation in Siberia and helped coordinate Bible translations into 80 languages. His six children often ministered with him as he traveled throughout Russia and Europe. David and his wife, Marie, moved their family back to the United States in 2000 and now devote the majority of their time to the development of My Father’s World curriculum with the dual goal of providing support for Bible translation and raising up generations of families who see the world through God’s eyes and live according to that knowledge.

3. Classical Conversations – details still to come

Saturday, March 13th - 12:00 – 12:50 P.M.

1. “Debugging Your Children’s Strengths and Weaknesses”
In this workshop, Don helps parents understand how their children’s strengths and weaknesses are linked to their cognitive strengths and weaknesses. Cognitive skills include attention, working memory, long-term memory, processing speed, logic and reasoning, auditory processing, and visual processing. Every child has a unique profile of strengths and weaknesses and these have consequences in real life.
Speaker: Don Cassidy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University (1987) and an Executive MBA from Denver University (2008). He also worked as an engineering manager at LSI Corporation from 1988 through 2008. Don taught Classical Latin to grade school children for a few years and has tutored math and science to various students over many years. At LearningRx, Don is Director of Training, Director of Operations, Director of Marketing, Advertising, and PR.

2. “Homeschool: “School” at Home or Family Discipleship?”
For many homeschoolers, “school” is defined by the basics: history, math, and English. Textbooks, worksheets, and academic performance become the benchmarks. It’s easy to lose sight of the ultimate reasons for homeschooling! Academics, though important, should never overtake character development. By redefining Homeschool as family discipleship, it is possible to transform our expectations. Education is far more than learning from books. It is also learning to be active, intelligent participants in the Kingdom of God. We must teach our children what we want them to pass on to our grandchildren. Make sure the school in your home is designed to create a Christ-centered family.
Speaker: See David Hazell’s biography under #2 above

                3. “Ready to Write for College”
                Are you wondering if your student is going to be prepared for writing college-level papers? This question-and-answer workshop will address your concerns and possibly open your eyes to a few things you need to teach before college days arrive. Come and learn about different styles of writing, citation styles and rules, an overview of writing an essay, and relevant computer skills such as finding credible online research and designing power-point presentations.
                Speaker: Zachary Probasco has written college papers for five years and is just about to put that behind him!! He is a senior at Colorado State University, majoring in history and participating in the ROTC program. He will graduate and also commission in the Air Force this coming May.

Saturday, March 13th - 1:00 – 1:50 P.M.

                1. “The Ellerslie Training Program – Intensive Biblical Discipleship for Future Leaders” (Eric/Leslie Ludy)
                Eric and Leslie Ludy have launched a spiritual discipleship program for young leaders at the Ellerslie Campus in Windsor, Colorado. This life-changing 10-week program draws home-school graduates and college students from the U.S. and abroad who come to Colorado for a season of intensive spiritual training, deepening intimacy with Christ, and preparing for world-impacting Christian service. The Ellerslie Training Program equips future leaders with a Gospel worldview, an unshakable passion for God’s Word, and practical preparation for a lifestyle of Kingdom work. In this workshop, Eric and Leslie will share the vision and purpose behind the Ellerslie Training Program for those who would like to learn more about this opportunity. For more information about Eric and Leslie’s ministry, visit www.ellerslie.com.
                Speakers: Eric and Leslie are bestselling authors and speakers, known for tackling some of the toughest issues facing the Christian culture today. They have toured extensively, challenging and inspiring hundreds of thousands of teens and college students as well as parents and leaders around the U.S. and abroad. Eric and Leslie are passionate about rescuing orphans, proclaiming the true Gospel of Christ to their generation, and training future leaders in the pattern of historical Christianity. They have authored seventeen books including When God Writes Your Love Story, Authentic Beauty, The Bravehearted Gospel and Set Apart Femininity. The Ludys live in Windsor, Colorado with their four children.

                2. “Beginning Your Homeschool Journey” (Bart Probasco)
                Have you made the decision to homeschool? Or are you still just considering the idea? What is God saying to your heart? This workshop will be an informal chat for prospective/new homeschoolers. Possible topics include: how, when, and why to homeschool; and, how to choose curriculum. Bart will briefly share his family’s homeschooling journey with you and then open the floor for questions.
                Speaker: Bart Probasco and his wife, Cindy, have homeschooled their six children for the past seventeen years. They own Probasco’s Christian Bookstore where they have a large section devoted to homeschool products. Bart speaks with homeschoolers almost every day, and assists many families who are just getting started on their own homeschool journey. His desire is to help turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and children to their fathers (Malachi 4:6a)