Conference Workshop Schedule
G General interest to all parents
T Teens
B Beginners and inquirers
L Parents of struggling learners
Y Parents of young children preschool to early elementary
O Parents of older elementary age (may include middle school)
P Parents of teens (and possibly teens)
D Dads
M Mom
S Single parents
Leaders’ Track, Thursday
11:30-1:00 p.m. Leaders’ luncheon and session 1—Mike Smith, Homeschooling and Parental Rights—Freedom under Fire
1:15-2:15 p.m. Leaders’ track session 2—Ken Sande, Managing Change Speaker Notes
2:30-3:30 p.m. Leaders’ track session 3—Chená T. Flood,Ed.D, Understanding DNPE
Newbie Track, Thursday
Session 1 1:15-2:15 p.m.—Mike and Ronda Marshall, Getting Off to a Great Start
Session 2 2:30-3:30 p.m.—Jeannie Fulbright, The 7 E’s for Choosing Curriculum
Session 3 4:00-5:00 p.m.—Davis Carman, Give Me One Good Reason to Homeschool Speaker Notes
Conference Workshops
Session 1 Thursday 2:30-3:30 p.m. (free session)
G Cheryl Carter, Inspiring the Writer in Your Child (Room A) Speaker Notes
M T Rachael Carman and Savannah Anne Carman, My Mom’s Not Perfect and Neither Is My Daughter (Pavilion)
G Tracy Klicka, What Do They Believe? (South Main 1)
G Andrew Kern, You Become What You Behold (South Main 2)
B Jeannie Fulbright, The 7 E’s for Choosing Curriculum (South Main 3)
P T Ernie Hodges, Homeschool Sports, Is It for You? (Room B-D)
G Dr. Matthew McDill, Equip Children for Life with Three Critical Skills (Room E-G)
G Chená T. Flood,Ed.D., Understanding DNPE (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 2 Thursday 4:00-5:00 p.m.
D Derek Carter, The Supportive Homeschool Dad—How to Have a Presence in Your Absence (Room A) Speaker Notes
T G Scott Klusendorf, Can Anyone Be Right about Anything? The Case against Moral Relativism (Pavilion)
O Julie Hiramine, Adolescence 101: Who Are You and What Have You Done with My Child? (South Main 1) Speaker Notes
G Kristen Eckenwiler, Research That Will Change the Way You Teach (South Main 2)
B Davis Carman, Give Me One Good Reason to Homeschool (South Main 3) Speaker Notes
P Debbie Mason, Homeschooling High School (Room B-D) Speaker Note Speaker Note
M Angela Highsmith Armstrong, Re-energize Mom First! (Room E-G)
G Jim Hodges, Teach Your Children to Listen (Gaines Ballroom) Speaker Notes
Session 3 Thursday, 5:20-6:20 p.m.
G T Ken Sande, Powerful Peacemaking (Room A) Speaker Notes
G Jeannie Fulbright, Encouraging Success in Your Children (South Main 1)
M Cheryl Carter, Chasing God and the Kids Too! (South Main 2) Speaker Notes
B Janice Campbell, Homeschool Encyclopedia: A Whirlwind Tour of Methods, Skills, Vocabulary and People You Need to Know (South Main 3)
P T O Ken and Hope Auer, The Value of Non-Academic Education (Room B-D)
G Hal and Melanie Young, My Beloved and My Friend (Room E-G)
G T Alan Scholl, The Relationship between God and Government (Gaines Ballroom)
Thursday Keynote 7:30-9:00 p.m.
G Mike Smith, Remembering the Reason, Renewing the Vision (Room A)
Friday Keynote 8:30-10:00 a.m.
G T Ken Sande, Relational Wisdom: A Better Kind of Smart (Room A) Speaker Notes
Session 4 Friday 10:30-11:30 a.m.-
G Derek and Cheryl Carter, How to Really Love Your Spouse (Room A) Speaker Notes
T G Scott Klusendorf, Foundations of a Pro-Life Worldview: Whose Rules Should We Play By? (Pavilion)
G Jeannie Fulbright, Homeschooling: Methods that Win and Methods that Wipe Out (South Main 1)
M Rachael Carman, Quiet Time in a Loud House (South Main 2)
G B Diane Allen and Marji McIlvaine, Taking the Mystery Out of Achievement Testing! (South Main 3) Speaker Notes
P Nancy Coleman and Debbie Mason, The Empty Nest—It’s Coming (Room B-D)
G Laura House, Teaching Writing across the Curriculum (Room E-G) Speaker Notes
G Michele Zavatsky, Families Love Travel: On the Cheap! (Gaines Ballroom) Speaker Notes
Session 5 Friday 12:30-1:30 p.m.
G Hal and Melanie Young, Raising Real Men (Room A)
G T Jim Weiss, Virtues and Values: A Family’s Quest for Conscientious Living Via Literature and History (Pavilion) Speaker Notes
P Tracy Klicka, A Journey of Grace (South Main 1)
M Bonita Lillie, The Mommy Spa (South Main 2)
B Charles Nettles, Getting Started and the NC Homeschool Law (South Main 3)
G L Dori Staehle, Hearing the Music: Homeschooling Instead of Ritalin for Gifted, Talented and Creative Kids (Room B-D) Speaker Notes
G S Delnora Williams, Unwary Victims: Finding Freedom from Mindsets that Enslave (Room E-G)
G T Jason Jimenez, The Verge: Intellectual Suicide or Biblical Truth (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 6 Friday 2:00-3:00 p.m.
G Mike Smith, Ten Keys to Harmony in the Family (Room A)
G T Ken and Jeff Sande, Overcoming Artificial Maturity (Pavilion) Speaker Notes
G Jeannie Fulbright, If I Could Do It Over (South Main 1)
M Ronda Marshall, Mary Homeschooling in a Martha World (South Main 2)
G B Paige Timer, Creating a Solid Biblical Education with the Best of Academic Methods (South Main 3) Speaker Notes
O P Diane Allen and Marji McIlvaine, Online Classes? (Room B-D) Speaker Notes
G L Dara Halydier, What Homeschoolers Won’t Talk About (Room E-G) Speaker Notes
G T Janice Campbell, Microbusiness for Homeschoolers: Laying a Foundation of Family Freedom through Entrepreneurial Education (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 7 Friday 3:30-4:30 p.m.
M Cheryl Carter, Balance Is the Key—Time Management for Mothers (Room A) Speaker Notes
T G Scott Klusendorf, Tactics: Handling Objections with Grace and Truth (Pavilion)
Y O Julie Hiramine, Setting a Paradigm for Purity (South Main 1) Speaker Notes
G Bonita Lillie, Everything I Know about Homeschooling (South Main 2)
B Y Lynne Taylor, Teaching Styles 101 (South Main 3) Speaker Notes
G Debbie Mason, The Place of Outside Classes and Activities in Your Homeschool (Room B-D)
P Dori Staehle, Navigating the College Maze (Room E-G) Speaker Notes
G T S Delnora Williams, The Paradigm of Wonder (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 8 Friday 4:50-5:50 p.m.
G Mike Smith, The Power of Praise with Our Children (Room A)
Y O Ken Sande, It’s Never Too Early (Pavilion) Speaker Notes
P Tracy Klicka, Communication and Social Media in the 21st Century (South Main 1)
M T Melanie Young, Sanity’s in the Freezer (South Main 2)
G Dr. Matthew McDill, A Basic Educational Strategy (South Main 3)
G L Caryn Hommel and Marji McIlvaine, Foreign Language in Your Homeschool: from the Traditional to the Revolutionary! (Room B-D) Speaker Notes Speaker Notes
L Kristen Eckenwiler, Teaching the Learning Disabled Child (Room E-G)
T Jason Jimenez, Firm in Your Faith (Gaines Ballroom)
Saturday Keynote 8:30-10:00 a.m.
G T Scott Klusendorf, The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture (Room A)
Session 9 Saturday 10:30-11:30 a.m.
D Derek Carter, What Every Son should Know, What Every Father should Teach (Room A) Speaker Notes
G T Ken Sande, Emotion in Christian Anthropology (Pavilion) Speaker Notes
M T S Tracy Klicka, Saying “Yes” to God until You Can Say “Yes” to Your Man (South Main 1)
G Mike and Ronda Marshall, I’m Worn-Out, Going Crazy and Making My Kids Stupid, Would Somebody Please Help? (South Main 2)
G Andrew Kern, Getting the Classical Education You Never Got (South Main 3)
P J. Mark Fox, Arrows for the Target: Preparing Our Children to Leave (Room B-D)
G Kristen Eckenwiler, How to Teach Your Child to Think (Room E-G)
D T Steve Noble, Becoming a Man of Valor (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 10 Saturday 12:30-1:30 p.m.
G Mike Smith, The Greatest Deterrent to Homeschooling—Fear and Inadequacy (Room A)
T P Jim Weiss, Throwing Light on the Dark Side: Good vs. Evil in Contemporary Youth Literature (Pavilion)
Y O Jeannie Fulbright, Solving Your Science Struggles (South Main 1)
M Jennifer Schmidt, Living the 80% off Lifestyle and Loving It (South Main 2)
G Mari Fitz-Wynn, RX for Your Homeschool (South Main 3)
G Kevin Brown, Going beyond the Books (Room B-D)
L Sandie Barrie Blackley, What Is an Auditory Processing Disorder? (Room E-G)
G T Jeremy D. Troxler, Practically Speaking: Principles for Living a Biblical Christian Worldview (Gaines Ballroom)
Session 11 Saturday 1:50-2:50 p.m.
G T Ken Sande, Relational Wisdom in the Movies (Pavilion) Speaker Notes
M Tracy Klicka, Keeping the H.E.A.R.T. in Homeschooling (South Main 1) Speaker Notes
L Cheryl Carter, Helping Your ADD/ADHD Child Cope (South Main 2) Speaker Notes
G T Dr. Saundra Wall Williams, Critical Lessons from the Successes and Failures of Leadership (South Main 3) Speaker Notes
G J. Mark Fox, What I’ve Learned in Twenty Years (Room B-D)
G Nathan Barrick and Hannah Davis, The Fifth H: Head, Heart, Hands, Health and Homeschooling (Room E-G) Speaker Notes
G T Steve Noble, Foundations of Freedom (Gaines Ballroom)