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LEADER’S DAY

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2023

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Welcome to Leader’s Day 2023.

Meet with experienced leaders who can encourage and assist as you guide our movement forward. Come together to advise and pray for one another.

Join us online for a selected Leader’s Day track.


Gregory S. Baylor

Gregory S. Baylor

Gregory S. Baylor serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Religious Schools and Senior Counsel for Government Affairs. Since joining ADF in 2009, Baylor has focused on defending and advancing the religious...

George Grant

George Grant

George Grant has started a lot of things and somehow or another he has even managed to finish a few of them. Currently, he is the pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, where he also serves as the director of the King’s Meadow Study Center and...

Meredith Toflinski

Meredith Toflinski

Meredith Toflinski is currently serving as the Director of Development, Marketing, and Donor Relations at Bayshore Christian School in Fairhope, Alabama. She is working on a $25 million dollar capital campaign for an Upper School campus. Meredith graduated with a...

Gene Liechty

Gene Liechty

Gene Liechty is the director of advancement at Sandhills Classical Christian School in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Prior to this, he served in a similar capacity at Cary Christian School in Cary, North Carolina and Logos School in Moscow, Idaho. Gene has also...

James Cowart

James Cowart

James Cowart serves as headmaster at Trinitas Christian School in Pensacola, Florida. He previously served as headmaster at an ACCS school in TN before moving to Pensacola almost ten years ago. James and his wife Joy have five children, all of whom attend Trinitas.

Eric Spee

Eric Spee

Eric Spee has been the Head of Sheridan Hills Christian School since 2016. He has a Bachelor's degree in history and a Masters in school administration. He serves on the Schools United Broward leadership team and has spoken at various conferences on History,...

Courtney Palumbo

Courtney Palumbo

Courtney Palumbo is the head of school at Regents. After experiencing the fruits of a classical Christian school in Texas and finding Charlottesville without such a school, Mrs. Palumbo founded Regents in 2010. She has taught kindergarten, first grade, and fifth and...

David Stanton

David Stanton

David J. Stanton IV holds a doctorate in education (EdD) and an education specialist (EdS) from Liberty University along with a master of arts (MA) from Central Michi-gan University, and a bachelor of arts (BA) from Hillsdale College, along with diplomas from the...

Dan Peterson

Dan Peterson

Dr. Peterson has served as the head of school at Regents School of Austin since 2018. Originally from Tennessee, he obtained a MDiv degree in theology from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He served for one year at Heritage Academy in Columbia, Missouri. He...

Preston Atwood

Preston Atwood

Preston Atwood serves as the headmaster of Regents Academy in Nacogdoches, TX. He earned his PhD and MA in classical & ancient Near Eastern studies (Hebrew bible major; Greek minor) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a ThM and MDiv at Southwestern Baptist...

Mathew Beatty

Mathew Beatty

Matt Beatty is the head of school at Bloomfield Christian School, a charter member and accredited school in ACCS. He also serves on the ACCS board of directors. Matt has been a pastor, college professor and working in and around Christian and classical education since...

Kyle Hughes

Kyle Hughes

Kyle R. Hughes (PhD, Radboud University Nijmegen) is an author, pastor, and educator who currently serves as the inaugural lower school principal at The Stonehaven School in Marietta, GA. He is the author of three books, including most recently Teaching for Spiritual...

Ty Hensley

Ty Hensley

Ty Hensley is currently the Upper School Principal at Bayshore Christian School where he has served for the last three years. He has a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Georgia College and State University. His greatest...

Tony Jeffrey

Tony Jeffrey

Tony was born and raised in Fairmont, Minnesota and became a believer in 1972 while attending a worldview summer camp called the Summit, located in Manitou Springs, Colorado. He has a BA in Biblical Studies from American Christian College, a Th.M. from Dallas...

Tim Dernlan

Tim Dernlan

Dr. Timothy Dernlan earned an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Ashland University and was named the Outstanding Graduate in 2013. He also holds a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Lehigh and a B.A. in Communication and Education from Purdue. He currently...

David Seibel

David Seibel

As the Head of School, David Seibel aims to cultivate a generation of scholar-disciples who are passionate about learning. Husband to Brooke and father of two current and an additional two future Coram Deo Academy students, David holds a Doctorate of Education from...

David Goodwin

David Goodwin

David Goodwin has served as the president of the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) since 2015. Formerly, he was the head of the Ambrose School, a classical Christian school in Boise, ID, from 2003 through 2014. He served on the ACCS Board as an elected...

LEADER’S DAY AT A GLANCE
Grand Ballroom 3 & 4
8:00–8:30
Coffee
8:30–8:45
Welcome
8:45-9:30
Plenary – Merle d’Augbigne, Groen van Prinsterer, and the Great Continental Revival — George Grant
10:00-10:45
Workshops
Panel Discussion: Educating Our Parents – Beatty, Cowart, & Stanton
Identifying and Training New Board Members – Tim Dernlan
11:00–11:45
Workshops
What We Have Learned About Development? – Liechty, Palumbo, & Toflinski
Using a Strategic Vision to Grow Fundraising and Fill Classrooms – David Seibel
12:00-1:00
Lunch (on your own)
1:00-1:50
Plenary – Facing Legal Threats to Your School’s Religious Liberty — Gregory S. Baylor
2:00–2:50
Workshops
Panel Discussion: Virtue and Spiritual Formation – Atwood, Hensley, & Hughes
The LGBTQ+ Challenge—Is Your School Ready? – Tony Jeffrey
3:00-3:50
Workshops
Situation Room Exercises: Answers to Common Problems – Dan Peterson
Classical Christian Education in Urban Diverse Environments – Eric Spee
4:00-4:50
Plenary – Taking Truth Seriously — David Goodwin
4:50-5:30
Regional Gatherings for Prayer
7:00-9:00
Sterling 1
Reception for Heads of School
Join us “after hours” for this special social event hosted by the ACCS. Get to know other school leaders, exchange contact information, meet ACCS staff, and learn about new services being launched to support our Heads of School and Boards. Spouses are welcome.

Check back for the full schedule and speaker list. Suscribe here for updates.