2022 Conference Schedule
 | MAIN CONFERENCE: June 23 – 25 (Thursday-Saturday) |
 | PRE-CONFERENCE: June 22 (Wednesday) |
 | JOIN US: Frisco (Dallas), TX or online. Register here. |
 | TIME ZONE: Central Time (CDT) |
Voddie Baucham
Dr. Voddie T. Baucham, Jr. is a husband, father, former pastor, author, professor, conference speaker, and church planter. He currently serves as Dean of Theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia. Voddie makes the Bible clear and demonstrates the...
Carl Trueman
Carl R. Trueman is a professor of biblical & religious studies at Grove City College. He holds a Ph.D. in Church History from the University of Aberdeen and an M.A. in Classics from the University of Cambridge. Trueman is the author of many books including John Owen:...
Joe Rigney
Joe Rigney serves as President and Associate Professor of Theology and Literature at Bethlehem College & Seminary. He is the author of five books including: Live Like a Narnian: Christian Discipleship in Lewis’s Chronicles (Eyes & Pen, 2013), The Things of...
Dana Harris
Navigating the Changing Culture and How to Protect Your Ministry From Alliance Defending Freedom As a Christian ministry, how do you address the changing cultural views on issues such as sexuality, marriage, and gender identity? How can your ministry love and serve...
This schedule is subject to change. Check back for updates.
Suggested Audiences
Grammar 
Logic/Rhetoric 
Administrators 
Everyone 
Foundation Track
PRE-CONFERENCE: Wednesday, June 22
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
1:00 – 9:00 PM
1:00 – 9:00 PM
THURSDAY Morning, June 23
8:00–8:30
Devotions
9:00–9:30
Welcome & Opening
9:30-10:30
Plenary Speaker
10:50–11:50
Workshops
Organizational Culture & Mission Alignment: Keeping Faculty and Staff . . . – Dixon & Seibel
Partnering with Parents – Carlson & Meadowcroft
The Nature and Vision of Classical Christian Education – Nick Duncan
The Crack in the Marble Jar, Focusing on Character over Conduct – Feeney & Kilmer
Setting Students up for Success in the Classroom – Alice Kniss
Momentary to Mastery: The Implementation of Mastery Based Learning – Kelly Songer
Logic Math—It Isn’t Just a Lecture! – Shelley Lessert
A Dialectic Toolkit – Mark Wilson
Track Plenary – Voddie Baucham
THURSDAY Afternoon, June 23
12:00-1:15
Lunch and Vendor Time
12:15-1:00
Lunch Meeting for Heads of ACCS-Accredited and Candidate Schools
1:15–1:30
Presentation of the Boniface Award
1:30–2:30
Plenary Speaker
2:30–4:00
Tea for Wives of Headmasters
2:50–3:50
Workshops
Beginning with the End in Mind – Leslie Collins
The Paideia of God – Joe Rigney
Adversity is a Gift, Peacemaking is Indispensable – Liz Caddow
God’s Story – Teaching Bible in the Grammar School Classroom – Jacie Sytsma
How to Maximize Your School’s Annual Fund – Calhoun & MacAdam
Five Ways to Practice Discussion: The Seven Laws’ Blend – Christine Norvell
Speaking Latin in the Classroom: Why & How – Joshua Smith
Teaching in the Great Works – Danielle Dillenschneider
Track Plenary – Douglas Wilson
4:10–5:10
Workshops
Navigating the Changing Culture and How to Protect Your Ministry – Dana Harris (ADF)
Beauty is Greater than Aesthetics: Recovering the Lost Transcendental – Nick Duncan
Educating for Maturity: Priest, King, and Prophet – Joe Rigney
The Liberal Arts and Play – Chris Schlect
Narration as a Progymnasmata: Turning a Text into a Student Speech – Jason Barney
Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? – Calhoun & MacAdam
How Not To Teach Poetry – Christine Norvell
The Encouraging Challenge of Biblical Cosmology: A Scientist . . . – Dr. Mark Phillips
Track Plenary — Paideia: How the Ancient Greeks Shaped Virtuous Citizens – Louis Markos
THURSDAY Evening, June 23
6:00-10:00
After Hours — Gatherings and Discussions
FRIDAY Morning, June 24
8:00-8:30
Vendor Hall & Vendor Workshops
9:00–9:10
Announcements and Introduction
9:10–9:30
First Prize, 2022 Chrysostom Oratory Contest
9:30–10:30
Plenary — Technology and Authority – Carl Trueman
10:50–11:50
Workshops
10 Traits of the Exemplary Teacher – Ryan Evans
Personal Holiness – Douglas Wilson
Maintaining the Balance: Varsity Athletics at an Accredited-Classical . . . – Emory Latta
Creating Classroom Culture – Mandi Gerth
Review Games for the Win – Bronson Mathews
Socratic Discussion: Creating Conversations that Transform – Heather Jennings
The Computus: Teaching Mathematics by Calculating Easter – James Seidel
Why Worry about Worldview? – Katherine Schultz
Track Plenary — Beauty Will Save the Child – Andrew Kern
FRIDAY Afternoon, June 24
12:00-1:00
Lunch and Vendor Time
12:15-1:00
ACCS Membership Meeting
1:15-1:30
Singing and Announcements
1:30-2:30
Plenary: Battle for the American Mind — Join a panel of experts on the history and trajectory of American education, and what Christians are called to do about it. This panel will discuss the new book from Harper Collins, Battle for the American Mind — David Goodwin, Louis Markos, Jeremy Tate, Ty Fischer
2:50–3:50
Workshops
Preparing Students with Disabilities for Service to God and Man – Susan Maher
Developing a Culture of Leadership in Your Upper School – Christopher Webb
What Hath Leisure do with Education? – Devin O’Donnell
Biblical Worldview in the Grammar School – Teri Colvil
From Wonder to Wisdom: Planting a Seed for Fruit of the Future – Sarah Hadley
Logic: Inquiry Seeking Truth – Joelle Hodge
How Science Fits in a Humanities Education – Nicolas DiDonato
A Meaningful Education – Dell Cook
Track Plenary — How Did Sexual Desire Become Human Identity? – Carl Trueman
4:10–5:10
Workshops
Now What Do I Do? Advice of a First-Year Elementary Administrator – Jim Becker
Walking through the ACCS Accreditation Process – Carmen Watson
Beyond Vocation: Education as Spiritual Formation – Jonathan Woodyard
So Busy, So Noisy: Overthrowing the Tyranny of the Urgent – George Grant
Three Legal Trends for Christian Schools in 2022 – Kyle Johnson
Memory in the Grammar School – Lynn White
Educational Efficiency Through Purposeful Planning – Kim Warman
Notes Toward a Christian Rhetoric: From Displays of Power to . . . – Andrew Kern
Track Plenary — From Greek to Christian to Progressive Paideia – Louis Markos
FRIDAY Evening, June 24
6:00-10:00
AFTER HOURS — GATHERINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
SATURDAY Morning, June 25
8:00-8:30
Vendor Hall & Vendor Workshops
8:00-10:00
Startup School Colloquium
Coffee & pastries will be provided.
Coffee & pastries will be provided.
9:00–10:00
Workshops
What to Do When You Fail: The Value of ACCS Accreditation – Nick Duncan
The Separation of Church and School: How Can Two Distinct Ministries . . . – Matt Greco
That the Next Generation May Know: Implementing a Theological . . . – Matthew Dixon
Unless the Lord Writes the Teacher: Scripture as Divine Priority in . . . – Daniel Chrosniak
Grading Narratively: The Story of the Student – Rebekah Shaffer
Teaching Tolkien to Children: Mythos in the Classroom – Jeffrey Whittaker
Do They Really Get It? Cultivating Virtue Through Oral Assessments – Kristen Clarkson
The History of Science and Religion: A Classical Perspective – James Ungureanu
10:00–10:30
Announcements and School Accreditation Presentations
10:30–11:30
Plenary: The Last Covenanter: John Buchan and the Recovery of Christian Culture – George Grant
11:30–12:00
Vendor Hall
Full schedule and workshop synopses (PDF) coming soon.