Cultivating Your Strengths

Every individual has God-given strengths that make us uniquely equipped to be who we are designed to be. Learn how to discover, develop, and cultivate your gifts, strengths, and talents to navigate all seasons of life.

What Every Homeschooling Parent Needs to Know About Accommodations

This workshop addresses a crucial but frequently misunderstood topic related to special needs homeschooling. In this power-packed workshop, Faith explains the difference between accommodations and modifications, describes 504 Accommodation Law, and answers homeschooling parents’ most frequently asked questions, including:

• Can I give accommodations to my child on end-of-the-year standardized tests? What type of documentation is needed to do so?
• How do homeschoolers apply for special testing accommodations for college entrance exams? What documentation is required by the College Board and ACT in order for my high schooler to be considered for and granted special testing accommodations?
• Should high school students with disabilities discuss and disclose their diagnosis during the college application process?
• Can my college student receive accommodations? What accommodations are colleges required to provide to students with disabilities?

Faith also shares a disability resource guide for teens and young adults.

Tackling Tricky High School Issues

This workshop addresses some of the challenges associated with teaching struggling or atypical learners at home in the high school years. Do you have questions such as “How do I award my child with special needs a diploma?” or “What do I do since my child with dyslexia can’t read typical high school level material?” Faith discusses alternative coursework, specialized curricula and learning materials, assistive technology, transcript options, possible graduation guidelines, high school programs for special learners, and post–high school options. She also offers tips for navigating the process of applying for testing accommodations for College Board tests.

Lifting Anchor: Preparing Students with Disabilities to Set Sail for College

Most parents are familiar with the options for their child after high school. But what if your child has a disability? Is college a viable option? If so, what might be the best way to prepare? Will there be support at the college level? These are all great questions—let’s explore the possibilities of college for students with disabilities in this informative and encouraging workshop. As an adult with a specific learning disability, as well as a homeschooling mama of one recently graduated high school student with dyslexia, Faith has personal experience navigating this process and enjoys helping students with disabilities chart the course and set sail for success.  

How to Ace the SAT/ACT and Get Free College 

Test-prep Guru, Jean Burk, will share her secrets of test success that have helped tens of thousands of students raise their SAT scores as much as 700 points, ACT 9 points, become top 1% on the CLT and go to an Ivy League for free! Learn how to find shortcuts in test patterns and save time on all types of questions. Math, Writing, Reading, and Science are all covered in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This is a can't-miss webinar for all college-bound students!

Help! I Can’t Pay for College! 

Matthew Bullington, University Ready

A thorough look at the options available to help finance your college degree, details on how to locate and apply for scholarships and grants, and ways by which you can directly reduce the cost of your degree.

Preparing for Today’s ACT & SAT

Matthew Bullington, University Ready

In this workshop, veteran test prep tutor Matthew Bullington will take a look at the four key components of test prep (concepts, strategy, practice, and review), and how to build an action plan that thoroughly equips your teen to excel on the exam! We'll look at the best books and online programs, as well as how to cater your test prep strategy to your teen's individual needs, what the differences are between the ACT and SAT, and how to schedule your exam dates.

College Tools Simplified

The number of standardized exams and expedited credit options has grown dramatically over the past several years. It can be overwhelming to determine what tools you should utilize (and when). In this workshop, we'll categorize and simplify the different options your teen has when it comes to standardized exams and college prep routes and give you the information to determine which tools make sense for your situation.

Helping Your Teen Find a Career Path

What do you do if your teen has no idea what major/career they want to pursue? Or maybe they have an idea, but you’re not sure they really understand what’s involved (or the likelihood of getting a job)? In this session, we'll give you a 3-step framework to help your teen explore career fields that play to their strengths, how to de-romanticize jobs, and how to help your teen find direction for what they should pursue after high school.

From Homeschool to College: Navigating Admissions and Making the Best Choice for Your Student

Walking through the college admissions process with your student can be scary, especially if it’s your first time. Matt Dearden, Associate Vice President for Enrollment at Cedarville, discusses how to navigate the college admissions process as a homeschooling family and ensure you’re making the best choice for your student. He’ll discuss how to get started, what the admissions process looks, how to get the most financial aid possible, and more. By the end of the presentation, you’ll have practical tips that will help take some of the fear out of the college admissions process.

Your Future In a VUCA World Workshop

Join Apprentice University and look towards your future! This session is geared towards parents and students.  We hope to really get you thinking about what the future may look like based on some thought-provoking statistics from the current trends in the market today.

Set Apart: Standing out in Admissions and Scholarship Applications

This session covers topics related to academics, extracurricular activities, essays, and interviews that help students prepare well for college and scholarship applications. Includes a discussion of activities to complete during the junior and senior years to be on track for maximum scholarship eligibility. 

Testing in a Test-Optional World: Know Your Options

Learn about the different terms related to testing and college admissions with an emphasis on what families need to know about applying without test scores. This session also features information about the Classic Learning Test and how it can be used by homeschoolers to strengthen their application.

Jumpstart College with CLEP 

Cut the cost of college tuition in half! This popular workshop will share how to accelerate the first two years of college by earning credit for subjects your student may already be studying in high school. The College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP) along with Prometric’s DSST program are nationally recognized credit-by-exam programs that offer over 70 different exams, allowing students to test out of courses generally taken the first two years of college. Whether your student is gifted, motivated, or looking for purpose, this workshop will help save time and money earning a college degree. Teens are encouraged to attend with you. 

Exploring Careers with Teens 

Career Exploration might just be one of the most important elements of your teen’s high school experience, yet many will graduate still uncertain about what to study in college or what career to pursue. Determining a vocation starts with understanding God’s design for work and how each person is specially designed to fit in His plan. This seminar helps students identify how to find their best-fit career options and equips parents with the steps and resources to walk alongside and be their students’ very best career coach. Teens are encouraged to attend with you.

High School Transcript Clinic: Practical Help and Tips

Creating a high school transcript is a vital part of your teen’s high school records. In this interactive, practical seminar, you’ll create a transcript that can be used as a template when designing your own. The session will guide you through the essentials of transcripts, how to evaluate credit, and how to calculate grade point averages (GPAs).

Developing a Plan for High School: Sample Four-Year Plans

What plan would suit your high school student? What subjects do you teach and when? This seminar will help you organize your thoughts and lay the groundwork for a viable four-year plan. You’ll learn about high school credits, simplifying grading, and the fundamentals of recordkeeping—transcripts, extracurriculars, and diplomas.

The College Admissions Process: The Homeschooled Student's Guide

You’re not just your teen’s teacher; you’re also the guidance counselor! Find out how to maneuver through the entire college admissions process—from narrowing down the selection of colleges to filling out applications, applying for financial aid, and asking the questions that will help you discern when and where your teen should go to college.

Charting Your Way through High School for College, Career, or Military

Consider a Guidance Counselor’s perspective for each year of high school, wherever your child is headed! For college-bound teens, this includes entrance tests, applications, and financial aid information. Students headed directly into the workforce can benefit from career aptitude testing, training opportunities, and building a resume. Learn about the military’s homeschool enlistment policy and advice for applying to the service academies.

Inspiring Your Children to Be Great

Children are dreamers from birth, but education takes it out of them, according to research. The Smiths will share ways that you can bring to life their ability to dream big, and to pursue their dreams. We all need to be inspired to be great, but is your job to inspire your children to become something bigger than they are today. Gather ideas from this session that will help you be more inspirational. But be careful, your children may take you places that will stretch you.

More than Academics: Don't Let College Undermine Your Faith 

Your student’s college years are critical to forming their worldview, and where they go matters. Will they choose a secular university with a humanistic worldview, a university that is Christian in name only, or a genuinely Christian university that will build upon the biblical worldview you have taught in your home? Dr. Thomas White, President of Cedarville University and a homeschool dad, discusses how to prepare your student for this critical college decision. He shares questions to consider to make sure your student’s faith stays strong during the important college years.

Parenting Teens for Adulthood 

Do you want to avoid drifting along with the world’s view of adolescent-into-the-thirties? Learn how to develop a Biblical understanding of youth and young adulthood.

Aiming for College

Come find out how to choose colleges, make a college visit count, apply for admission and scholarships, demonstrate your record, get financial aid, and decide on a college. Melane and Hal served for many years on scholarship committees and helping their sons and others through the process. Now they'd like to help you!

Christ and College

Can a Christian not only be faithful to God in college, but spread his faith, too? What are the biggest spiritual challenges? How can you prepare to stand your ground for Christ? Learn about the traps, how to avoid them, and how to live like a believer in the refiner's fire of university life.  Hal and Melanie’s six sons have attended institutions from Oxford University to tiny private colleges.