Raleigh Convention 2010
Date: November 22–23, 2010
Note change: Now on Monday and Tuesday of the week of Thanksgiving!
Location: Raleigh Convention Center (Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, Raleigh Marriott City Center)
Convention Registration
Early Member: $70—on or before October 8, 2010
Nonmember: $140—on or before October 8, 2010
Lodging Information
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel:
King or double: $127 plus tax (based on double occupancy; each additional occupant is $10)
Marriott Raleigh City Center:
King or double: $122 plus tax (based on double occupancy; each additional occupant is $10)
Information Helpful to Registrants
School Convention Coordinator Guidelines
If you would like to present a workshop, please complete the
Workshop Title Form and submit to the ACSI Southeast office.
If you are an administrator and want to suggest some of your faculty in their field of expertise, please complete the Potential Workshop Presenters Form and return it to the ACSI Southeast office.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Mark Eckel is Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Old Testament at Crossroads Bible College, Indianapolis, IN. For over 25 years Mark has served the Christian education community as a high school teacher, college professor, and international speaker. Mark’s responsibilities have included daily instruction, curriculum development, mentoring teachers, and conference speaking on Christian education issues in hundreds of venues. In 1995 Cedarville University selected Mark as the Delta Chi Teacher of the Year.
Mark’s original curricula Let God Be God: The Nature and Characteristics of God and Timeless Truth: An Apologetic for the Reliability, Authenticity, and Authority of Scripture have served the Christian school movement around the world. In 2006 Mark consulted with Chuck Colson to produce a curriculum for high school students called Rewired. Since then he has produced both online and print curricula for various ministries. Mark’s book The Whole Truth: Classroom Strategies for Biblical Integration has helped thousands of Christian school teachers practice biblical integration in their classrooms.
Dr. Eckel is a featured speaker and writer on faith-learning integration, worldview, culture, film critique, apologetics, education, curriculum development, instructional methodologies, and Christian school philosophy. Mark is an ordained minister with a ThM in Old Testament and a PhD in Leadership.
Dr. Paul Tripp is the president of Paul Tripp Ministries, a nonprofit organization, whose mission statement is "Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life." This mission leads Paul to weekly speaking engagements around the world.
In addition to being a gifted communicator and sought after conference speaker with Paul Tripp Ministries, Paul is on the pastoral staff at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and also Professor of Pastoral Life and Care at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas; he is the Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Life and Care in Fort Worth, Texas, and has taught at respected institutions worldwide. Paul is the founder of a Christian school and taught in a Christian school for 8 years—4 years as a kindergarten teacher.
As an author, Paul has written many books on Christian Living that are read and distributed internationally including, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, War of Words: Getting to the Heart of Our Communication Struggles, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, and A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger Than You.
Convention Music and Special Events
Anne has been singing and writing songs for over 25 years. Her music reflects the strong lessons God has taken her through about freedom, forgiveness and life-altering grace. In addition to her CDs, she has authored dozens of worship songs, and over 75 curriculum songs for Elementary Classical Educators, and teaches frequently on the Creative Process.
Anne also trains worship leaders for local churches, and leads worship for women's programs and outreach events throughout the Southeast. Her second CD, "Shine" was released in 2008 and in Germany in 2009 through Janz Team Studios.
You may read more at www.annesings.com
ACSI Fine Arts Symposium
This will be hosted by North Raleigh Christian Academy in cooperation with the ACSI Carolina/Virginia Educator Convention.
ACSI and NRCA would like to invite all fine arts teachers and administrators to our second annual Fine Arts Symposium conducted on Monday, November 22 during the workshop sessions. These workshops offer hands-on, practical information in the areas of the visual arts, music (instrumental and vocal), theater and production, videography, photography, yearbook, newspaper, public relations, and more! Transportation will be provided to and from the workshop site.
These sessions will be taught by seasoned professionals both from NRCA and other cooperating education arenas.
If you or someone in your school would like to be considered as a workshop speaker, please contact Michael Green, Fine Arts Director at NRCA, at 919.573.7973 or mgreen@nrcaknights.com.
As an added treat, the Award-winning theater department at NRCA will be presenting the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” Monday evening at the Raleigh Convention Center to all convention delegates.