History of the Kingdom School Institute
The release of the book Kingdom Education: God's Plan for Educating Future Generations in 1998 provided the church, the home, and the school with a biblical philosophy for educating children and youth. Since that time, Kingdom Education has become the foundation for scores of Christian school all across the country.
One such school administrator, Larry Taylor, embraced this philosophy in his heart but was determined to take this from theory to actual practice in his school. In July of 2000, Larry became the headmaster of Prestonwood Christian Academy. Knowing that the leader of a school has the major responsibility to define the culture of the school, Larry began developing an intentional, comprehensive plan to drive the philosophy of Kingdom Education into the major influencers of the school’s culture. Prestonwood Christian Academy enlisted the services of Glen Schultz, author of Kingdom Education, to help with some of the implementation of this plan.
Over the next three years all major groups in the school and church received training in Kingdom Education and several modules were designed and implemented throughout the academy and church. A staff training module, parent training module and a student leadership module were some of the first parts of the plan to be implemented. There was also a concerted effort to bring the church and school staff together under one biblical philosophy of education. Larry has continued developing this comprehensive plan to include modules involving athletics, curriculum development, admissions and guidance programs, and other areas of the school’s program.
The seed for a national institute was planted in the hearts of Glen and Larry, an institute for training school and church leaders in how to replicate the kingdom-focused culture that was becoming firmly entrenched at Prestonwood. In June 2003, the first Building a Kingdom School Institute was conducted.
Since its inception, more than 800 Christian school leaders from nearly 100 schools throughout the United States have come together for three days of intense training in and planning for how to build a kingdom-focused school. As the Institute has developed, more in-depth training in several aspects of a kingdom-focused school has been added to the program. Every year school leaders leave the Institute with not only a desire to see their schools become schools of influence for Christ, but also with a plan that they can follow and build upon when they return home.
The success of the Institute can be seen in the numerous schools that return each year to further learn how to build a kingdom-focused school. School leaders are now returning each year and brining more staff members with them so that their vision for their schools can be enlarged.
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