Consulting Services

 

FOR 2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR

Your dues paid to CSI Heartland Christian Schools (formerly CSI District 6) cover this service. Our goal is to provide all member schools with consulting/training for teachers, staff and board members, at no additional cost to the school.

Here’s how:

·         Choose the person/topic that fits your needs and

·         Contact him/her to arrange date and time.

·         The consultant/trainer will request reimbursement from the Heartland Christian Schools office. (The expense form has already been provided to the persons below.)

 

GENERAL TOPICS

Note: To search through the list quickly, press Ctrl+F and use a keyword that interests you to locate a specific person or topic.
 

Arkema, Lewis

Former Elementary School Principal in Sioux Center, Orange City, and Ireton

Former District 6 Coordinator

Phone: 712-722-3857

E-mail: lgjla@mtcnet.net

Topic(s): 

  • Board Consultation

 

Bandstra, Alan

Elementary teacher, Sioux Center Christian School

Phone: 712-722-0777

E-mail: abandstra@scchristian.pvt.k12.ia.us

Topic(s) (for Middle school teachers):

  • Classroom Management: is a Christian view of classroom management workable?
  • A Christian approach to classroom management in elementary and secondary schools

 

Den Boer, Lloyd

Instructor of Education, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6367

E-mail: ldenboer@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for K-12 teachers, administrators and parents):

  • Service learning in Christian elementary and secondary schools
  • A Christian approach to classroom management in elementary and secondary schools

Topic(s) (for Teachers and administrators from K-12):

  • Developing professional community in schools
  • Collaborative professional development and teacher evaluation

Topic(s) (for Administrators, counselors and teachers from K-12):

  • Crisis leadership: a case study

 

 

Hillenga, Vicki

Teacher, Kanawha Christian School

Phone: 641-762-3322

E-mail: kcs@comm1net.net

Topic(s): 

  • CSI curriculum
  • Interventions/accommodations for learning needs in the classroom

 

Hoekstra, Barb

Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6229

E-mail: bhoekstr@dordt.edu

Topic(s): 

  • A Christian approach to classroom management in elementary and secondary schools

 

Kaemingk, Karl

Unity Christian High School

Phone: 712-722-4347 or 712-737-4114 ext 114

E-mail: kkaemingk@unity.pvt.k12.ia.us

Topic(s): 

  • Network wiring
  • Network management
  • Technological integration
  • Multimedia production

 

Kramer, Henry

Former Long-time Administrator at Southwest Minnesota Christian High School

Mathematics teacher, Unity Christian High School

Phone: 712-737-4114 or 712-737-8281

E-mail: hkramer@unity.pvt.k12.ia.us

Topic(s): 

  • Administration
  • master teacher
  • mathematics

 

Schaap, Arlyn

Principal, Ocheyedan Christian, Kanawha Christian, Orange City Christian School

Phone: 712-737-2274 or 712-737-3368

E-mail: aschaap@ochristian.pvt.k12.ia.us

Topic(s):

  • Data Driven Leadership (DDL) training
  • Iowa Evaluator Approval Training Program
  • Iowa Technical Adequacy Program (ITAP) training
  • Workshops for student teachers on expectations of principal and schools

 

Schiebout, Cheryl

Former teacher of Grades 3, 4, 5, and Junior High Bible and Social Studies

Current Instructor, Unity Christian High School

Phone: 712-737-2498 or 712-737-4114

E-mail: cschiebout@unity.pvt.k12.ia.us or cski@frontiernet.net

Topic(s):

  • Setting up a resource room
  • Teaching Learning Strategies in the classroom
  • Teaching learning strategies to special needs students
  • Benefits of struggling in school (or having ADHD…)
  • Learning to be obedient to God

 

Starkenburg, Ed

Professor of Education, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6277 or 712-737-3080

E-mail: edwards@dordt.edu

Topic(s): 

  • Student-led conferences and including students in parent/ teacher conferences
  • Scientifically-based teaching methods and strategies
  • Education and the Biblical book of Proverbs -  what does it tell us about teaching?

 

Ten Napel, Vern

Director of Development, Sioux Falls Christian School

Phone: 605-334-2238

E-mail: verntennapel@sfchristian.org

Topic(s): 

  • Comprehensive development plan for a school
  • Suggestions for a successful fundraiser
  • Creating a positive image for our school
  • How to develop effective volunteers.

 

Top, Barbara

Associate Professor of Education, Northwestern College

Phone: 712-737-4592

E-mail: barbara@nwciowa.edu

Topic(s): 

  • Special education programs and students

 

Van Dyk, John

Professor of Education, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6354

E-mail: jvandyk@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for K-12):

  • Stumbling blocks and obstacles to effective Christian teaching
  • Cooperative Learning: How should Christian educators view this increasingly popular approach to teaching
  • Practicing our educational philosophy in our Christian classrooms
  • Classroom questioning techniques in Christian perspective
  • The collaborative classroom: Pipe dream or a way to go
  • Rethinking the place of goals and objectives in our unit and lesson plans
  • Teaching styles in Christian perspective
  • Learning styles: what shall we do with them?
  • Institutional Leadership
  • Classroom management in Christian perspective
  • A Christian approach to curriculum construction
  • Relationship between board, administration and staff
  • Relationships between parents and school

 

Van Soelen, Marion

Director of Development, Western Christian High School

Former Coordinator for CSI District 6

Phone: 712-439-2625

E-mail: mjsoelen@mtcnet.net

Topic(s): 

  • Board training - "The Ideal Board Member"
  • Teacher inservice - "Community and the Trinity" (Mutual respect in staff relations)
  • Teacher Inservice - "The Truth" (Teacher role in promoting Christian education)
  • Consulting on personal concerns or policy issues

 

Vander Berg, Brian

Mutual Telephone Co.

Phone: 712-722-3451 or 712-722-318

E-mail:

Topic(s):

  • Designing web pages
  • Video editing/making movies
  • Using wireless network
  • Photoshop Elements 2 (cross platform)
  • Introductory course for Mac OSX
  • Powerpoint
  • Kidspiration (Cross Platform)

 

Vander Plaats, Dennis

Associate Professor of Education, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6331

E-mail: dplaats@dordt.edu

Topic(s):

  • Implementing the Middle School concept in Christian schools
  • Junior high or Middle school?
  • What's happening with the Middle School concept in Christian schools?

 

Vander Zee, Delmar

Professor of Biology, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6280

E-mail: delmar@dordt.edu

Topic(s):

·         Creation care and environmental stewardship

 

Veenstra, Charles

Professor of Communication, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6257

E-mail: cveenstra@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for Elementary and secondary):

·         A workshop on developing listening skills in the classroom

 

Zonnefeld, Garry

Senior Admissions Counselor, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6088

E-mail: garry@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for Teachers, administrators, parents):

·         Why Christian Education?

 

 

SUBJECT OR GRADE-LEVEL SPECIFIC TOPICS

 

Attema, Art & De Jong, Dennis

Professors, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6353 or 6297

E-mail: attema@dordt.edu; ddejong@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for K-8):

  • Physical Education/ Computer (Computer/ technology curriculum)

 

Bajema, Duane

Professor of Agriculture, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6275

E-mail: bajema@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for High school):

  • Rural Education - Considerations and Implications

 

Edman, Laird

Associate Professor of Psychology, Northwestern College

Phone: 712-707-7075

E-mail: ledman@nwciowa.edu

Topic(s):

  • Critical thinking development and epistemological development

 

Jongsma, Calvin

Professor of Mathematics, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6307

E-mail: jongsma@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for Elementary and secondary):

  • Evaluating the Saxon Mathematics Curriculum

Topic(s) (for Junior high school/high school math teachers):

  • Developing an enrichment model unit for junior high mathematics

 

Kok, Sanneke

Education Tutorial Adjunct, English Associate Adjunct, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6489

E-mail: skok@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for K-12):

  • Setting Standards for K-12 English as a Second Language (ESL) Students

 

Krygsman, Hubert

Professor of History, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6352

E-mail: krygsman@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for 4-12 social studies/history teachers, administrators):

  • History and task: the importance and focus of learning history
  • The joy of discovering history

 

Mahaffy, James

Professor of Biology, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6279

E-mail: mahaffy@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for Grades 6-12):

  • Teaching biology from a Christian perspective

 

 

Schelhaas, Dave

Assistant Professor of English, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6253

E-mail: dschel@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for Junior and senior high English teachers):

  • How to teach poetry so they will love it
  • How to teach literature without being a moralist

Topic(s) (for Elementary school teachers):

  • Teaching poetry to third graders -  the best poets in the school

 

Vanden Bosch, Mike

English Department, Dordt College

Phone: 712 722 0232

E-mail: mikevb@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for Grades 7-12):

  • Writing poetry for grades 7-12

 

Vander Zee, Delmar

Professor of Biology, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6280

E-mail: delmar@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for K-12):

  • Fast plants in the classroom -  the mustard seed

 

Zwart, John

Professor of Physics, Dordt College

Phone: 712-722-6288

E-mail: zwart@dordt.edu

Topic(s) (for K-8):

  • Problems and solutions in science education
  • "Light Motif" - demonstrations and experiments with light

Topic(s) (for Grades 6-10):

  • "Zap!" - Demonstrations and Activities with Electricity and Magnetism

Topic(s) (for Grades 9-12):

  • A hands-on exercise in the scientific method