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We just came from using Abeka. I still have to help my son just as much as I did with Abeka, but my son understands it now. ACE has it laid out so much easier for him (and me) to understand and actually get a grasp on it. I also saw where they were bashing ACE and I felt sorry for the snobbery that the parents were caught up in. I know I made the right decision with ACE and for my son.
ACE has been around for 40+ years. There are approximately 7000 schools around the world using it. Countless homeschoolers. I believe some people really just are bothered with the way it challenges everyone to do right and put on the character of Christ. I do think poorly run schools hurt the program. It works for anyone who uses it correctly. The quality controls make it top notch.
I love ACE. We have tried 3 different styles of learning and they all had their good points but not for us for the long haul. The thing that I just love about ACE is it puts the responsibility on my kiddos. And that in itself is a valuable life lesson!
I graduated from an ACE school, became an R.N. and have homeschooled since my youngest was in 4th grade. He scores post high school on every achievement test he takes. We are in 9th grade this year and he is doing great, enrolled in the honors program through Lighthouse, and I do not feel lazy or regret any of it.
4. For some reason, we as humans are much more prone to vent and complain to a large audience than to share our positive reviews. We should use the Philippians 4:8 filter for what we write and say as well as think.
6. In our modern online culture, people tend to think they can be much more abrasive and opinionated than they would be in face to face encounters. We see this when other political or hot-button issues are discussed in social media. We need to show more grace, humility, and love and simply share our testimonies.
I spoke to an ACE Representative recently and he acknowledged that ACE is aware of all the bad press out there, but they have determined to push ahead producing solid Christ-honoring curriculum and not waste time and energy responding to critics or trying to silence them. They want to stay on the higher ground, Amen!
I am so grateful for ACE and having graduated one who has done well in college, I am reassured in our curriculum choice. Instead of homeschooling, I would prefer to send my children to a Christian school that uses ACE. That is not an option where we live. I am thankful we have the option to homeschool, so my children can still receive a Christian education.
I graduated from an ACE school. I started there in the eighth grade. My oldest graduated in 2010 from homeschooling with ACE. She went to an ACE school from second to seventh grade. Then we switched homeschooling. I have one that is a senior this year, who has only done ACE her whole life. I also have two in first grade, and we are using ACE. My goal is that this will be all that they know as well.
A.C.E is a blessing to our family!! I went to public school, but I strongly desired to homeschool my own children. I researched so many curriculums before my first child was school age. I discovered A.C.E and loved everything about it until a friend said something negative about it. I ended up purchasing a different curriculum.
The first 4.5 months of my first official homeschool year was a struggle! I found out were expecting #4 at the beginning of the year. Homeschool became a huge chore, a burden almost. I had a difficult time getting everything done, I was overwhelmed and not enjoying the experience, neither was my son. He complained every day.
I went to an ACE private school from 1-7th grade. I hated it because my teacher could not help me. One of the schools not using the curriculum correctly. When I started public high school. I realized as hard as ACE was at my school. I was way more educated than my peers in public school. I was given a new respect for ACE. It was the only curriculum I even considered using for my children.
My friend used Abeka and she had huge books for each subject to carry around. I loved that I had one small boom per subject and just worked the 24 for each grade. Instead of lugging around huge books. ACE also lets you move at your own pace. My 1st grader will be working on 1st and in some areas 2nd grade work since that is how he tested. Love this program!
I used ACE when I was a kid and now I use it for my children. My 9yr old loves all he learns with ACE he is always telling me about what he read. But the biggest blessing is when I see him every day and nigh pray and read his Bible. He ask questions about what his Sunday school teacher teaches and our pastor preaches because he understands the Bible because of ACE. And that in itself is more important than him acing the SATs.
Leader Efficacy Questionnaire: Based on Leader Self and Means Efficacy Theory, the LEQ is unique because it captures both leaders' self-efficacy, as well as leaders' beliefs in the extent that those with whom they interact will support their leadership.
Organizational Description Questionnaire: Measures how often each member of the organization perceives the culture of their unit, department, or organization, to be using transformational or transactional leadership styles.
Team Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire: Assesses the leadership style of a team. It represents an extension of transforming leadership definitions from the individual to the collective.
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In addition to working with individuals, Janet also works has worked with teams in corporate and non-profit organizations to build stronger working relationships that result in greater clarity on the mission, and increased capacity to achieve objectives and adapt to change. Janet draws from over 20 years of experience in technology companies where she learned how to work and lead in innovative organizations. She led teams that learned to adapt to continuous change.
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Conversational and accessible, this Second Edition of Bruce J. Avolio's groundbreaking book uses the full range leadership development model as an organizing framework and shows how it can be directly applied to improving leadership at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Filled with examples that show how the full range model comes to life in today's global world, Full Range Leadership Development, Second Edition, demonstrates how people, timing, resources, the context of interaction, and expected results in performance and motivation all contribute to effective leadership.
It has been more than 30 years since Bernard M. Bass presented an integrated overview of Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD), which has since become the standard for providing leadership training around the world in business, military, religious, and educational contexts. This book teaches how to use FRLD to grow transformational leaders in organizations. Organizations that support and develop transformational leadership at all levels are more productive and profitable, attract and retain top notch talent, promote creativity and innovation, garner trust and commitment from employees, leverage sustainability and workplace safety efforts, and are strategically positioned to respond well to uncertainties and changes in the market.
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Transformational leaders are those who transform their followers into becoming leaders themselves. From Wikipedia, "Transformational leadership is a leadership approach that is defined as leadership that creates valuable and positive change in the followers. A transformational leader focuses on "transforming" others to help each other, to look out for each other, to be encouraging and harmonious, and to look out for the organization as a whole. In this leadership, the leader enhances the motivation, morale and performance of his follower group." From Bass and Riggio (2006, page 3), "Transformational leaders are those who stimulate and inspire followers to both achieve extraordinary outcomes and, in the process, develop their own leadership capacity. Transformational leaders help followers grow and develop into leaders by responding to individual followers' needs by empowering them and by aligning the objectives and goals of the individual followers, the leader, the group, and the larger organization. Evidence has accumulated to demonstrate that transformational leadership can move followers to exceed expected performance, as well as lead to high levels of follower satisfaction and commitment to the group and organization." There are four components of Transformational Leadership (Bass, Bernard M. 1998 Transformational Leadership. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, Inc.):
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