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| 20th Annual Homeschool Speakers
AA, Pre-med, Bakersfield College, 1962. Presently: Neurodevelopmentalist with Help With Learning Neuroeducational Consulting, Helping children and adults overcome learning, attention and neurodevelopmental inefficiencies. Seminar and workshop speaker, addressing the topics of learning disabilities and attention deficits.
Tina has lived in Northern California for over 30 years. She worked for 10 years as a librarian in a Grass Valley elementary school and 1 year in the San Juan Unified District. Tina has home educated her 2 children for 13 years and is currently involved in exploring the exciting world of high school homeschooling. She has been a speaker at the SCOPE Conference and the CHEA Bay Area Convention. Tina has been involved with various homeschool co-ops and science classes for 10 years. She is very active in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Ron Adams Ron Adams, Certified College Planning Specialist, is the leading college funding expert in the Sacramento, CA region. Since Ron started his local college funding practice, he has helped hundreds of parents in the greater Sacramento area to send their children to college without spending their life’s savings or jeopardizing other important financial goals, like a secure retirement. Ron makes his home in Sacramento with his spouse, Toni. He is a firm believer that any parent, regardless of their background or financial circumstances, can send their child to college if they know how to play the financial aid game properly.
Kris Cordell Kris Cordell and her husband have enjoyed homeschooling their 4 children for the past 16 years. In addition to teaching her own children, Kris has enjoyed teaching writing classes to many homeschool children in the greater Sacramento area. Because of the opportunity Kris has had to work with so many students, she has learned what helps a student to become a better writer. She looks forward to passing this knowledge on to other homeschool parents so that they and their children can enjoy writing. Kris is also the California, Nevada and Arizona representative for Total Language Plus, a literature based language curriculum.
Jim Davis Jim Davis, and his wife Judy, homeschooled their daughter through high school. Jim received his Bachelor’s Degree in theology from Moody bible Institute in 1975. Prior to joining Family Protection Ministries as Legislative Liaison, in 1994, Jim worked 16 years for PG&E’s Nuclear quality Assurance department. He is dedicated “to defend the freedom to educate and care for our children in our homes privately.”
Deedee Eldridge and her husband Don have been teaching at home, obeying the mandate from the Lord set forth in Deuteronomy 6, since their first child was born over 19 years ago. She has a passion for learning that has grown out of doing so right along with her children, and seizes every opportunity to encourage others in the exciting journey of home education. Mrs. Eldridge has been a teacher of the Word for over twenty-five years and has a zeal for the Lord and a love for His people, especially those in the home-educating community. She shares out of a desire to help every parent discover how to make learning fun and stress-free for both they and their children, emphasizing the balance between the academic and character/spiritual training our Father intended as we disciple the children He has loaned to us. She is in the process of writing her first book, tentatively titled, “Hebrew Versus Greek Education – a Study in Thought and Contrast,” which looks at the striking difference these two cultures had between training the heart and teaching the mind. For the past 11 years, Deedee has been a leader in SCOPE, first as a chat leader and now completing her fourth year serving on its Board of Directors. Deedee and her husband, of 25 years, along with their family of three out of their four blessings from the Lord (one graduated and married!), reside in Folsom, California, where they also pastor a local congregation.
Elizabeth FitzGerald, M.S., a Christian wife and mother, has over twenty-two years experience working in education. She and her husband David have been home schooling their three children for eleven years. Liz has taught a number of home school writing classes and serves as an educational consultant to the home school community. She is a credentialed Special Day Class teacher and a former Speech and Language Pathologist. As an Endorsed Seminar Trainer for fourteen years, Liz conducts seminars for home educators in the use of Spell to Write and Read. She provides ongoing support for users of the program through an internet support group, personal consultation, and with her blog and web site. She authored the book Cursive First: An Introduction to Cursive Penmanship. She holds classes for junior high girls in the area of personal purity and serves with her husband in his music ministry at their church.
Chuck and Pam Geib began home education in 1985. They like to say they have homeschooled so long they have run out of children to teach, however, their son and daughter-in-law are homeschooling the grandchildren now. Chuck & Pam have spoken at many home schooling conventions and conferences over the years and written many articles as well. They are speaking at both CHEA of California Conventions this year. They are presently serving as Regional Advisory Board Members in the North Central area for CHEA of California.
Chuck and Pam Geib began home education in 1985. They like to say they have homeschooled so long they have run out of children to teach, however, their son and daughter-in-law are homeschooling the grandchildren now. Chuck & Pam have spoken at many home schooling conventions and conferences over the years and written many articles as well. They are speaking at both CHEA of California Conventions this year. They are presently serving as Regional Advisory Board Members in the North Central area for CHEA of California.
Mike and his wife Carolyn graduated their two children from home school. One is now a college graduate and the other has their grandchildren. Mike and Carolyn are co-founders of Lamp & Quill International, a devotional Bible curriculum, and co-authors of The Trojan Horse in Christian Education. Their focus is based on years of service to children and their families through Sunday schools, Christian school teaching and as the Director of Christian Education at church. Carolyn has an education degree and has been credentialed, or certified, in four states. Mike earned his degree at UNC where he met Carolyn while participating in a college discipleship ministry.
Carissa Ruiz is a Christian, a wife, and a mother of three. She has been homeschooling for nine years and is active in her local homeschool community. She has a degree in Early Childhood Education and is a certified preschool teacher. Her goal for homeschooling parents is to encourage them to cultivate the love of learning in their children, so their children will grow and honor God when they are adults. She has studied and researched math curriculums and philosophies for over ten years. She wishes to ease the parent’s fears and doubts they may have about teaching math to their children. She also wishes to share how to cultivate, in children, the enjoyment and understanding of mathematics. Her focus is more on elementary math (PreK-7), because improper teaching of the elementary years of math tends to lead to long-term problems in higher mathematics.
Mary Schofield Mary and husband Paul began homeschooling in 1986. Their children graduated, married, moved into their own homes, got decent jobs, and are doing fine out in “the real world” despite the fears of homeschool naysayers. Mary wrote The High School Handbook, a guide to home educating junior and senior high school students, based on years of experience, research, and prayer. She speaks at home education conventions throughout the United States, encouraging parents to seek God’s unique plan for their families. Mary has been enjoying her "retirement" from active homeschooling by continuing to serve on the Board of Directors for the Christian Home Educators Association of California and by remaining active in legal and legislative issues surrounding private and home education, family freedoms, and parental rights. She also found time to go back to school, get a law degree, and become an attorney with her own practice in northern California. However, her favorite activity these days is playing with her grandchildren.
Jennifer Steward is widely known as a humorous and encouraging speaker drawing experience from her twenty-three years of homeschooling her eight children. She is the author of Everything You Need to Know About Homeschool Unit Studies along with The Choreganizer and many other books. Jennifer has encouraged, inspired, and instructed hundreds of parents nationwide with her popular workshops with an emphasis toward interactive learning using living books and notebooks. It is her desire to help parents gain confidence in their teaching and to bring freedom and information to those interested in learning how to teach using the unit study method. Together with her husband Jim, Jennifer and the rest of the Steward children manage their family business – Steward Ship Publishing – from their home in Northern, California. Three of The Steward children have graduated from homeschool highschool, are now married and have blessed Jennifer and Jim with five grandchildren! Jennifer and her home educating sister called themselves The HISTerical Sisters and teach history in a fun and interactive format to home educating students in their area!
Kathy and her husband, Lance, a general contractor, live in Walnut Creek, CA. The Youngs have been supporters of Patrick Henry College since its founding in 2000 and Kathy has been the regional representative of the college since last fall. They have privately home schooled their two sons, Zach age 18 who graduated last year and Seth age 16, still being home schooled, for all of their education.
"Diego Rodriguez is the founder of the 4th Day Alliance creation astronomy ministry. The 4th Day Alliance is dedicated to proclaiming the glory of God through astronomy. They give workshops, seminars, star parties, and provide homeschooling families support in teaching creation astronomy. Diego and his wife, Lareina, have 5 homeschooled children." |
Marilee Coots
Tina Bosh 
Deedee Eldridge
Liz FitzGerald
Chuck Geib
Pam Geib
Carissa Ruiz
Jennifer Steward
Kathy Young
Diego Rodriguez - The Forth Day Alliance