FCCPSA K-12 Workshop

2025 K-12 Administrator's Annual Private School Workshop

Workshop Details
Best Practices and Professional Development

Registration Form
DATE: Friday, October 24, 2025
LOCATION: Comfort Suites Titusville (Near Kennedy Space Center)
4830 Helen Hauser Blvd.
Titusville, FL 32780
TIME: Thursday, October 23rd, Meet & Greet at 7:30 pm.
Friday, October 24th, Workshop Begins at 9:00 am.
COST:
The Registration Fee for member schools is $165*. Additional attendees from the same school are just $65 each.
NOTE: *Registration fee includes a box lunch from the local Cracker Barrel. 
LODGING:
Book your hotel room at this website: https://bit.ly/46IiEFf
(Your hotel reservation comes with complimentary full breakfast, outdoor pool, 24 hour fitness center, and free wifi.)

This is a hands-on Workshop and all attendees will need a laptop or tablet.

Thursday Evening Meet and Greet

At the Comfort Suites 7:30pm

Friday Schedule: Comfort Suites Conference Meeting Room

8:30-9:00am Registration and Check-in

9:00-9:15am Praise and Worship lead by Board Member, Gary Griffis

9:15-9:30am Morning Devotion: Joe Gibilisco, FCCPSA President

9:30-10:00am Conference Meeting Room
RAIL: Responsible AI in Learning, The Middle States AI Endorsement Model

AI Literacy, Safety and Ethics. School policy and training should include, but not be limited to: Knowledge of Ethical Concerns and Safe Practices in AI. Knowledge of the Social-Emotional Impact of AI on Children. Strategies of Identifying and Addressing AI System Biases.

10:00 – 11:00am Conference Meeting Room

Dr. Min Sun
Colleague AI empowers school leaders withLeading Your School’s AI Transformation: Building Teacher Capacity for Rigorous, Personalized Learning

Dr.  Sun is the Co-Founder of Colleague AI, Professor and Director of AmplifyLearn.AI, a National R&D Center in Generative AI in classroom instruction at the University of Washington. Dr. Min Sun specializes in AI/ML research and application developments in education, teacher learning, and the school and policy contexts that support teacher learning.
In this intensive 60-minute leadership workshop, you will learn to strategically guide your faculty in leveraging Colleague AI to create differentiated, standards-aligned instructional materials while streamlining school operations
Through hands-on experience creating lesson plans, interactive games, assessments, analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data, and differentiated learning tools, you’ll develop the expertise needed to support your teachers’ AI integration and address implementation challenges.
You’ll leave with practical skills and knowledge of responsible AI adoption that maintains your school’s instructional rigor while significantly improving personalized learning and student engagement.

11:00 – 11:30am Conference Meeting Room

Florida Representative Jennifer Canady
Effective Engagement: The Legislative Process

Representative Canady is a teacher at Lakeland Christian School. She is serving her second term as the representative of District 50. (Parts of Polk County) She currently is the Chair of the Education and Employment Committee.
Representative Canady will be speaking about the importance of and guidelines on how to get involved locally to help elect members to the Florida Legislature.
Followed by a Q & A session

11:30am-12:15pm: Lunch Break

Box Lunches from Cracker Barrel. Good food, good fellowship.

12:15-1:15pm: Conference Meeting Room

Attorney Seth Kraus – Christian Law Association

Seth J. Kraus, Esq. – Seth is an attorney focusing primarily on litigation matters, specifically within the religious non-profit and religious liberty arena.  He also works with clients planning their estate/probate matters, contract issues, and personal injury situations.
Seth was born in Franklin, Ohio on April 26, 1982 and admitted to practice in Ohio (2008).  He graduated from Tennessee Temple University (BS: History/Political Science, 2005) and Regent University (JD, 2008).  While attending law school, he worked for the litigation partner of a law firm in Virginia Beach, was a Graduate Assistant for his professor, and served as Vice President of his class.  During undergrad, he interned at the Leadership Institute in Washington D.C., and worked on a U.S. Congressman’s campaign in Alabama.  He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Assocition. 
The Christian Law Association offers a wide variety of services free of charge to churches, ministries, and Christians. Some of these services include, but are not limited to: 
  • Free legal counsel to churches and Christians for their ministries
  • Free legal defense of those facing difficulties for the Biblical faith
  • Free legal help for homeschooling families
  • Free consulting to local, state, and federal officials and legislators to provide maximum religious liberty

1:15 – 1:45 pm; Conference Meeting Room

Legislative Update: Michael Phillips

Board Member and Director of Legislative Affairs for the FCCPSA, Headmaster
 

1:45 – 2:00pm: Break

2:00 – 2:30pm: Conference Meeting Room

2025-2026 Accreditation Process Changes
2026-2027 Standards Update

For the 2025-2026 Accreditation Cycle, the FCCPSA has adopted a Four Phase Review Process that breaks the Site Visit and Standards Review into the four Domain Groups. This process will allow for many components of the Site Visit to be completed before the physical visit to the campus, reducing the number of inspectors and days on site, resulting in lower costs for the school.
Every five years, the FCCPSA conducts a review of the Standards and their alignment with National and Regional Standards. Those updates and changes will be effective for schools completing or renewing accreditation during the 2026-2027 school term.

2:30 – 3:00 pm: Meeting Room

Round Table Hands-On Learning with Kaley Hoffman and Liz Darnell.

Mrs. Hoffman who is now the Principal has been with The Rock Academy since 2009 and has a passion for fine arts and bringing the creativity of the Kingdom into the classroom. Her passion is to see children realize and pursue their purpose with passion and integrity!

Liz has been administrator and co-founder of Faith United Home Educators (1990-1998), International Community School High School Administrator (1998-2007) and founding Principal and at The Rock Academy. She has more than 20 years of classroom teaching experience and has more than 25 years of experience serving with FCCPSA.
 
Now it’s time to bring out those laptops or tablets and actually engage with AI. Kaley and Liz will share with us some of the projects and practical uses that they have found with using the Colleague AI school-focused AI tool.:

3:00-3:30pm Conference Meeting Room

 

Dr. Berry Morris: Professional Development Resources

 

 

School Mission Master InService Program 

https://www.schoolmission.net/

 

3:30-3:45pm Conference Meeting Room

Founder Classical Christian Academy, North Ft. Myers
FCCPSA Board Chair

Additional free and/or very low cost training that shares your world view.

3:45-4:30 pm Conference Meeting Room

Wrap-up and Q & A