Speaking Invitations
Dear Event Coordinators,
Thanks for considering us as speakers for your next conference. Kristin is a seasoned homeschool parent who desires to uplift, encourage, and equip other parents to grow and lead toward what God has for their families.
Local Homeschool Groups
Please contact us for more information about hosting a 3-hour Complete Credits Before College workshop at your group’s location. There is no cost to you.
Conference Planners
We are grateful for the opportunity to connect with each group and look forward to helping you meet the needs of your audience. Please contact us with the details and we will reply shortly.
Our topics (listed below) focus on meeting the needs of parents with students entering or in the middle and high school years. Each seminar includes a balance of practical information, clearly presented with supporting PowerPoint slides (great for note-takers) to equip parents with knowledge and action-oriented steps, as well as narratives designed to encourage parents to homeschool through the season of high school with purpose and vision.
We consistently receive positive feedback from parents and teens alike who have new ideas for their high school years after attending these sessions.
We hope you will agree that this series of seminars provides answers to some of the most often asked questions from homeschooling parents, as well as inspiring topics for your attenders to get excited to learn more about. Ultimately, we hope to inspire parents to journey with their student to graduate with a Christ-centered purpose for their lives.
About Kristin
Bio: Kristin Lackie and her husband Trent homeschool their four children and live in Minnesota. Kristin is a licensed teacher and experienced homeschool tutor for both in-person and on-line classes. Their four children span middle school to college age, and her in-the-trenches perspective brings humor and reality to what can sometimes feel like an overwhelming task – homeschooling all the way to graduation day. Using the tools found in Cheri Frame’s book, A Parent’s Guide to Credits Before College, she helps students maximize their credit-by-exam options and graduate debt-free.
All seminars are for parents/educators with students in middle and high school. Time: approximately 60 minutes.
Seminar Topics
Homeschool through High School with Confidence
Homeschooling through high school might seem intimidating but be encouraged! These can be the most enjoyable and influential years you have with your teens. This workshop takes the guess work out of what academics you should build into your 7-12th grade plan and helps you explore electives and activities that can customize your students’ high school years to meet their graduation goals. Teens are encouraged to attend with you.
Jump Start College with CLEP
Cut the cost of college tuition in half! This popular workshop will share how to accelerate the first two years of college by earning credit for subjects your student may already be studying in high school. The College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP) along with Prometric’s DSST program are nationally recognized credit-by-exam programs that offer over 70 different exams, allowing students to test out of courses generally taken the first two years of college. Whether your student is gifted, motivated, or looking for purpose, this workshop will help save time and money earning a college degree. Teens are encouraged to attend with you.
Simple Transcripts and Record Keeping
Transcripts are not just for college – every student needs one. How to begin? What to include? Understand the essentials of record keeping, important records to keep, how to grade, evaluate credits, and prepare a professional looking high school transcript. Teens are invited to attend with you.
Career Exploration with Teens
Career Exploration might just be one of the most important elements of your teen’s high school experience, yet many will graduate still uncertain about what to study in college or what career to pursue. Determining a vocation starts with understanding God’s design for work and how they are specially designed to fit in His plan. This seminar helps students identify how to find their best-fit career options and equips parents with the steps and resources to walk alongside and be their students’ very best career coach. Teens are encouraged to attend with you.
From Tools to Multi-Tools
You can enhance the impact of any curriculum through differentiated instruction. These simple techniques geared for grades 7-12 empower parents with creative methods to facilitate student’s processing and retention of new information. Responding to readiness, interest, and learning style, parents and students alike will be equipped with critical tools to facilitate learning success. Teens are encouraged to attend with you.
But Mom, HOW do I study?
Students are often expected to have strong study and organizational skills, but they are rarely taught what that means. This seminar includes practical information geared toward developing effective study habits like setting goals, managing time, organizing spaces, improving reading comprehension, taking notes, taking tests, and finding balance. You will be prepared to help your middle and high school students succeed in academics, in employment, and in life. Teens are encouraged to attend with you.
PSEO in Minnesota
Take advantage of Minnesota’s dual enroll program and help your student graduate high school with a two-year degree! This workshop helps homeschool parents understand the program and provides the strategies you need to help your student be successful. Teens are encouraged to attend with you.
“Cheri Frame is a joy to work with! Her workshops offer practical and valuable information and our attendees always request to have her back.” ~Karol Kapelle, NDHSA Convention Coordinator
What the Audience Thinks
I really wish Cheri would have been at NICHE years ago. She really knows how to take a difficult topic and break it down into bite-sized, practical pieces. Her talk on Transcripts and career/college help were the best I’ve ever heard in over 15 years of attending homeschool conferences!
She is awesome. Please invite her in the future.
Very organized in her presentation and easy to follow.
She was awesome! Great information, nice presentation style, good Q&A. I went to all four of her presentations. Wonderful advice for me and my daughter who is just beginning high school. Bring her back, please!
We loved her! She was very knowledgeable and a great communicator.
After her seminars, we feel much more equipped to help our son with his last year of high school.
Her workshops got me excited.
Very good, relevant sessions. Her sessions helped greatly in directing my/our thoughts to planning out jr. high and high school. Excellent communicator.
Cheri was very welcoming and encouraging visiting with her at her booth. No sales pitch just her sharing what she had learned! A+
So informational and organized. A nice surprise since this workshop was not high on my priority list. After hearing her once, I enthusiastically went to another!
