Teach Them Diligently Dayton 2025

Looking for ways for your church to serve local homeschooling families? At the Herzog Foundation, we believe that YOUR church can start an education ministry and we have the free resources to get you there. This workshop will explore practical steps, legal considerations, and space-sharing frameworks necessary to establish a thriving co-op within their church. Attendees will leave equipped with actionable strategies and inspired by success stories from churches that have successfully integrated education ministries into their mission.

Ohio students have incredible opportunities to take up to 120 FREE dual-credit hours beginning as early as 7th grade. As a mom of five homeschool graduates and the advisor to thousands of dual-credit students, Shellie will help you learn how to make the most of early college credit and answer FAQs about CCP, college-readiness, high school planning, transfer credit, and more!

How can you take pieces of your real life—or things from your imagination—and create a story? Award-winning middle grade author Becca Wierwille shares her story creation process with young readers and encourages them to create stories from their own lives and imaginations. This presentation includes details about Becca’s story creation process, tips for students who want to create their own stories, a group writing exercise, an opportunity for young readers to workshop with each other and practice creating their own stories, and Q&A time at the end.