Episode Description: Are you a Christian educator passionate about making disciples? This week’s guest, Jason Rachels currently serves as the president of Calvary Christian Academy (CCA) in South Florida. CCA is a multi-campus Christian school that exists to make disciples of the next generation and instill a strong Biblical worldview by pursuing excellence through academics, arts, and athletics. The ultimate goal of Jason and CCA is to cultivate Christ followers who will continue to make a transformative impact on the Kingdom of God in their careers. To this end, Jason has also founded Schools United (SU) which provides a peer network for Christian educators and staff to cultivate unity, share ideas, resources, and mutually encourage each other in the mission to make disciples of the next generation. 

In this episode, you will hear:

• How to effectively make disciples through an integrated curriculum and daily structure.
• The importance of hiring Christian educators and staff who are disciples passionate about making disciples.
• The importance of participating in a peer network of Christian educators and staff.
• The mutual benefits of the partnership of local churches and Christian schools.

Live Workshop with Q&A February 28th at 2pm ET: Engage Your People to Build an Irresistible Culture Register Today >>> https://values-driven-leadership-llc.ck.page/478437b4c9   About the guest: Jason Rachels is passionate about making disciples through Christian education. His 27 years of experience in Christian education run deep as he has taught middle and high school students, served as an elementary principal, high school principal, and head of school. Jason was a part of the team that founded Calvary Christian Academy (CCA) in South Florida, and he now serves as its president. CCA is one of the largest Christian schools in the country with its Hollywood campus serving 590 students and its Fort Lauderdale campus serving over 2300 students. Calvary is currently working to open a third campus in Boynton Beach, FL this coming year.   Jason is also the founder of Schools United (SU), an organization that helps Christian school faculty and staff to harness the power of professional peer networking. SU has launched new, free networks for heads of schools, directors of finance, admissions directors, advancement directors, and more. SU also hosts an annual conference for Christian educators which has more than 1700 attendees from every Christian school profession.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

To learn more, visit valuesdrivenculture.com