KMC Homeschool Conference 2010

Featured Speakers 2010 for the KMC Spring Homeschool Conference April 3oth- May 1st.

Deb Bell

Debra Bell is the best selling author of the award-winning Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling and the forthcoming Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens. A former high school and college English teacher, Debra and her husband Kermit home educated their own four kids K-12. Three are college graduates, the fourth graduates shortly; one is married and one is in graduate school. The daughter of two public school teachers, Debra holds a B.S. in communications education and a Masters in English. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, where she holds an assistantship in the College of Education. Her research interest is identifying why, how, and when homeschooling works; and she looks forward to using her training to better serve the homeschool community well into the future. Debra was a reluctant convert to homeschooling in the early 80's. While finishing her graduate work for her permanent teaching certification, friends of hers (without degrees or teaching experience) started to homeschool and got better results than she did in the classroom. After recovering from the mind-blowing shock of this, she paddled her boat into their stream and opened up a recruitment office of her own. During her homeschooling years, Debra helped to found and lead three homeschool co-ops which continue today (one for elementary, one for high school, and one for drama), and taught composition and literature courses for more than twenty years. Today she continues to teach Advanced Placement English courses online. Debra and her husband are long time members of Sovereign Grace Ministries which plants churches in the U.S. and abroad. And they are very grateful their four children have made the spread of the gospel through church-planting the central focus of their lives as well. Debra blogs at Reinvention in Progress. Her website is Debra Bell's Homeschool Resource Center. 


The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling

The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens

Kathy Kuhl

Kathy Kuhl began homeschooling in 1997, after years of trying to help her son succeed in school despite learning and attention problems. She homeschooled him for grades 4-12, then interviewed 64 homeschoolers as part of her research for her book, Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner. Kathy graduated from William and Mary, where she earned teaching certificates in mathematics and English. She has taught junior high math in public school, Sunday School to preschoolers, and classes for homeschooled teens. She helps and encourages homeschooling families with children with learning problems, as well as families beginning to homeschool children with these challenges. She gives private consultations and workshops at homeschool conventions and national conferences of patient advocacy organizations as well as to support groups. She writes about homeschooling and teaches math for homeschooled teens in northern Virginia. The Kuhls have two grown children and live in Herndon, Virginia. Her website is Helping Struggling Learners at Home and she can be reached at kathy@learndifferently.com.


Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner

The previous information was provided by KMC Christian Home Educators. For more information about the Spring Homeschool Conference (pricing and registration) please see the KMC web-site:
KMC Homeschool Conference Information Page