AcademicsLCA uses the Abeka Curriculum from the Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida. Lesson plans are prepared to include instruction, application, and testing for comprehension and knowledge.
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Administration
Crystal Rickenbaker
Principal and High School Teacher
Crystal Rickenbaker is a professional educator and leader of education. She has devoted her adult life to educating children and adults from preschool age to college age. Her passion for learning and creating lifelong learners is evident in the lives she has helped shape over the past fifteen years, including her ownchildren whom she has been privileged to homeschool for the past ten years. Her philosophy of education is that no one is too young or too old to learn; learning should encompass opportunities for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic input while inspiring and exhilarating individuals to become lifelong learners. She believes, “As an educator, we have the power to open minds to a world of knowledge and inspire them to grasp knowledge as they navigate life”. Her educational accomplishments include: a bachelor’s degreein General Education from Tennessee State University and ateaching licensure by the state of Tennessee for General Education received in 2006, a master’s degree in Special Education with an emphasis in Visual Impairments from Vanderbilt University and a special education license endorsement received in 2007, a Tennessee State training certification with the Department of Human Services for Director of Early Childhood Education received in 2015, the Tesol Certification and Advanced Certification for teachingEnglish online received in 2019.
She has 15 years of experience as a facilitator of education and 3 years of experience as a director of early education. Her skillsand experience as an educator include teaching general and special education, educating parents and other professionals, modifying school environments and educational plans to accommodate children with a variety of needs, developing individualized education plans, working with multiple schools within a school district to provide services, assessments and resources to the schools and families of the district, teaching English as a second language, and inspiring and working alongside teachers to provide the best education possible for students of all ages and abilities.
As a director of education her experience includes; planning and implementing an educational plan for a variety of ages and classrooms, budget analysis, allocating funds for materials, food, professional development, staff compensation and school improvement projects, meeting state mandates, meeting fire codes and building capacity guidelines, meeting health inspector guidelines, ensuring the educational program and staff follow the Tennessee State guidelines for early education in regard toratios, appropriate interaction with children and redirection of poor behavior, parent/teacher communication, safety guidelines for on-campus and fieldtrip supervision. Her experience also includes; ensuring all staff maintain appropriate annual training hours, providing materials and resources for enhancing education in the classrooms and outdoor facilities, maintaining and facilitating professional training annually, record keeping for the school and state funded programs, keeping daily records of staff and student attendance, interviewing and hiring staff and completing all necessary requirement to become a 3 star early educational facility with the State of Tennessee.
Her personal philosophy is summed up in the treasure of His word…” Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave...” Ecclesiastes 9:10.
Principal and High School Teacher
Crystal Rickenbaker is a professional educator and leader of education. She has devoted her adult life to educating children and adults from preschool age to college age. Her passion for learning and creating lifelong learners is evident in the lives she has helped shape over the past fifteen years, including her ownchildren whom she has been privileged to homeschool for the past ten years. Her philosophy of education is that no one is too young or too old to learn; learning should encompass opportunities for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic input while inspiring and exhilarating individuals to become lifelong learners. She believes, “As an educator, we have the power to open minds to a world of knowledge and inspire them to grasp knowledge as they navigate life”. Her educational accomplishments include: a bachelor’s degreein General Education from Tennessee State University and ateaching licensure by the state of Tennessee for General Education received in 2006, a master’s degree in Special Education with an emphasis in Visual Impairments from Vanderbilt University and a special education license endorsement received in 2007, a Tennessee State training certification with the Department of Human Services for Director of Early Childhood Education received in 2015, the Tesol Certification and Advanced Certification for teachingEnglish online received in 2019.
She has 15 years of experience as a facilitator of education and 3 years of experience as a director of early education. Her skillsand experience as an educator include teaching general and special education, educating parents and other professionals, modifying school environments and educational plans to accommodate children with a variety of needs, developing individualized education plans, working with multiple schools within a school district to provide services, assessments and resources to the schools and families of the district, teaching English as a second language, and inspiring and working alongside teachers to provide the best education possible for students of all ages and abilities.
As a director of education her experience includes; planning and implementing an educational plan for a variety of ages and classrooms, budget analysis, allocating funds for materials, food, professional development, staff compensation and school improvement projects, meeting state mandates, meeting fire codes and building capacity guidelines, meeting health inspector guidelines, ensuring the educational program and staff follow the Tennessee State guidelines for early education in regard toratios, appropriate interaction with children and redirection of poor behavior, parent/teacher communication, safety guidelines for on-campus and fieldtrip supervision. Her experience also includes; ensuring all staff maintain appropriate annual training hours, providing materials and resources for enhancing education in the classrooms and outdoor facilities, maintaining and facilitating professional training annually, record keeping for the school and state funded programs, keeping daily records of staff and student attendance, interviewing and hiring staff and completing all necessary requirement to become a 3 star early educational facility with the State of Tennessee.
Her personal philosophy is summed up in the treasure of His word…” Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave...” Ecclesiastes 9:10.
