TEACHERS

Mindy earned her BS in Applied Learning and Development with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. She met her husband at UT, and they have been married for 21 years. Mindy was a public school teacher and taught in an inclusion environment for 5 years, earning Teacher of the Year her third year of teaching. One of her greatest joys is being able to watch her students grow and develop by helping one another by using their different gifts and abilities. Mindy, and her husband are parents to 3 homeschooled children who also attend The Training Center. The 2023-24 school year will be her 6th year of co-teaching Club Explore. Mindy and her family enjoy hiking and exploring outdoors, baking, reading, basketball and Crossfit. She can be reached at 936-443-9307 or m_burrow@hotmail.com.

Billie Jo Craig homeschooled her children for 20 years. She has an Associates of Art Degree from the University of Wisconsin- Fond du Lac. Before deciding to be a stay at home mom to her four children she was at UW-Oshkosh working on a history degree.  She spent twelve years in charge of and teaching in a co-op.  The Training Center has been “home” since 2015. The Craig family attend Spring Baptist Church. Billie Jo can be reached at (936) 203-2866 or billiejocr@yahoo.com. Her mailing address is 3214 Felton Springs Dr., Spring, TX 77386.

Lisa DeYoung started teaching in a preschool class at a local Montessori over 25 years ago. While in this position she realized, she had a passion for teaching young children and began taking college courses. She taught pre-kindergarten at The Woodlands Christian Academy while working to complete her Bachelors in education, with specialization in reading at Sam Houston State University in 2003. Lisa met her husband while pursuing her degree and they also got married in 2003.  After graduating, Lisa began teaching 1st grade in Conroe ISD until she had her 2^nd son. After taking some time off with her family, she taught at an area preschool where her children attended and later taught 1^st grade for 5 years at Legacy Preparatory Academy. In 2015 she and her husband felt led to home school their children. Once she started home schooling they knew they had made the right choice for their family. They have 2 handsome sons, 2 beautiful daughters and 4 precious grandchildren. Lisa loves the outdoors, crafts, camping, loving on her grand kids, spending time with her family and all kinds of animals. She is so excited to be teaching Club K at The Training Center. Lisa can be reached at 832-515-6061 or email at clubkteacher@yahoo.com.

Judy Doyle is excited to co-teach the Club Explore class!   Judy received a Bachelor of Arts from Sam Houston State University with a major in Elementary Education and minors in Spanish and English.  She taught in the public school system for 11 years, and now she and her husband are focused on homeschooling their two children.  While she specializes in teaching reading and math, Judy also thoroughly enjoys engaging children to explore our world through a biblical worldview.  In addition to her academic studies, she enjoys soap making, reading, and baking with her children.   Judy is eagerly looking forward to what each new year brings.  She can be reached at 281-702-3616 or judya.doyle@gmail.com

Anna Flournoy graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Science in education and a specialization in the earth sciences.  Upon graduation, she taught 8^th grade GMO (geology, meteorology, and oceanography) and IPC (integrated physics and chemistry) for 2 years in Cy-Fair ISD before teaching 6^th grade general science in Magnolia ISD for 5 years.  After the birth of their second daughter, Anna decided to stay home until her children were school age.  While it was her intention to go back to teaching public school, God had different plans.  After a rough start in public school kindergarten, Anna and her husband decided to pull their oldest daughter out mid-year to temporarily homeschool her.  This is when Anna discovered that she absolutely loved homeschooling!  She has now been homeschooling her 3 children for the past 10 years and is thankful to God for all the blessings that have come from this decision.  Aside from homeschooling, Anna and her husband will be celebrating their 20^th anniversary this year.  Their family likes to travel, camp, and spend time outside in God’s magnificent creation.  Anna is looking forward to teaching General Science this upcoming school year at The Training Center.  You may contact her at (281)732-0223 or anna_flournoy@comcast.net.

Karen Garza has been married 41 years to Joey.  On their life journey, they chose to home school their 3 daughters; Penny, Jennifer, & Esther.  All of their daughters have since graduated from college and are fully on their own life journeys.  Karen is now a 31-year home school veteran who is passionate about claiming science back for God.  She has a vision of science being used as a tool to reveal the intricacies of God to students who in turn can use their knowledge to share the wonders and proofs of God that exist in our universe and are revealed through science.

Out of Karen’s home schooling trek, Revelation Science Classes, www.RevelationScience.org, was birthed in 2005 to offer high school biology, chemistry, physics, human anatomy & physiology utilizing Christian world-view curriculum, such as Apologia and Berean.

Teaching and instructing others is a ministry and a privilege to Karen and she lives to be used by God to bring Him honor and glory.

 Administration Class Info: Please use Garza Registration Form to register, which can be found under the Registration tab.  Karen may be contacted at 832.483.9643 or emailed at K.Garza [at] RevelationScience [dot] org.

Please mail payments to 7327 Root Road, Spring, TX 77389.

Fees: $55 monthly tuition paid July thru April, Bio & Chem $40; Anatomy $45 per semester lab fee due July and December

Payment options:

Payments are due on the 1st of each month.  If not received by the 10^th, a late fee of $10 is charged on the 11th.

NOTE: Payments run July thru April.  ½ year tuition, plus lab fee is paid July and December.

1) Write 10 post-dated checks to be deposited on the first of the month from July to April with July and Dec. to include the $40 SEMESTER lab fee;

2) Set up bank draft to arrive the 1st of the month (Include lab fees for July and Dec.);

3) Pay for entire course by ½ year –

July 1st $315 (includes 1st ½ year tuition + FALL lab fee) PLUS

December 1st $315 (includes 2nd ½ year + SPRING lab fee)

NOTE: The first payment must include the SEMESTER lab fee to reserve your student’s spot.

As we often turn students away once you have reserved your space, there are no refunds given after July 1.

Drop Policy:  Registration for all classes is for a school-year commitment.

There is a full week of school work assigned by teachers for students to complete at home.  When registering, please make sure to assess your student’s ability to have time to attend all of their classes and extra curricula, PLUS complete their assigned school work.

If a student drops before September 30th, two additional months of tuition is required.

If a student drops after September 30th, the full year’s tuition is required.

Lab fees are not refundable.

 

Cindy Johnson is an award winning artist who has produced artwork for many organizations, illustrated books and designed sets for theater.  As a professional artist, she sells paintings, takes commissions and teaches classes at various art events and conventions. One of her passions is sharing her love of art with kids of any age, and she especially enjoys teaching art classes and giving private lessons. Cindy’s artistic interest ranges widely and she is comfortable in many mediums. Students in will learn in mediums such as pencil, technical pen, charcoal, pastels, metal embossing, watercolors, crayon, watercolor pencils, collage, different printing methods, sculpture and oil sticks among other things, depending on age level and class taken. Intensely curious and with a keen interest in art history, she will draw students into conversations about art through the ages, from Early Christian works right up to modern times. They will quickly become comfortable and confident judges of art, learning how to make their own decisions and not be swayed by what they are exposed to in every area of the art world. Cindy is widely traveled and has learned in the great museums of the world. These experiences are shared with students, making art come alive. Her desire is that people will find beauty and hope in her paintings and in her life. To see her work, go to colorcatstudios101.etsy.com.  You may find more on her life and work on her Instagram account @colorcatcindy.  To contact Cindy for sales, commissions or classes, email her at colorcatstudios@gmail.com

With over 18 years of teaching experience and over 10 years of experience tutoring hundreds of public-, private-, and home-school students in physics and math, Professor Jurek combines all of that experience with his two engineering degrees (a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from the USAF Academy and a M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology) to enthusiastically guide students in learning physics. Professor Jurek teaches physics and engineering for LeTourneau University (www.letu.edu), science for Grace School of Theology (www.gsot.edu), and physics at The Training Center (www.ttcclasses.com). Professor Jurek, and his wife Tammie are parents to four homeschooled adult children and they are now in their second generation of homeschooling with five grandchildren – with over 24 years in the homeschool community. Together, they launched the Design Discovery and Development Foundation (www.ddadf.org) to help people of all ages discover, develop, and operate in their God-given design to maximize the 80 (or so) years they have on this planet. Through the Aiming Your Arrows workshop, they are equipping parents to discover the uniqueness of their children to aim those children in their education, career, and life. With the Career Aptitude and Outlook Assessment (CAOA), they help students discover careers that best fit their God-given design, the educational requirements for those careers, the schools with the programs to fulfill those requirements, the 10-year outlook for jobs in those careers, AND the salary expectations.

 

Ann LeBlanc graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has been a practicing attorney since 1994. She has argued at the state district court and appellate court levels as well as the federal court level in both Texas and Louisiana. She also holds a B.S. degree in finance. Ann has authored and published articles for the Baton Rouge Bar Association and the National Business Institute. She previously served as an adjunct professor of Business Law at the University of Southwest Louisiana – Lafayette and is currently an adjunct professor for LeTourneau University and instructor for Excelsior Classes online. Ann and her husband Chris homeschool their son, utilizing the Socratic method. Their oldest daughter, a recent homeschool graduate, attends the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. Ann is passionate about teaching critical thinking to the next generation to ensure that our God-given rights remain unalienable. She and her family live in the Montgomery area with their two cats and are actively involved in their Church community. Ann will be teaching American Government and Economics again this school year.

 

 

Corinne Park graduated from Hardin Simmons University with a Bachelor of Education degree.  She spent 2 years teaching school at Asuncion Christian Academy in Paraguay, South America.  Upon her return to the States she attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where she met her husband Jon Park.  She graduated with a Master of Arts in Religious Education.  She and her husband spent 8 years in the ministry in Florida where she taught in a Christian school.  When her first daughter was ready for kindergarten they began to home educate.  The oldest daughter is now a college graduate after successfully completing her education at home, supplemented with Training Center classes and dual credit.  The youngest daughter has taken classes at The Training Center since kindergarten and is now attending college. Corinne has taught classes for homeschoolers in her home and in co-ops. The 2023-2024 year will be her 16th year teaching with The Training Center.  This year she will be teaching Chemistry and Physics (3rd-6th grade classes), Apologia Physical Science, Math 6,  Algebra I and Algebra 2.  She enjoys making her classes hands-on with active learning to increase a student’s love of learning and natural curiosity.  Corinne can be reached at joncorinne@consolidated.net and (281) 770-5964. Her mailing address is 7226 Lorna Rd. Montgomery, TX 77316.

 

Shelly Smyth graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Education.  She has been happily married to her husband, Kevin, for twenty-seven years and they have four children. Her teaching career began in Conroe ISD, teaching  Language Arts and History.  After the birth of her first daughter, she took a break from teaching to be home with her kids. When her children attended private school, she taught Language Arts and History at Legacy Preparatory Christian Academy for two years.  Once she and her husband made the decision to homeschool, she taught literature and writing to junior high and high school students at her homeschool co-op. Shelly has continued to homeschool her children through high school.  Her two oldest children, McKenna and Cameron, have recently graduated from Texas A&M. Her third child, Kaili, is graduating from high school this year and she continues the home school journey with  her fourth child, Claire, who is in third grade.  Shelly has a strong passion for literature and loves guiding students to find a similar love of the written word.

Shelly can be reached by text at 281-450-0564 or email at smyth-kevin@comcast.net.  Her mailing address is:  8820 Catamaran Way Montgomery, TX 77316.

 

Dean Wood is the husband Kelly and the father of Karis, Karsten & Darby, whom they homeschooled. He was born and raised in Knoxville, TN and began following Christ when he was almost 20 years old. A couple of years later he started teaching and preaching and has not stopped since. He graduated from Columbia International University in 1994, where he met Kelly and married way over his head in 1993. It was at CIU that his eyes were first opened to the history of ideas and worldview and his heart was never the same. Dean went on to graduate from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1998 and started serving as a pastor while he was in seminary. He has been a pastor in North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama and has been the pastor of Creekisde Bible Church in Spring since 2010. He has taught the bible to every age group in the church and taught evangelism at Faith Bible College in Norfolk, VA. He has taught more subjects than he can remember, including Bibliology, Church History and Apologetics. He believes he has the greatest job description in the world as he hangs his ministry hat on 2 Corinthians 1:24, “Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.”  He preaches, teaches and serves so that others can know joy!