Consulting Services

Consulting services are not limited to the following services below. Therefore, if you do not see the services you are seeking, please inquire. The services listed below are also adapted for Christian schools, churches, businesses and organizations through our Christian based E³xciting Leadership division. Please complete the contact us form to inquire or gain more information about our services.

Organizational Development for Schools, Organizations and Churches

A-Z Strategic Planning

We can help create or restructure an effective organizational management system to maximize goal achievement. We will assess and redirect organizational direction to align purpose, mission, vision, functions, core values, target groups, services, resources and cross functional leadership teams to harmoniously function as a whole to leverage goal attainment.

This includes but is not limited to

1) Formulating and communicating purpose, mission, vision and core values

2) Organizing and prioritizing strategies, resources, and finances, energy and resources on intended outcomes

3) Strengthening operations,

establishing and cultivating cross functional leadership teams with ongoing training.

4) Creating a sense of community

ensure that employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals, establishing agreement around intended outcomes/results.

Leadership Training

Team Cultivation and Empowerment

Bring your vision and strategic plan to life! Without transformational leadership and effective teamwork the vision will only be reflected as words on paper.

Transformational Leadership and Team Cultivation are a series of workshops which employ full participation from stakeholders.

Additional coaching services are offered.

Decision Making, Confrontation and Conflict Resolution

Workshops and seminars on decision making confrontation and conflict resolution are insightful and essential to personal well-being and collaborative processes. "A Better Me" series begins with a personalized seminar which includes self inventories and feedback. Following are four consecutive 2 hour workshops. Full day workshops on this series are not provided due to anticipated individual reflection, monitoring, and self-growth expected to take place throughout the duration of the workshop series.

Instructional Training

A variety of workshops are offered on effective instructional methods for individuals seeking to improve or expand knowledge, skills and expertise in any teaching, training or leadership coaching capacity.

Diversity Training

Enlightening and inspiring workshops which employ full participation to expand perspectives, improve communication, relationships and address systemic inequities.

Generous space with tables should be accessible for training activities and exercises.

Class Management

Teaching should be inspirational and enjoyable for teachers and students alike in atmosphere of collective stimulation and cooperation. Empower your students as stakeholders in the learning process!

A series of Students as Stakeholders workshops provide applicable tools to empower you and your students.

Terri Evans & E³xcite

Terri is the former founder and C.E.O of SHALOM K.I.D.S. INTERNATIONAL, a Christian Education Consulting Business established in 2006 to provide resources and services for Christian Schools and Children’s Ministry dedicated to helping children understand their purpose, inheritance and leadership potential to impact the world through Jesus Christ as their Savior! In 2020, Terri and Stephen merged their consulting services into one business. Her background in education and children’s ministry served as a springboard for Shalom KIDS.

Christian Educators. She is also the author of Humphrey’s Shiny New Helmet! The first book in the Victorious Kingdom Kids Series adventure story for children ages 4-10. The message of God's love and salvation is shared in a way children can understand. It unfolds through a series of fictional characters and events leading Humphrey to discover his shiny new helmet of salvation as the “real treasure.” A story guide devotional is also available.

Terri and her husband Stephen serve schools, churches, business and organizations providing a host of services, essential to bring vision to fruition.

Terri currently serves as Vice President of Stephen Evans Consulting, LLC. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Executive Leadership Human Services and Counseling, a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science and secondary teaching certification in the Social Sciences and Language Arts. Her expertise lies in strategic planning, cultivating leadership, curriculum and instruction, classroom management, mentoring and coaching new and struggling teachers.

As a Tenured Public School Educator, Terri enjoyed training pre- student and student teachers, as well as mentoring new teachers. She participated in successful learning trends involving, interdisciplinary school wide projects, smaller learning communities and cross curricular teaming in general and special education. Coursework and training in social behavioral studies and interpersonal communications fostered her value –added learning approach; empowering students to lead, teach and interact, critical think and be creative. Engaging students through a broad use of technology, creating activities and projects lending to personal application and community service-built partnerships with local families, businesses and community organizations resulting in meaningful learning experiences for students. Terri effectively applied similar methods and concepts in Ministry as a Children’s Church Minister and Director of Children’s Ministry.

Branching out into marketplace ministry, observing various Christian Schools, Children’s Ministry and curriculums inspired her collaboration with Zoe Life Publishing to develop The Read and Write to E3xcite Publishing Program, the E³xcite Instructional Model for

E³xcite Vision:

E³xciting Leadership envisions wise and compassionate children and youth who are spiritually, academically, socially, and emotionally whole, dynamic in leadership, impacting the world, giving glory to God through their service, gifts, and vocations.

Scriptural passages establishing our purpose, mission, and vision:

Matt 22:37-39NIV 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.

Matt 18-20NIV 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Ephesians 4:11-13 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

E³xcite Instructional method:

The E³xcite teaching method for students K-12 emphasizes the application of learning in each of the four learning domains, spiritual, academic, social, and emotional with a leadership emphasis. “E³xciting Leadership represents Elevating perspective, Expanding learning beyond the classroom, Empowering spiritual formation and servant leadership.

The E³xcite instructional method is mission driven vs. text driven. Therefore, it can be used with any existing curriculum to foster mission and achievement for Christian schools, Home School, churches, and any other Christian organizations serving children K-12. E³xciting Leadership provides necessary training and materials for effective implementation.

Malphurs (2019) findings that approximately 65% of our churches have plateaued or declined in spiritual growth. He attributes this decline to shortcomings in evangelism and edification. As a result, Christian Schools which are reflections of our churches in particular affiliated churches and accreditation agencies have been directly affected. To address this concern, seminary training now emphasizes interpersonal communication and strategic thinking in cultivating effective leaders Malphurs, 2019). Several Christian Universities have also followed suit.

K-12 Christian Schools are also addressing this issue by moving towards mission driven education and away from traditional text driven education addressing the "whole person" including areas of evidenced based, strategic thinking, interpersonal communication and collaboration. “One of the most important trends that I’ve seen in Christian education,” Amy Love, director of curriculum and instruction at Liberty Christian Academy (LCA) in Lynchburg, Virginia, said. “…is connecting our content for students in real world applications, especially connecting it with worldview.” (Ramey, 2017).

According to Love, LCA places an emphasis on very intentional worldview development for its students which Love said is another trend in Christian education. This trend includes making sure students understand what they believe and why they believe it as well as being able to articulate the reasons why they believe it. The worldview LCA uses gives context to all the academic subject areas taught to students at LCA (Ramey, 2017).

E³xcite Instructional offers cutting edge training and instructional methodology to empower administrators and teachers in this mission- driven, paradigm shift that will breathe new life and yield fruitful results for your students, teachers, administrators and overall program.

Pastor Warren attributes his forty-one plus year testimony of a contagious and healthy church to the holistic and multidimensional spiritual growth reflected in fellowship, discipleship, worship, ministry, and evangelism (Warren, 2013). Christian School health is similar in that it needs holistic instruction and multidimensional spiritual growth. The E³xcite instruction method provides teachers with practical tools to foster multidimensional and holistic student needs and growth. E³xcite instruction also addresses current concerns Christian Schools have in this instructional paradigm shift. As Barna (2019) expresses, inspiring us to see a future vision and plan of action that enables forward progress in Kingdom Building. Besides a host of workshops on instruction and class management, E³xciting Leadership also provides strategic planning, leadership development, and diversity training.

E³xcite Core Values

Learning Domains:

Our core values revolve around spiritual formation, cultivating Kingdom culture and developing children into Kingdom leaders. The four learning domains with an emphasis on leadership are emphasized:

Spiritual- Salvation, relationship, identity, purpose, inheritance, spiritual gifts, character.

Cognitive – Knowledgeable, Extraordinary thinkers, lifelong learners.

Social- Wise informed compassionate servant leaders, societal contributors.

Emotional- Well- rounded, self- disciplined and whole.

E³xciting Leadership:

Elevate Perspective, Expand Learning, Empower Faith!

E³xciting Leadership! is a specialized division of our consulting services developed by Terri Evans, Stephen's wife. E³xciting Leadership represents the excitement and outcomes generated in helping Christian schools, churches, organizations, and families produce well rounded spiritual, academic, socially, and emotionally healthy young agents of change. E³ refers to Elevate perspective, Expand learning, and Empower faith. All of E³xciting Leadership’s products and services; instruction, training, or strategic planning, center around the core values and principles of Shalom, being whole. Therefore, we focus on the development of the whole person and the whole process. Our core values revolve around spiritual formation, cultivating Kingdom culture and Kingdom leadership.

References

Barna, George. (2019). The Power of Vision: Discover and Apply God's Plan for Your Life and Ministry, 3rd Edition. Retrieved March 24, 2021 from https://app.wordsearchbible.lifeway.com.

Barna Group (2017). What Parents Look for in Christian Schools. Research Releases in Schools & Colleges. August 22, 2017 from https://www.barna.com/research/parents-look-christian-schools/

Malphurs, Aubrey (2019). Advanced Strategic Planning: A 21st-Century Model for Church and Ministry Leaders, 3rd Edition. Retrieved April 3, 2021 from https://app.wordsearchbible.lifeway.com]

Ramey, Alexandra. (2017, Mar 31.) Liberty University. Politics and Activism. Educators Shed A Light On Current Trends In Christian Education.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/current-trends-christian-education

Warren, Rick. (2013). The Purpose Driven Church. HarperCollins. Retrieved April 24, 2021 from https://app.wordsearchbible.lifeway.com]

"My teaching performance moved from effective to highly effective the next school year after implementing the new insights and tools I gained from your summer instructional workshops, Thank you so much, I am much more confident and my students are becoming more intrinsically motivated - and learning from each other!"

C.R.

"I've had he pleasure of working with Dr. Evans for more than ten years. I have witnessed his skills as a educational leader. He changed what I thought was impossible. Truly, this guy is the real deal!