Karl Duxfield
Co-Pastor (Accelerate Church) - Overseeing Home Schooling


Sheree McManus
Home School Consultant

Maria Whittaker
Home School Consultant


Vanessa Nock
Home School Consultant (New Zealand)


Grace Green
Home School Consultant (New Zealand)


Erinee Daurewa
Home School Consultant


Iyepi Yulista
Home School Consultant

An Experienced Team

Accelerate Christian Home Schooling is the homeschool support ministry of Southern Cross Educational Enterprises. We provide general and academic support for homeschooling families using A.C.E. resources throughout Australia and Oceania.

The team has years of experience with homeschooling and the A.C.E. resources: as educators, parents and students. We know what it's like to begin the exciting homeschool journey, and the challenges that have faced families through decades of legislation, societal acceptance or scepticism, and well-meaning family and friends. Talk to us about your family!

 

Karl Duxfield

Karl brings his vast experience both as an A.C.E graduate and from working at Southern Cross Educational Enterprises and Accelerate Educational Ministries for the last 17 years in a variety of roles.  He is also married Melody, an A.C.E graduate, and the daughter of Greg and April Simon (who previously ran Accelerate Christian Home Schooling).  Karl and Melody have chosen to home school their own children utilising the A.C.E. resource.

Karl’s focus during his time at Southern Cross Educational Enterprises has been in Student Convention and School Support, which involved travel (to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, and various parts of Australia) and supporting schools in the implementation of the A.C.E. resource.  He is passionate about helping people (especially teenagers) find their identity, by introducing them to the great I AM, who can show them their life’s purpose.  He believes that the A.C.E. Resource is an excellent tool that can be used to reach the youth.

In his downtime, he enjoys playing music (having been involved in brass and concert bands, orchestras, and choirs, as well as more contemporary bands, an opera, church music, and even a major street stage at the Commonwealth Games when they were on the Gold Coast) and automobiles (particularly cars and motorbikes) which he uses as an outreach to evangelise to the local community.

 

Sheree McManus

Sheree has 20 years experience in the early childhood profession, with roles including Administration Assistant, Educator, Assistant Director and Educational (Pedogogical) Leader. She believes in allowing the children to learn and grow at their own pace within a supportive environment with guidelines.  She knows that good quality education can have a positive impact on a child's life. She believes that all children have a desire to learn, and our role as educators, (parents being their first and most important educators), is to pique their curiosity and provide them with experiences and opportunities to develop to their full potential. She has a passion for educating the next generation and is grateful to be able to do so with a resource that aligns with her ideals as a Christian.

She believes that knowledge alone, does not guarantee success, other intangible attributes, such as resilience, persistence, positive attitude and patience are also important. The A.C.E resource provides for this. She looks forward to using her educational research and knowledge to support families provide a biblical worldview educational resource to their children.

 

 

Maria Whittaker

Maria is experienced in administration and sales, with a background in providing solutions for the manufacturing industry.  She is keen to be a part of educating children with Christian based resources.  Part of her children’s education included using A.C.E. PACE’s in a school setting.  She is keen to bring her love of God and administration skills to our team.

 

Vanessa Nock

For over 8 years, Vanessa has been faithfully homeschooling her 3 children using the A.C.E. resources.  She and her husband Matt believe that when God calls you to it, He will see you through it.

Vanessa grew up with the teaching of her father constantly reminding her and her siblings that education is the only treasure they can pass on to them, and a treasure that no one can take away from you.  Education is very important, and she believes that homeschooling works.

As Christians they strive to instill Godly character in their children, hoping they can help to nurture their children’s spiritual, intellectual, physical and emotional growth.  They desire to see their children raised according to the standard of God’s word. They love that Christian values are included in every aspect of the A.C.E. curriculum.

Her desire is to help to support and encourage other home educators like herself.  She was trained as a supervisor in the A.C.E. program by Michelle Pearse and worked together in CHELCA NZ (a home education support service provider) for years to support families in their homeschooled journey. With her accounting, computer design and organization experience she wants to continue her passion through Accelerate to assist parents in leading their children’s education and trusts that the gift of a Biblical foundation is a great blessing than anything this world can give.

Grace Green

Grace has been married to Ian since 1991 and they live in Napier, NZ. They have four adult children, two lovely daughters-in-law, and two sweet granddaughters.

Originally trained as a primary school teacher, Grace taught in Christian schools before homeschooling her own children. Homeschooling was a wonderful 20 years of her life!
She believes strongly in a good foundation of literacy and numeracy being the foundation for other learning. That foundation gives children what they need to study more and more independently as they mature.

During those homeschooling years she found the support of others invaluable and that is what has drawn her to join the Accelerate team. She is keen to provide support to families in their homeschooling journey.  It's a privilege to come alongside parents as they take on this task with its many challenges and joys.

 

 

 

Iyepi Yulista

Iyepi is our team member in Indonesia.

Iyepi is a certified teacher in Indonesia and she’s been involved in Sunday School as a teacher and coordinator for over 15 years. During those years, she studied in YWAM Perth where she flew to Mexico as a missionary for 2 months and continued studies in Christian ministry at Bible College of Western Australia.

Iyepi and her husband Omar help the underprivileged people using their skillset to support their ministry and young families in Indonesia.

They have a passion for education and they have been witnessing missionaries’ families applying homeschooling and now they are part of their worldwide network. Currently, they homeschool the oldest son Ebenezer while preparing Samuel for following his brother’s footsteps. They are expecting a new baby in September 2021.

 

Erinee Daurewa

Bula Vinaka, my name Erinee Daurewa, just celebrated my first year of marriage and I reside in Lautoka, Fiji. My work background is in Early Childhood Education.

My journey with A.C.E began with Ace and Christi till year 13 NZ with Christian Outreach College. I participated in student convention regionally and in the South Pacific.  I was able to do student monitoring, the year before I graduated high school, in China and Hong Kong which I benefited from especially before attending university.

Having a background in A.C.E has contributed to my academic, social, and spiritual growth and I would encourage any family interested that it is worth the investment. Having worked with the community mobile service of the ECE school I was in, I saw first-hand how important a good foundation is to a child’s academic journey.

 

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