“I support you failing spectacularly” might be the most freeing sentence a teacher can hear, and it sets the tone for a hopeful conversation about online Christian education done with courage and care. We celebrate what God is doing at NorthStar Academy through Katherine’s story as an alumna, teacher, and curriculum designer who turns research into practical tools for online student success. We talk about pacing, student agency, and the kind of supportive culture that helps students get unstuck and become lifelong learners.
• Katherine’s journey from student to teacher at NorthStar Academy
• Earning a master’s and applying capstone pacing research
• Designing online course tools that support student success right away
• “Failing spectacularly” as a leadership posture that fuels innovation
• Building student agency through reflection, good questions, and flexible project choices
• Reframing pacing as partnership, relationship, and individualized support
• Alumni council growth and the value of shared formative experience
Michael Perkins
I am a Christian, physical therapist, have 4 kids, God let's us own and run at PT clinic. My wife passed in October '24 after an 11 year breast cancer to brain cancer diagnosis. Through that God helped me start 100x soil (see 100xsoil.com for details). I have a son in law and about to gain another in May. I am passionate about men's ministry and raising up/protecting children. Am passionate about PT as well and see it as a ministry. I have a podcast as well (Contagious Hope) and just so grateful for God's grace.
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