“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
Katherine Clark
I grew up in Chad, central Africa, as a missionary kid. I attended NorthStar in 11th and 12 grades, before returning to western Massachusetts for college. I studied history and education, and graduated in 2017. After graduation, I returned to Chad for part of a school year to teach for a missionary family. When I returned in 2018, I got married, and started working at NorthStar. My husband and I live with my sister in Lowell, MA, which is a great city for history! I enjoy baking, cooking, cookie decorating, most forms of crafting. I feel that one of the gifts God has given me is the gift of hospitality, as I love inviting people to our home, and most especially feeding everyone!
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