SPEAKERS & WORKSHOPS
Our conference offers an exceptional line-up of speakers with workshops covering a wide variety of topics related to your homeschooling efforts.
We invite conference speakers who present messages of hope and encouragement along with plenty of practical ideas and insight to help you teach, nurture, and develop the gifts in your child.
You'll leave our conference refreshed, re-energized, strengthened, inspired, and full of fresh ideas for your year ahead.
Check out our exciting 2025 Conference featured speaker line-up below! We're lining up some fantastic additional speakers, too, and will be revealing them here in the coming weeks.
2025 FEATURED Speakers
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2025 Workshop Speakers
Kristin Lackie
Kristin Lackie is a homeschool parent and educator. She and her husband live in Minnesota and successfully launched their first K-12 homeschool graduate in 2023. Their second kiddo will graduate this spring. Woohoo! By God’s grace, her youngest two will make it through as well.
With an in-the-trenches perspective, Kristin brings humor and reality to what can sometimes feel like a daunting task – homeschooling all the way to graduation day.
Committed to saving both money and time, Kristin presents practical but
often overlooked strategies to graduate college debt-free through credit-by-exam options and dual enrollment utilizing every available opportunity to maximize the middle and high school experience while casting a vision
for college and beyond.
KRISTIN'S WORKSHOPS
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After being a homeschool skeptic, Nancy began homeschooling her four children in 1992, and saw it work.
Now a mentor to homeschooling families, she has spoken at homeschool conferences in over 10 states where she is known for her enthusiasm, energy, and encouragement.
Her favorite times are spent with her growing family, including nine grandchildren.
She and her husband owned HEPPNER’S LEGACY, a homeschool store in Elk River, MN, for 18 years and are now learning what it’s like to have more free time as they make the handoff to the new owners.
Nancy's Workshops
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Scott Woodruff, a follower of Christ since his conversion in 1971, earned his juris doctor degree from the University of Virginia in 1980. He's worked for HSLDA since 1998, assisting thousands of home educating families in dealings with social workers, police officers, truant officers, principals, superintendents, and prosecuting attorneys.
Scott has represented HSLDA members in court and has appeared before many state legislatures to fight against repressive homeschool legislation.
He is a frequent speaker at homeschool conferences and on radio programs across the country.
Scott and his wife, Jane, homeschooled all three of their children.
Scott's Workshops
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Dr. Joe O'Tool is the founder of Lifestream Brain + Body Clinic ('13).
He began his career as a Doctor of Chiropractic and is now one of only three Board-Certified Functional Neurologists in the state of Iowa. He and his team focus on all things brain related, including concussion prevention and recovery, helping kids with learning/behavior/development concerns, and more common concerns like dizziness, vertigo, brain fog and healthy aging.
Dr, Joe is passionate about neuroscience, overall health, and changing lives. He and his wife, Angie, also have a passion for homeschooling (fun fact - they were both homeschooled!) and love how doing so allows them to experience life together as a family.
They are active members in their local church and love hearing how God works in the lives of His people all over the world. The O'Tools also serve as members of the Homeschool Iowa Board.
DR. JOE'S WorkshopS
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JEREMY VOS
Jeremy Vos serves as the Homeschool Iowa Lobbyist. He and his wife, Jodi, are also Homeschool Iowa Board Members.
Jeremy and Jodi have been married for over two decades and have four children, two of whom they are still homeschooling.
They have been active in their local homeschool group and are now serving as our Homeschool Iowa Capitol Day coordinators.
JEREMY'S Workshop
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"Keep up the great work
in choosing such excellent speakers
to come and speak into our lives."
~ Homeschool Iowa Conference Attendee
Speaker Inquiries
Speaking at the Homeschool Iowa Conference is by invitation only. Speakers are carefully selected to fit Homeschool Iowa's philosophy, vision, and mission, and to not conflict with the Homeschool Iowa Board of Directors’ biblical worldview. Because of the high volume of speaker inquiries we receive, we are only able to follow up with those we are inviting to speak. If we are interested in having you speak, we will contact you before the year end preceding the scheduled conference date.
Speaker packets should include:
- Contact information, including email address, phone number, mailing address, company name, and website
- A list of all proposed workshop titles and descriptions
- Speaker biography
- A high-resolution (300dpi) digital photo
- Any requirements or accommodations you request for your speaking
- References or listings of previous speaking engagements
- At least two hour-long recordings of your recently presented workshops
Submit your packet to:
Homeschool Iowa
ATTN: Conference Speaker Coordinator
PO Box 158
Dexter, IA 50070
or to: speakers @homeschooliowa.org
By sending your audio recordings, you are consenting to allow Homeschool Iowa to upload them to a secure site for the speaker committee to access during the review process. Please note that submitted items, including workshop recordings, will not be returned.
Join us at the 2025 Homeschool Iowa Conference!