For churches & co-ops

Your church, a place of learning all week long.

Host a Kingdom Thinkers Academy microschool or co-op in your building. We bring a full biblical-worldview curriculum, live mentors, helper training and the KTA+ Learn app. You open the doors.

Book a call with Kale See how it works

Free to host · Church licenses from $25 per student a week · Shaped around your church

Kale Kneale Kale Kneale, mentor and Creator of KTA+Educator, father · would love to meet your pastor
Kale Kneale Watch Kale's story1:55

Educator, father, and partner to local churches. Kale shares why he built Kingdom Thinkers Academy.

  • Background-checked educators
  • Every live session recorded
  • Families stay the home educator
  • Classes in Eastern/Central time

The need in your church

The homeschool families in your pews are asking for help.

More families are choosing to educate at home. Most love it. Many feel alone. These are the questions pastors hear:

  • "Am I doing enough for my kids?"
  • "Where can they learn with friends who share our faith?"
  • "How do I teach science and history from Scripture, not just in Bible time?"
  • "Who can I lean on when I'm stretched thin?"
  • "Will my child be ready for what the world tells them?"
  • "Is there a community for us beyond Sunday?"
“Every education disciples. The only question is who is doing the discipling.”
Kale Kneale, homeschool mentor and creator of KTA+Kale Kneale
Mentor and creator of Kingdom Thinkers Academy

Why a church microschool

Everything a co-op dreams of, without the burnout.

The usual co-op

Held together by tired volunteers

  • Parents plan every lesson themselves
  • A patchwork of curricula that don't connect
  • Faith added at the end of the day
  • Records and reports left to each family
  • Momentum fades when a leader moves on

Kingdom Thinkers Academy at your church

Ready to go from week one

  • A full curriculum, planned for you
  • Every subject connected through one project
  • Scripture as the lens for everything
  • Weekly reports, workbooks and a portfolio for every child
  • Live mentors and trained helpers who keep it going

The partnership

You open the doors. We bring everything else.

Branded as Kingdom Thinkers Academy at [Your Church Name], with your church's name front and center.

Your church provides

RoomsTwo or three classrooms, one to four weekdays

A coordinatorOne staff member or volunteer as the site contact

HelpersBackground-checked, under your child-safety policy

A good wordFrom the pulpit and in your newsletter

Kingdom Thinkers Academy provides

The curriculumFive themes, 10-week sessions, ages 5–16

Live mentorsKale and trained educators, streamed into your room

KTA+ LearnWorkbooks in print or in the app, for every student

Training and launchHelper training, a parent guide and an info night run by Kale

The Five Theme Framework™

Five big biblical ideas. Every subject tells one story.

Each 10-week session is built on one theme. We name what the culture teaches children, then discover together what God's Word says, through science, history, math, writing and real projects.

The Kingdom Thinkers Academy K logo, ringed by the five theme colors
The five colors around our K are the five themes.
Made in His Image theme artwork from Kingdom Thinkers Academy

Made in His Image

Genesis 1:27

The culture says

Your identity is whatever you decide it is.

Children discover

Every person is made in God's image, with dignity and purpose, and we are one human race.

Creation theme artwork from Kingdom Thinkers Academy

Creation

Genesis 1 · Psalm 19

The culture says

Life is an accident of millions of years, with no design and no Designer.

Children discover

God created the world in six days, and creation declares His glory. Earth history and science from Genesis.

In His Hands theme artwork from Kingdom Thinkers Academy

In His Hands

Psalm 31:15

The culture says

The universe runs on chance, and nobody is holding it together.

Children discover

God made and upholds the world and its laws. Geology, astronomy and biology through a biblical lens.

Alpha & Omega theme artwork from Kingdom Thinkers Academy

Alpha & Omega

Revelation 22:13

The culture says

History has no direction, and faith had little to do with building our world.

Children discover

History begins and ends with God. Babel, the people groups of the world and the Christian roots of civilization.

In the World, Not of It theme artwork from Kingdom Thinkers Academy

In the World, Not of It

John 17 · Romans 12:2

The culture says

Success means power, money and fitting in.

Children discover

How to live faithfully in government, work and money, and care for the poor, without being shaped by the world.

One theme. One Driving Question. Ten weeks.

Your helpers never need to invent a lesson. Each session arrives complete: the big question, the weekly plan, the workbook and the final project.

Included with every session

Your rooms will look like a learning space from week one.

Every partner church receives print-ready wall displays for the theme you are running. Print them, pin them up, and let the walls teach all week.

Five theme posters

A3 portrait · print at A3 or scale up to A2 for a feature wall

Alpha & Omega theme poster in orange, with Revelation 22:13 Made in His Image theme poster in pink, with Genesis 1:27 Creation theme poster in green, with Genesis 1 and Psalm 19 In His Hands theme poster in blue, with Psalm 31:15 In the World, Not of It theme poster in purple, with John 17 and Romans 12:2

The Wall of Cards

Cut, laminate and add a card each week

A Scripture-anchored display that grows across the ten weeks: the theme, the big picture, the Driving Question and the term verse, then the key concepts and the words for each week. Children watch the story build on the wall.

Wall of Cards sheet with the theme, big picture, Driving Question and term verse cards for Made in His Image
Week one: theme, big picture, Driving Question and term verse
Wall of Cards sheet with four key concept cards for Made in His Image
Key concepts children carry home
Wall of Cards sheet with weekly word cards: Creator, Unique, Observe and Pattern
A new word card each week

Shown: the Made in His Image set. Card sets are written for each age group, from early years to Years 9–10.

The Kingdom Inquiry Cycle

How ten weeks unfold in your rooms.

A session isn't ten separate lessons. It's one connected inquiry around a Driving Question, moving through six phases.

  1. Wonder stage of the Kingdom Thinkers Academy learning cycle

    Wonder

    Weeks 1–2

    Ask the question that matters.

  2. Seek stage of the Kingdom Thinkers Academy learning cycle

    Seek

    Weeks 3–4

    Research and gather evidence.

  3. Discover stage of the Kingdom Thinkers Academy learning cycle

    Discover

    Weeks 5–6

    Build knowledge and test ideas.

  4. Connect stage of the Kingdom Thinkers Academy learning cycle

    Connect

    Weeks 7–8

    Link learning across subjects.

  5. Share stage of the Kingdom Thinkers Academy learning cycle

    Share

    Week 9

    Present real work to a real audience. Invite the church family.

  6. Grow stage of the Kingdom Thinkers Academy learning cycle

    Grow

    Week 10

    Reflect, celebrate and plan what's next.

In person and online New: KTA+ Learn

One lesson that moves between your rooms and home.

At church, students learn together with a live mentor. At home, they pick up exactly where they left off in KTA+ Learn, our workbook app. Same theme, same workbook, same mentor.

In the room at church

  • Live class together. The mentor is streamed into the room; the group learns, asks and answers as one.
  • Hands-on projects. Investigating, making and discussing with friends, guided by your helpers.
  • Print or screen. Every workbook page prints, so no child needs a device to take part.

At home in KTA+ Learn

  • Continue learning. One tap takes them back to the exact step they stopped at.
  • Answer their way. Type, speak, snap a photo, draw or record a video. Work saves as they go, even offline.
  • Help that builds independence. Students tap Help and say what’s in the way. The companion helps them think it through, or they ask their mentor.
KTA+ Learn on a phone showing the Kingdom Inquiry Cycle: Wonder, Seek, Discover, Connect, Share and Grow, with Connect marked as you are here
The Kingdom Inquiry CycleEvery workbook opens on where they are in the cycle.
KTA+ Learn on a phone showing My phases, with Wonder and Seek badges approved by a mentor and Discover waiting
Badges a mentor approvesFinish a phase, send it in, earn the badge.
KTA+ Learn family view on a phone showing a child’s current theme, Made In His Image, Genesis 1:27, and what a parent can do next
The family viewTheme, next steps and how to help at home.
The KTA+ Learn student dashboard on a laptop: Hi Sam, current theme Made In His Image, Genesis 1:27, a Continue learning button, 172 points, a 3-week streak, House Cedar, and two workbooks in progress

Every student's week, in one place.

This is the real student dashboard. It shows the current theme and its verse, progress in every workbook, points, streaks and house, what’s coming up and feedback from their mentor, so home days pick up right where church days left off.

My learning map

The big question, where the work is going, and “you are here”.

Plan my session

“How much time do you have?” Students plan their own home days.

Points, streaks and houses

Every page, phase and kind act adds up, with a kind house leaderboard.

Certificates and showcase

Points earn rewards like a Kingdom Thinkers Academy certificate or a place in the showcase.

Portfolio and learning record

Students keep their best work, and families download a full learning record.

1:1 time with a mentor

Stuck on something bigger? Students can ask their mentor for a 1:1 session.

Built for your church team

Your church gets its own space in KTA+ Learn.

Kingdom Thinkers Academy at your church has its own coordinator, age groups, families and helpers, kept separate from every other church. These are the real screens your team will use.

The KTA+ Learn Co-op page for Kingdom Thinkers Academy at Cornerstone Church: the church’s enrollment link with Copy and New link buttons, and four age groups showing how many students have enrolled toward the five needed to start, cleared adults, and a ratio warning

The Co-op page, for your coordinator.

  • One enrollment link. Share it in the bulletin, by email or on your website. Families from other churches can enroll too.
  • Age groups that fill up. See how many have enrolled toward the five each group needs to start, and close a group when it’s full.
  • Every family in one list. Parents, children, their age groups and home church, and who is still to confirm.

Safeguarding comes first.

  • Checks on record. Your coordinator records each helper’s background check and safeguarding training, with dates and when they run out.
  • No children until cleared. A helper sees no children until both records are current, and nothing again if one runs out.
  • Ratios watched for you. Each age group warns you when there are more than 8 children for each cleared adult.
Helpers on the KTA+ Learn Co-op page: two helpers marked Cleared with background check and safeguarding training records and their expiry dates, and one helper marked Needs safeguarding training who sees no children yet
The family enrollment page on a phone for Kingdom Thinkers Academy at Cornerstone Church, with a parent’s name, email, a child’s name and age group filled in
Families enroll in minutesYour church’s own link. They confirm by email, then they’re in.
Church day on a phone: a helper’s register for Little Creators, showing each child marked Here, and how far they are through their workbook
Church day, for helpersTake the register and see where each child is up to.
Church day on a phone for a helper who isn’t cleared yet: a message that the coordinator needs to record their safeguarding training before they can see the children
Cleared before they see a childHelpers never see answers or family contact details.

A week with a church hosting two days

Your church chooses its own days

Monday

At church

Live class together, then project time with friends

Tuesday

At home

Workbook steps in KTA+ Learn or on paper

Wednesday

At home

Beyond-the-screen tasks and project building

Thursday

At church

Live class, share progress and reflect together

KTA+ Learn is included free with every enrollment and is rolling out to US families soon.

Running live in Australia

Made in His Image theme artwork from Kingdom Thinkers Academy

See Made in His Image in action.

These five programs are running now with homeschool families across Australia. Every age group explores the same theme, Made in His Image, at its own level, around one big question.

  • Grades K–2
    Ages 5–8

    Little Creators

    “Who am I, who made me, and how can I use the gifts God gave me to create?”

  • Grades 3–4
    Ages 8–10

    The Human Maker Project

    “What does the way humans imagine, create and make show us about being made in the image of God?”

  • Grade 6
    Ages 10–12

    What Does It Mean to Be Human?

    “What does it mean to be made in the image of God, and how should that shape the way we live?”

  • Grades 7–8
    Ages 12–14

    Human Identity, Dignity & Responsibility

    “Who gets to define what a human being is, and if God does, what do we owe Him and each other?”

  • Grades 9–10
    Ages 14–16

    Truth, Power & the Human Future

    “Who shapes the future when AI, gene editing and power outpace wisdom?”

Each comes with a 10-week workbook and a project students build across the session. See inside the sample packs

Your church's program

Built for your church, not copied from ours.

These are examples, not a fixed package. We create programs to suit your church's context and the age groups you have, beginning under one of our five themes.

Ages 8 and up have two 60-minute live sessions a week; under-8s have three 25-minute sessions. The rest is hands-on project work. Each age group starts once 5 students enroll, and families from neighboring churches are welcome.

Begin with any theme

In His Hands Creation Alpha & Omega Made in His Image In the World, Not of It
Explore the five themes
Kale Kneale
Kingdom Thinkers Academy Creator of KTA+

Our story

Built by an educator. Designed as a father. Offered to the church.

Kale Kneale spent more than 15 years inside schools as a teacher, housemaster and school leader. Working closely with students and their families kept bringing him back to one question: what does a child actually need to flourish?

When his own children came along, the question got personal. He wanted an education that was academically rich, deeply personal, ready for the world they'll actually enter, and grounded in God's Word. He couldn't find it, so he started building it.

Kingdom Thinkers Academy grew with homeschool families across Australia. Today Kale mentors around 20 children a week and leads live classes reaching about 50 more. Now he wants to help local churches give their families the same thing, right in their own buildings.

“I started asking a simple question: if I could build the education I want for my own children, what would it look like?”
  • Master of International Education
  • Former school leader
  • Founder, The Transformation Network
  • Designer of the 5 Theme Framework™ and Kingdom Inquiry Cycle
Kale Kneale with his wife and their two young children

Our family

From Australia to the US, serving local churches.

Kale and his family moved from Australia's Sunshine Coast to the United States in 2026. With two young children of their own, they're walking the same road as the families in your church: raising kids who know God, think clearly and love people well.

Classes are still running for Australian families, and they're now beginning for US families and churches.

In their words

What families notice first.

Our first US groups are forming now, so these words come from our Australian families.

“KTA has taught my son how to think critically, analyze, and even find hope again for his future and learning journey.”
Jennifer, KTA+ parent, AustraliaJennifer · KTA+ parent, Australia
“It has taken the pressure off us knowing that someone is supporting our daughter’s needs and what she wants to learn about.”
Ryan, KTA+ parent, AustraliaRyan · KTA+ parent, Australia
“The KTA educators & community have been amazing & so encouraging. We are surely proud to be a part of this learning community.”
Martene, KTA+ parent, AustraliaMartene · KTA+ parent, Australia

Pricing

Three ways to partner. Shaped around your church.

Host it for free, license it as your church's own ministry, or build a full church school. Whichever you choose, we shape it to your days, your age groups and how often Kale is with you in person.

Host

Your church opens the doors

$0

Families enroll and pay Kingdom Thinkers Academy directly, so your church handles no money.

  • Curriculum, live mentors and helper training included
  • Your church's name on the program
  • Info night run by Kale

Family pathways

Explorer from $39/week · Adventure from $91/week · Journey from $128/week

Recommended

Partner license

Your church's own ministry

from$25per student a week

Your church licenses the program, sets its own family tuition and runs it as part of its ministry. The more students, the lower the price.

5–14 students$35/week each
15–29 students$30/week each
30+ students$25/week each
  • Launch and training from $1,500 in year one ($750 to renew)
  • Billed per 10-week session on actual enrollments
  • Helper training, coordinator support and your church's branding

Church school

A full-time program

Custom

For churches ready to run their own school, up to four days a week. We build the plan and price with you.

  • The full curriculum licensed to your school
  • Staff training and ongoing support
  • Regular on-site days with Kale
  • Where your state allows, a registered church school may open the door to state scholarship funding

Customize any partnership

Your daysOne to four learning days a week
Your age groupsAny mix of groups from ages 5 to 16
Kale with youLive online every week, plus in-person visits priced by distance
1:1 mentoringAdventure and Journey seats at a church rate
Print or appPrinted workbooks, KTA+ Learn, or both

What launch and training includes

Part of every Partner license. We walk your church through the 4 to 6 weeks before your first learning day.

Year one · $1,500

  • Planning call with your pastor and coordinator: days, rooms, age groups and a launch timeline
  • Your church's branding on the enrollment page, flyer, Sunday slide and bulletin blurb
  • Launch info night led by Kale for interested families, in person within about 60 miles (100 km) of Raleigh, NC, or live online
  • Coordinator onboarding: enrollments, attendance, billing and who to call
  • Helper training before day one (2 to 3 hours), with recordings for helpers who join later
  • Family onboarding pack: the parent guide and how to use KTA+ Learn at home
  • Room setup: print-ready theme posters and Wall of Cards, plus a setup guide
  • Support after launch: a check-in after week one and a review after your first session

Each year after · $750

  • Planning call to set up the new year's themes and dates
  • Training for new helpers and a refresher for returning ones
  • Updated parent pack and new wall resources for each theme
  • A yearly review with your pastor: what's working and what's next
In the room: students with a laptop log in to the same live Zoom call, and the call is streamed on the room screen for students without one.Helpers: at least one trained helper for every 8 students.Not included: extra visits from Kale and visits beyond 60 miles (100 km), which are priced by distance; printing and laminating.

All prices USD. Each age group starts once 5 students enroll. Families on the Host plan get their first week free, a 15% family discount, and can pay weekly, fortnightly, monthly or per 10-week session with two weeks' notice to cancel. Partner licenses run for a year and bill per session. Talk with Kale about the right fit.

Founding partner churches

Be one of our first partner churches.

  • Kale personally leads your families' group sessions
  • Your families get first access to 1:1 mentoring
  • Kale runs your launch info night, in person or live online
  • Your Partner license rate is locked for two years

Places are limited so Kale can personally support every launch.

Register your church's interest Book a 15- or 30-minute call

Getting started

From a coffee to your first learning day.

  1. 01

    Coffee with Kale

    Talk through your vision, your rooms and your convictions. We share our statement of faith up front.

  2. 02

    Agree the plan

    Choose days and rooms, name a coordinator, and confirm insurance and your child-safety policy.

  3. 03

    Parent info night

    Kale hosts an evening at your church: why it matters, a taste of a lesson, and how to enroll.

  4. 04

    Launch your first session

    Begin once an age group reaches 5 students. Helpers are trained before day one.

What we believe

Our statement of faith.

Before you open your doors, you should know exactly what will be taught in your rooms. Every lesson, workbook and mentor conversation stands on these fourteen convictions. Scripture in our materials is quoted from the NASB.

  1. 01

    Scripture

    We believe in the doctrinal infallibility and historicity of the original manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments.

  2. 02

    The Triune God

    We hold to the God of Israel as the One true God, a Triune God in three persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

  3. 03

    Salvation

    Salvation is by God’s grace alone through faith in Christ alone; new birth comes by repentance and faith in Jesus as the only provision for sin.

  4. 04

    Atonement

    Jesus died on the cross, making a full and satisfactory atonement for man’s sin.

  5. 05

    Humanity & the Fall

    Humanity and creation are fallen; no one can justify themselves before a perfect God.

  6. 06

    Genesis & Origins

    Genesis 1–11 records actual history; creation days were six consecutive 24-hour days; a global flood occurred in Noah’s day; we reject attempts to fit evolution or millions of years into Genesis.

  7. 07

    Human Life & Dignity

    Male and female reflect God’s image; life begins at conception; abortion and euthanasia violate the sanctity of life; there is one human race with equal dignity for all.

  8. 08

    Marriage & Gender

    Marriage is between one man and one woman; gender and biological sex are equivalent and cannot be separated.

  9. 09

    Parents & Education

    Parents are responsible to bring up children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  10. 10

    Israel & the Nations

    Gentiles who place their faith in Jesus are grafted into God’s covenant people through faith, sharing in the blessings of God’s promises alongside believing Jews, as described in Romans 11. God’s covenant with Israel is irrevocable, and His redemptive purposes include Israel’s preservation, regathering, and future salvation.

  11. 11

    Return of Christ

    We hold to a pre-millennial return of Christ, when He will establish His millennial Kingdom on earth.

  12. 12

    Unity & Separation

    We seek Spirit-led unity with Bible-based evangelicals while rejecting ecumenism with groups holding a different gospel or authority.

  13. 13

    Creation & Climate

    God promises the continuance of seasons despite climate changes.

  14. 14

    Justice & Cultural Theories

    We reject modern forms of social justice, intersectionality, and critical race theory as anti-biblical and destructive to human flourishing.

Questions about any of these? Kale is glad to talk them through with your pastor or elders. Book a 15- or 30-minute call.

Questions pastors ask

Before you say yes.

Does our church need to register as a school?

Not to start. In the co-op model, each family stays its own home school and chooses Kingdom Thinkers Academy as its curriculum, while your church hosts the learning days. Churches that later want a full-time program can talk with Kale about registering their own school. Requirements vary by state, so please confirm yours with your state homeschool association or an education attorney.

What does it cost the church?

It depends on how you partner. Hosting is free: families enroll and pay Kingdom Thinkers Academy directly, and your church gives the space, a coordinator and helpers. With a Partner license, your church runs the program as its own ministry, pays per student (from $25 a week each, billed per 10-week session) and sets its own family tuition. A full church school is priced with you.

Who teaches the children?

Live sessions are led online by Kale and trained Kingdom Thinkers Academy educators. Your helpers supervise the room and guide project work, with at least one trained helper for every 8 students and training before launch.

Can Kale come to our church in person?

Yes. Every partnership includes live online sessions with Kale each week. Kale leads your launch info night in person within about 60 miles (100 km) of Raleigh, NC, or live online if you are further away. Other in-person visits are part of the plan we build with you and are priced by distance, so churches near us and further away can both take part.

Do students need a device?

No. Every workbook prints, and parents choose each week whether their child works on paper or in KTA+ Learn. Students who bring a laptop can log in to the same live Zoom call, and the call is streamed on a screen with speakers in the room for everyone else.

What do you believe?

Learning starts from a biblical worldview, including six-day creation. Our full statement of faith is on this page, and we'll talk it through in the first conversation.

Can families use education savings funds?

The Transformation Network LLC, our US delivery partner, is an approved Arizona ESA vendor, and other states are in progress. Rules vary, so Kale will confirm what applies to your families.

Register your interest

Tell us about your church.

Two minutes, no commitment. Kale will reply personally.

Weekdays your rooms could be free

We only use your details to reply to you.

Kale Kneale

Let's disciple the next generation, Monday to Thursday.

Book a 15- or 30-minute call with Kale. He'll show you what a learning day looks like and give you an honest view of fit.

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