Accelerated Christian Education, which provides curricula for home schools and church-based Christian schools, has moved its corporate headquarters from Tampa, Fla., to Nashville, Tenn. The company will employ 250 people in Nashville, including 100 at the corporate headquarters and 150 to be hired at a future distribution facility.
The corporate headquarters will be staffed by 62 employees making the move from Tampa and another 38 to be hired locally. The company's headquarters will be located in the former Memorial Hospital building at 610 W. Due West Ave., in Madison.
"Nashville makes sense for us for several reasons," said Greg Mutsch, executive director of business administration for A.C.E. "Logistically, this moves us closer to our customer base and gives us a central base with a great airport and Interstate system that will allow our staff to more easily visit schools across the country and internationally. We also wanted to locate in a city with a welcoming spirit and a moderate cost of living, and Nashville exceeded our expectations in those regards."
Founded in 1970 in Garland, Texas, A.C.E. assists local churches in starting Christian schools, providing K-12 curriculum and staff training. The A.C.E. curriculum and program are used in more than 6,000 Christian schools in 138 countries providing services to more than 1 million students a year with more than 1,000 contract affiliate employees.
In addition, Lighthouse Christian Academy is a ministry of A.C.E. and serves thousands of homeschool students around the world. More than 5 million students have learned under the A.C.E. curriculum since the organization's inception. Every year, ACE starts more than 500 new schools internationally, which are served from 13 distribution centers around the world.
A.C.E. was one of the first curriculum providers to build self-paced learning programs, now a popular method of instruction. Students using the A.C.E. curriculum study at their own rates and levels of learning. Instead of following a teacher's lesson plan, each student sets his own goals, learns to plan and meet his goals, and becomes responsible for his actions, according to Mutsch.
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