Dr. Seann Dikkers
SPEAKER - AUTHOR - PASTOR
Dr. Seann Dikkers is a husband, father of two homeschooled adults, and joyful new grandparent. With more than 30 years of experience as a teacher, professor, pastor, researcher, and curriculum designer, Seann combines educational research with real-life experience to encourage and equip homeschooling parents.
Seann is passionate about helping parents discover that meaningful learning doesn’t require more worksheets, testing, or hours at the kitchen table. His engaging presentations explore why children learn through curiosity, conversation, relationships, and hands-on experiences—and turn educational research into practical, biblical ideas families can use at home.
Seann serves as President of Portals Education, a Christ-centered homeschool curriculum designed to make active, meaningful learning more accessible for parents. He is the author of Play More, TeacherCraft, Mobile Media Learning, and Real-Time Research, and hosts the All In Gospel – Calvary Chapel Bible study podcast.
Karen Soencksen
MÂCHÉ Convention Director
"Rev. Dr. Seann Dikkers has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with homeschooling families. Seann was the executive director for Minnesota (MACHE) in 2021-2022. He is eager to share with other state organizations more of what he is doing for homeschoolers in all states. He can tailor a workshop to meet your needs, or he has a list of workshops that he is very passionate about. Your event would be blessed to have Seann as a keynote or featured speaker!"
Megan
Homeschool Parent
"I just wanted to leave a note that I heard Dr. Dikkers speak today at the MACHE conference about the digital divide and I SO enjoyed his session. It was my favorite of the entire weekend. It was educational, entertaining and I felt like I gained a lot of helpful and beneficial tools for raising my children in a technology filled world. I so appreciated his time today, so please pass on my thanks!"
Genevieve Burt
MPE Workshop Coordinator
“Seann received a 5* rating on our mobile app conference survey from attendees for his 2025 workshop, "Why Leave Schooling to do More Schooling?" Seann was a well-prepared, professional and engaging presenter with relevant real-life experience as not only a tech expert but as a homeschool dad who equipped his students successfully with a Christian worldview. The Midwest Parent Educators conference team was so impressed, we will be inviting him back to our 2026 conference in Kansas City.”
Cassandra
Homeschool Parent
"Your sessions were fantastic! They were very relevant and gave me so many ideas and so much encouragement! Thank you!"
Amber Sand
NDHSA Conference Director
“The NDHSA was pleased to have Seann Dikkers as a speaker at our convention this year. Seann was engaging and received high praise from our attendees. In fact, I forgot to include his name on the evaluation forms, yet many people still wrote him in as one of their favorite speakers! Seann has valuable insights to share and would be a fantastic addition to any conference lineup.”