Instructor Bios

Amanda Cooper has been married to her husband, J.D.,  for 20 years and has been homeschooling with her family for 11+ years. They currently have 2 students enrolled in Bluegrass United Electives. Jack, 17, who is a Senior and Leah, 14, who is a Freshman. Mrs. Cooper is excited to work with your student(s) on Thursdays.  

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I am so excited to have the opportunity to spend some time with your student(s). I will be planning in class “work” that consists of opportunities to learn teamwork, basic life skills, competition, and self confidence building. Each semester I plan to incorporate all these in my lesson plans. This year I will offer Social Games and Competition & Cooking Lite. *One class for each semester. Please see the course description for each. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

Tiffany King is a life-long learner, deep questioner, and is fascinated with the creative process. She homeschooled all four of her children and has previously taught classes at BU Electives. She has a successful online business (eatathomecooks.com). In 2018 her cookbook, Eat at Home Tonight was published by a division of Penguin Random House.

Aiden Kinman graduated from Asbury University this May, having studied music composition, guitar, audio production, and psychology. Now, Aiden works at the University as the First-Generation Student Coordinator, and teaches private lessons for guitar at a music studio in Danville. Aiden was homeschooled and went to Bluegrass United in high school, so he is excited to return and share his love for music.

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​In music, Aiden’s biggest interests are in composition, guitar performance, and music theory. He listens to a wide variety of music, from modern classical composers to rock, metal, indie, folk, and whatever else his friends recommend he tries. Beyond music, Aiden loves board games that take a considerable amount of time, video games with deep stories, and movies that others might find slow. This Spring, Aiden encourages you to try out Class Guitar or Music Appreciation. Or both!

Tiffany Parsons is a Versailles native and a graduate of Georgetown College.  She and her husband reside in Frankfort with their four children.  She has been homeschooling for the last 10 years and all of her children attend classes at CHEB, ranging in age from preschool to high school. She serves on the board of the CHEB homeschooling co-op as treasurer.  She has been teaching elementary Spanish at CHEB for several years.  This year she is looking forward to teaching high school Journalism at CHEB as well as Technology Life Skills for the Bluegrass United Electives Program. Given some spare time, she enjoys traveling, blogging, reading biographies, and watching documentaries.   

Betty Peterson is a longtime homeschooling mother of five children. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and worked for many years as a professional journalist. She holds a B.S. in Education and has taught in both public schools and private/homeschool programs. She loves working with high school homeschoolers and has taught many classes at BUAC. She and her husband run a real estate investment company, and she enjoys traveling, taking dance classes, and playing pickleball in her spare time.  

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Mrs. Taylor has received a BS in Chemistry and a BS in Microbiology from Alderson Broaddus College.  She pursued her graduate work at UK in the field of Microbiology and Immunology.  She worked for a private research firm investigating monoclonal antibodies to brain and breast cancer and ran a thyroid cancer lab at UK.  She has papers published in Clinical and Experimental Metastasis and Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Mrs. Taylor has been married for 33+ years and has 4 children.  She was a homeschooling mom for 20 years and graduated her youngest in 2019.  She has taught in multiple homeschool co-ops and academic centers at all age levels for 26+ years concentrating on high school physical science, biology, chemistry, and physics for the last 15.

Joshua Watts is 25 years old and has a degree in music composition along with a love for theater. He spent high school participating in BUAC electives and BUPAC productions. Since then, he has written and directed a short musical, written 3 prize-winning plays, and co-directed BUPAC productions of James and the Giant Peach and Disney's Newsies! He has participated in multiple theatrical productions every year since entering high school— including spending a fall as a professional actor at the Ark Encounter. Joshua loves to enthusiastically share his passion for music and theater with everyone he meets.

​Amanda Welch is a pastor’s wife and a homeschooling mother of 2. She studied Fine Art and Photography at Asbury University and NKU. Amanda teaches art at their local church co-op and is looking forward to teaching at BUAC. She enjoys sharing her abilities with students and encouraging them to be creative.  Amanda works in charcoal, oils, acrylic, watercolor and colored pencils. You can find Amanda’s artwork at the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky.  She loves using her talents to glorify the Lord!

Caroline is a Media Content Creator with a 30 year history of teaching dance and performing arts studies. Besides educating, her credits include writing, producing, and directing original productions. Caroline received the Dance Revolution 'Teacher of the Year Award' in 2013.  Her students have gone on to perform with "Ingredients" Dance Company, and "Sight and Sound" Theater to name a few. Her passion to help students unlock their gifts and talents, and their 'why' for performance led her to start the "Valor Arts" high school arts program, in which she included the Media Socializtion Course in the curriculum. Caroline is a mom of 3 and has been homeschooling for 12 years.