KidFriendly

The mission behind this idea is to recruit four more parents who want to homeschool their children while having an environment conducive to learning and social activity.

My main plan is this:
I want to form a "private school" that is based in the homes of five parents. This is a reasonable class size for school aged children. The parents need to have a child in the first grade who would be willing to have the children grow with the curriculum.
The parents would rotate their own teaching days:
example:
Monday-parent 1
Tuesday-parent 2
Wednsday-parent 3
Thursday-parent 4
Friday-parent 5


The benefits of this type of system is that:

  1. Each parent would have four days "off" from teaching.
  2. The children would be in a classroom type environment based in the designated parent's home.
  3. The children would obtain the social activities as required by state.
  4. The children would benefit from smaller class size.
  5. The children would benefit from a "home environment".
  6. The curriculum would be open to parent "board meetings" every week where the next week's curriculum would be discussed and agreed upon.
  7. The parents could still benefit from the homeschool experience while also knowing that they would not have sacrifice thier income or working environment (or private time for that matter).
  8. Less viruses and sickness would be "caught" because of the smaller class size.
The Cons would be:
  1. One day per week would be designated for the parent
  2. Each parent would have to maintain the records or activities designated to them in order to report them to the California State Education Department.
  3. Each parent would have to agree to "board meetings" on a designated evening or weekend day (and believe me, that could be really fun!!)
  4. Each parent could not "call in sick" on thier designated day unless dire emergency...it would disrupt the schedule.
  5. Each parent would be responsible for "homework" just as though the child were in regular school.
  6. The designated parent's day would be held in that parent's home, so the other parents would be responsible for dropping the children off at an agreed upon time (most likely 9:00 or 10:00 am if all were in agreement)Carpools could be created to accomodate this inconvenience.
  7. Each parent would have to be consistent in reporting progress during their scheduled day so that the secretary/teacher could log in the progress each day.
We would also be affiliated with the various support groups and homeschool groups so that we could coordinate field trips in accordance with other "private or home schooled children". This is a non-profit school. The sole reason that an individual would join the school is to promote healthy and fun learning practices in a more socialized setting while providing a homeschool base. No one is paid, the payment would be in the fact that the children are well adjusted and learning better than ever before! Funds would have to be arranged and, whenever possible, information shared and resources obtained. If you are interested in this type of setting, please contact me. I am all for placing the power of education back into the parent's hands!

I am also looking for parents who have the following:
  1. A parent who is credentialed as a teacher and wants or is currently homeschooling thier child or children. The purpose of this is so that they could be the curriculum administrator of the private school.
  2. A parent who would be in charge of social event and field trips. They would be designated as the social event coordinator for the school.
  3. A parent who is currently in support of homeschooling who is licensed as a psychotherapist or other qualified psychology degree.
  4. A parent who would be qualified as a secretary to fill out the necessary forms required and keep acurate records of the private school's daily activities.

    Please contact me at:
    frayja2000@yahoo.com


    Thank you so much, Noelle K. Henson