DECLUTTERING CONFUSION
Hey, mamma so you’re in a pickle and need to figure out what the best solution is for schooling your kids. Maybe you have decided to teach at home through the public system did not work for your child and you’re scouring the internet to see how these homeschoolers do it. Confused about charter schools and whether you need to file private affidavits?
Ok! First, take a deep breath.
There is so much information out there and sometimes finding what your looking for is challenging. This post is about the 3 ways in which you can homeschool your child.
3 ways to legally homeschool!
1) Sign up with a charter! This would be a school that is funded through the local district. You would be assigned a teacher that you report to monthly. You show her your child’s work samples and hours of study.
She takes notes and gives feedback if you want it and reports your child’s work to the state. If you choose this route, your child will be given a funds bank. An amount of money to be spent on school supplies and classes. This money is not your child’s it is the schools. So if you purchase books or anything that is not consumable, they must be returned to the school once you’re done with them.
In California, a law was recently passed limiting the amount if students in a charter. So, unfortunately, There are currently waiting lists to get in in this state.
However, there are 2 other options.
2) Become your own private school!
To accomplish this, simply fill out the affidavit on your government’s site and apply to be your own Private School. The pros of doing this are… you do not answer to a teacher and are your own boss. You have the freedom to teach as you please. Meaning religious content is acceptable.
Unfortunately, you do not get government funds to help offset costs but there are many ways to teach for free or inexpensive. Ambleside Online offers to compete for curriculum for free! Once you get over how overwhelming the site is, it’s a great free resource.
Being your own Private school is not as scary as it sounds. In fact, you have way more freedom.
3) Going through a PSP. ( PRIVATE SCHOOL SATELLITE) This is when you go through an online school that does all the reporting and test-taking for you. It’s super helpful when you have high schoolers and the need to take tests for College Applications.
Sometimes this can be the easiest route because the kids do most of the work on there own, and on the computer. However, it can be boring for Elementary kiddos.
Here is a list of PSP’s in California super helpful.
On the flip side, you are ultimately the teacher so if you want to mix it up you can! For example, when I did online classes for my kindergarten student. I would spend time practising writing with chalk outside after a Lesson online.
Teaching at home doesn’t have to be scary or difficult. I know I sure made it more difficult than it needed to be in the beginning
There you go! The 3 legal ways to homeschool your children. If you are super new to homeschooling you may be interested in why I started homeschooling in this post.
Or this post Top 5 resources for when you are new to homeschooling.
