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FT working mom seriously considering home schooling my upcoming 6th grader...
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Anonymous
| Are there any working parents that have done this??? |
Anonymous
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How do you homeschool a kid if you are working full time? Do you mean you are going to quit your job to homeschool?
Otherwise....what exactly will your child be doing during the day? |
Anonymous
| No, never. |
Anonymous
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I think it is feasible because the length of the school day is not equal to the number of hours spent actually learning/working - there is a lot of time during the school day dedicated to crowd management; announcements; answering questions and fielding issues not related to a particular child's learning process, etc.
I imagine that you would need support (including outside groups for things like science), and that you'd need to be very organized (have work ready for your child to do in your absence). I think you'll get good info on homeschooling forums - don't know of any myself but I think they couldn't be that hard to find. Good luck. |
Anonymous
| Sounds crazy. Maybe look into online education for your child. I know a girl whose mom was a lawye |
Anonymous
| You should totally go for it -- you won't regret it! Good luck and big hugs, OP! |
Anonymous
| I am not getting the logistics. Do you work from home? What would your child do all day while you were working? |
Anonymous
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What makes you think you have the credentials AND the time to teach your child?
Teaching is just so easy, eh, that anyone can do it. |
Anonymous
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OP,
Check out the blog "The More Child." |
Anonymous
| I had a friend that tried, but she found it was just too much and scaled her job back to very part time. |
Anonymous
| I'm also wondering how the logistics would work. Fill us in OP. |
Anonymous
I'm a teacher, and teaching one child with whom you already have a strong relationship, is totally different from what I do in the classroom with a group of 25 on all different levels, state standards to take into account, parents to form relationships with etc . . . You need a teaching credential for the latter, but not for the former. Lots of homeschooled kids do very well, regardless of their parents credentials. |
Anonymous
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It depends on where you are. In Maryland the parent has to do the majority of teaching (not able to pay someone to come do homeschooling for you) so I think you'd have to stay home or work from home.
It can be rewarding but is a lot of work |
Anonymous
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I have thought of it, but for now am not doing it. I work 75% time. Since Maryland requires the parent to teach (rather than hiring a tutor, etc) the only real option for full time working parents is to enroll kid in a distance school. There are lots, all the way down to preK. They provide curriculum and teacher guidance and grading of assignments, and the parent and or babysitter makes sure the kid gets the work done.
A group of friends/neighbors is considering doing this for our prek and k kids together in a sort of co op, as our local school is not what we would like it to be, but it is challenging to get off the ground. |
Anonymous
| If you go to the blog Pioneer Woman and check on the Homeschooling tab, you will find a recent post and discussion about this. Interesting. |