Would you donate $ to someone to help you with a "home school" plan/approach?

[Anonymous]

I anticipate losing my support payments entirely.

I've been homeschooling for 8 years.

I've not been working since recovering from recent cancer treatment. My health is great! Well, except for stress.

I'm not looking to make helping people with homeschooling a main income source, because right now people need help and I would rather help than profit from the fallout from this situation.

Would people willingly donate for this?

Would it be best to prepare a site with information and resources and include a donate button, and offer supplementary individual consultation?

Any other thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Fellow homeschooler here. What I've observed on FB (6 groups) is an increase in new homeschooling group members. These are public and private school families who are forced "homeschoolers". There are also many people who are considering withdrawing their children and homeschooling until this pandemic is under control. These new members post a question and receive dozens (or way more!) of responses. I imagine it is overwhelming!
If you could create a one stop shop, I imagine people would donate. If you could answer specific questions as they arise, that would likely be valuable. I think it is better to receive advice from one or two experts than to get advice from hundreds of random people. HTH

[Anonymous]

You should either charge for your time/materials or expect that you won't get any money. A vanishingly small number of people would donate for "free" materials they find online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should either charge for your time/materials or expect that you won't get any money. A vanishingly small number of people would donate for "free" materials they find online.

OP here, right. I was not talking about charging for links!

I think people probably need guidance on approach more than anything.

[Anonymous]

Call yourself a consultant and charge by the hour. Seriously, it's the best way to be compensated for your work.

[Anonymous]

We’re not being paid either, so I’m muddling through my own homeschooling. No money for anyone else, sorry.

[Anonymous]

If you are a licensed teacher, there may be a demand right now, but not someone who homeschooled and is looking for a new career. I'm not sure what you mean about support payments, I'm assuming alimony or child support but there are so many resources now I not sure how well you'd do except if you didn't charge as much as a licensed tutor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re not being paid either, so I’m muddling through my own homeschooling. No money for anyone else, sorry.

OP here, exactly! That is what I am thinking too. That will be the people who need the most help because it REALLY sucks to do this while also being stressed about life generally.

[Anonymous]

My own kids attended public but I supplemented at home - A lot. I also worked with them over the summer. I know that's not the same thing as full time homeschooling but from what I've seen, there are folks who have a natural ability to do this sort of thing and there are those who need help with it.

I can see someone paying you to provide a lesson plan and a curriculum for their kids.

[Anonymous]

No. I'm organized and figured it out myself.

[Anonymous]

As for me, I would have fun designing a curriculum based on keeping kids on track with their grade level public schoolwork along with some extra reading and learning activities as a supplement.

[Anonymous]

There are tons of homeschool bloggers that offer guidance for free; sorry, OP. They get paid by affiliate links, recommending products. But in order to have the volume necessary to get paid, you would have to amass a large following first. There are way more efficient methods of getting a paycheck than this imo.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I don’t think this will result in much money. First, many people are not impressed with homeschooling. Second, you’ll have no knowledge where each kid is and what his/she is learning. By the time a parent looked this up and explaining it you, they could get some of their own materials gathered. Fourth, public schools are starting something soon and some maybe waiting for that. Fourth, the parts the parents need help with may be things beyond what they would source out to you: high school honors math, foreign language, ap test prep, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should either charge for your time/materials or expect that you won't get any money. A vanishingly small number of people would donate for "free" materials they find online.

OP here, right. I was not talking about charging for links!

I think people probably need guidance on approach more than anything.

You need a website and to charge for phone consultations. You need a fixed rate for 30 minutes and 60 minutes calls. You need a presence on FB too. Nobody’s going to donate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are a licensed teacher, there may be a demand right now, but not someone who homeschooled and is looking for a new career. I'm not sure what you mean about support payments, I'm assuming alimony or child support but there are so many resources now I not sure how well you'd do except if you didn't charge as much as a licensed tutor.

Are licensed current teachers even allowed to do something like this?