Homeschool Co-ops can reduce the fear and stress of homeschooling for high school
With Ontario universities now much more open to homeschooled applicants, high school at home doesn’t have to close any academic doors.
Don’t want to go it alone? Homeschool co-ops are a great option to consider. In a co-op, group activities, lessons and classes can be formed with different parents contributing their different skills to provide a comprehensive education to a group of students.
What’s the difference between this and school? Choice. You can choose to leave the group if it doesn’t work for you. You can pick and choose which “classes” or activities to join, and aren’t forced to sign up for “all or nothing.” The co-op can hire a specialty teacher, such as a French teacher, on a temporary or contract basis. If it doesn’t work out, it’s easy to make a change.
From this week’s Washington Times:
Teach your children well – - The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper (Printer Friendly/Text Only Version):
Ann Cameron Siegal said she was “nervous” to continue home-schooling her daughter past the eighth grade until she learned about such supplemental resources as co-ops, online or correspondence courses and community college classes.
In the past five years, more gyms, museums, public libraries and other community fixtures have begun to cater to the growing home-school contingent by offering afternoon programs and classes, said Mrs. Siegal, of Alexandria, who has home-schooled her 16-year-old daughter for nine years.
“I think people are realizing more the opportunities that are out there in their communities,” she said. “It’s out there now, where it wasn’t a number of years ago.”
And, just in case you missed this statistic when it first came out:
According to the National Association for College Admission Counseling, 52 percent of colleges in 2000 had a policy governing how to evaluate home-schooled applicants. By 2004, that number had risen to 83 percent.
Want to find or start a homeschool coop but don’t know how to get started? Contact your local O.F.T.P. representative, your local homeschool support group or post a comment here and find others who want to do the same.
Feel free to list your co-op here if you’re looking for new members or searching for someone with a particular talent to educate your group.
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