Intro to Homeschooling
A free workshop for families
This workshop took place on Saturday, July 25th, 2020
Watch our Intro to Homeschooling Workshop
About the workshop
With remote learning plans likely to continue at several school districts this fall, many families are considering pulling their children out of school and homeschooling. In this workshop we’ll address both practical and theoretical questions families may have about making the choice to homeschool. We’ll leave plenty of time for Q & A and will also be collecting questions in our registration form to make sure all concerns are addressed. Topics we’ll cover include:
What a “typical” day looks like
Staying connected socially
Connecting to a diverse & inclusive community
Choosing the optimal homeschool curriculum
Balancing work with homeschooling
How to start a homeschool co-op
Career opportunities for homeschool families
Making sure children are on track academically and developmentally (as well as different options for assessment and measuring progress)
Mastery-based learning
The benefits of family participation in learning
Your legal right to homeschool and how to register as a homeschooling family
Transitioning back to school after homeschooling
Building a portfolio for college and/or career
Talking to spouses and extended family about the choice to homeschool
The workshop will be facilitated by educators Manisha Snoyer and Monique Scott, with veteran homeschool mom Maria Gilmore on-hand to answer questions and provide support about her personal journey homeschooling. Manisha and Monique are long-term friends and collaborators, both teachers and education entrepreneurs with deep expertise in homeschooling, microschools and community activism. Maria has homeschooled her two daughters for seven years all over the world and is an active volunteer for schoolclosures.org.
This workshop took place on July 25th. Watch the recording to learn more about homeschooling!
Meet the facilitators
Manisha Snoyer
Manisha is a teacher and entrepreneur who recently re-located to the Bay area after 15 years in Brooklyn. She is passionate about empowering families and communities to provide personalized education to every child. Last year, she began working on, Modulo, a program to support families learning at home for the first time. In March, Manisha co-founded schoolclosures.org, a hotline and website to support families impacted by school closures. Since then, Schoolclosures.org has grown to 80 partner organizations sand 300 vounteers, helping over 100k families get critical support on issues including learning, meals, childcare, tech and mental health. Prior to founding schoolclosures, Manisha worked with hundreds of homeschool families and teachers via CottageClass, a platform to support teachers and parents starting homeschool co-ops and small microschools.
Monique Scott
Monique is an educator based in Brooklyn that loves teaching and has deep expertise in homeschooling and progressive schooling! She believes what children can achieve, create, and solve is limitless! Monique espouses an interest and strength based model that incorporates continuous individual attention and support. She founded Freebrook Academy in 2011. Since then she has supported homeschooling families and operated a homeschool community learning lab. She currently is the executive Director at Brooklyn Free School, a social justice based democratic school. Outside of BFS, she continues to support parents create an atmosphere of exploration and learning that is culturally informed, create community family events, and lead discussions on transforming our vision of education.