Bylaws
- A Sample from HEIR
HEIR wished to organize into a non-profit but not tax-exempt
homeschool association. To do this, they needed bylaws. Local
support groups only need bylaws if they wish non-profit status
for purchases.
Co-op Resources
A homeschool co-op is a group that uses the unique skills, knowledge,
and experience of individual parents, to teach and enrich the
students who are involved in the group.
Forming
a Homeschool Support Group
Shared thoughts about some or all of these parts of putting together
a support group in order to benefit many of our fellow homeschoolers.
HEM
Spotlight on the Connecticut Homeschool Network
Home Education Magazine interviews Susan Cox, Interim President
of CHN, about how the Association got started.
HEM
Support Groups
Ongoing encouragement and resources for support group volunteers,
including a monthly newsletter, coordinated by HEM Support Groups
Liaison Mary Nix.
Home
education support groups
If you're just feeling that your children 'ought' to be socialising
a bit more, or that the children they meet already aren't very
pleasant, you're likely to be disappointed. Home educated children
may not suffer the peer pressure and other stresses of school,
but they are basically normal children.
The Leader's
Manual
A Guide For Christian Home School Support Groups. "Me, a
support group leader? Help!" Here's practical help for leading
a support group.
Making
a Support Group Work in Your Community
If I had started with a planning meeting, it may never have gotten
off the ground. The reason for this is that homeschoolers are
a very independent lot.
NHEN-NewSG
This email list from the National Home Education Network is for
those people seeking to start homeschool support groups in their
area. The list hopes to provide encouragement, advice, and support
to those working hard to foster connections between homeschoolers
via support networks.
Online Playgroup
Though this is about playgroups in general, you'll find the practical
information on how to start a playgroup and free online tools
to manage your playgroup useful for starting up a homeschool
playgroup as well.
Organizing
a homeschool group for success
CPA Carol Topp explains why a homeschool group should write bylaws
and choose a board of directors to become a non-profit group.
HEM N/D 06
Sample
"About" Statement
Tri-City Homeschoolers has a clear, precise statement of purpose
and guidelines of expected behavior for both parents and chldren.
You may want to draw up a similar document for your support group.
Starting
a Group
So, you want to start a support group... Wonderful! It must take
a lot of knowledge about support groups to start one, right?
Wrong. It isn't hard at all. From HERO.
Starting
a New Support Group
You may find, however, that there is no group in your area. As
you (and any interested parents you may know) consider forming
a group, you may want to consider several questions. From Illinois
HOUSE.
The Story
of Two Desparate, Burned Out, Homeschool Moms
I dare you to start a two mom co-op... and still be a two mom
co-op after 4 months. Even if you want to contain it, I think
it would be a hard thing to do. You'd have to guard your mouth
all the time to keep it a secret... but then the kids would spill
the beans. By Robyn Bray.