April 09, 2020

If I’m Not a Homeschool Leader, What am I?

20 minutes

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that many homeschool leaders have no group to lead. Some may enjoy the break from responsibilities, but other feel lost and lonely without their groups.

Carol Topp, the HomechoolCPA is joined by Doreen Browning, co-moderator of the I am a Homeschool Group Leader Facebook group and Jamie Buckland, Classical Program Consultant.

Listen as Carol, Doreen and Jamie discuss:

Leaders without a group can feel lost, lonely and without a purpose

Perhaps this is the time to “pour in” instead of the usual pour out

Resources to help you pour into yourself or others (see below)

Keep up with board meeting.

Do some things you never have time to do.

You need to be replaceable!

In the podcast, Jamie mentioned some resources she uses to “pour in” to being a better leader. Here’s her list:

Creativity Inc.: Overcoming Unseen Inspiration

The Next Right Thing Podcast on making hard but good decisions

Beauty in the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education by Stratford Caldecott

Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins. Read Jamie’s review

Carol Topp has found these resources to be very helpful:

Homeschool Organization Board Manual by Carol Topp, CPA- a template to create your own board manual of important documents and a training guide for board members.

org– lots of good articles for nonprofit board members in their resource library

Lessons From The Nonprofit Boardroom: 40 Insights For Better Board Meetings by Dan Busby and John Pearson

Join the Facebook group for homeschool leaders: I am a Homeschool Group Leader. 1200+ homeschool leaders offer ideas, encouragement and respectful exchange of ideas. https://www.facebook.com/groups/72534255742/

Jamie Buckland, the Classical Program Consultant is available for phone consultations regarding starting and running a classical homeschool group. Contact her at https://jamiebuckland.net/

Featured Product

Homeschool Organization Board Manual

Homeschool board members should keep all their organization’s important papers in a safe and accessible place. Usually, a 3-ring binder works well.

Author and homeschool advisor, Carol Topp, CPA, has created a Homeschool Organization Board Manual. It is a template to create a board member binder. It has:

A list of important documents to keep in your binder

Section dividers so you can organize the important papers

Tools to help you run your meetings smoothly including

A sample agenda that you can use over and over again

A calendar of board meetings

But this is more than just a few cover sheets for your binder. It is also a 55-page board training manual with helpful articles on: