Homeschooling Support

Choosing to homeschool can be a wonderful, empowering way to take ownership of your child’s education, and can also be incredibly overwhelming. Many people are now choosing to homeschool due to the education crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you are in this situation, the world of homeschooling curricula and programs can be paralyzing. Just changing your mindset to realize that you can work with your child to design their schooling for the year, rather than constantly working against them and their school is a wildly new idea for many people, and a radical paradigm shift. That said, designing a whole year’s worth of homeschooling curriculum can be daunting.

Overwhelmed? I can help!

I have been working with the homeschooling community in and around Charlottesville, VA for the last ten years. I offer curriculum consultations to parents to help them design their homeschool curricula, file their annual paperwork, sort through pre-written curriculum programs, and help them organize an age-appropriate pace and schedule for their children. I also have met with parents monthly or quarterly to help field problems as they arise, and to help keep them and their families on track.

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At the end of each year, I work with families to do comprehensive evaluations with their children. During the evaluation, we look at the child’s reading and math skills, and do an (optional) portfolio review of their work from the year. After these evaluation, I meet with the families to do a “parent-teacher conference.” I discuss what I saw during the evaluation, answer questions, and address any concerns. These evaluations will provide you with the “Evidence of Progress” report that will satisfy the end-of-year requirements for the state of Virginia. I usually open up my calendar in February for my evaluation season in June of each year.

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I offer full-year pod classes for both 2/3 grade, and for K/1, which have been running for the last several years to great success. I use a mixture of Waldorf and Integrated Learning pedagogies in my teaching. My pod classes are currently full for the 2024-2025 school year, but please contact me if you are interested and would like to be placed on the waitlist. I have also offered classes for 7-8th graders in all of the major academic subjects for the last 8 years. These classes are currently on hold while I refocus my efforts on the groups for smaller children. All classes are held out of my home in Charlottesville.

If you need anything else, or have questions about your homeschooling journey, please be in touch. I’d love to hear from you!