Getting Started with Home Schooling

Seminar to be held September 17, 2003
10am - 2pm
By Patricia Welch

Many families are choosing home schooling as a way to guarantee a quality education for their children, and the trend continues to grow as we move further into the 21st century. Home schooling is a viable educational option for our children, but knowing how to start can seem intimidating. Build your confidence to begin by learning practical ideas and by receiving numerous resources available to those who teach at home. Join this informative and useful course to learn about:

• Different styles of home schooling
• Choosing the one that's right for your family
• Filling out the paperwork required by local school districts
• How a spouse can be supportive of the home schooling parent
• Choosing a curriculum
• Teaching more than one child
• Teaching a subject to two grade levels together
• Dealing with younger siblings while home schooling

Patricia Welch has spent over twenty years at the forefront of the home schooling movement. As a pioneering parent and concerned citizen, Mrs. Welch was part of a delegation to Albany in the Mid 1980's that was responsible for drafting legislation that continues to govern home schooling in New York State. Her experience includes teaching three children from grades K-12. Mrs. Welch has written interdisciplinary, thematic curriculum units and has conducted several parenting workshops in the local area.

$48 ($42 Members)
$5 materials fee to instructor

900 AM-1:00 PM R.I.C. University Center