The articles listed below are intended to provide home school support group leaders across Texas with information, promote leadership skills, and encouragement. Thank you for your service to home school families.
College Campus Tour Guide: A Valuable Home School Resource
Back to High School and Beyond A college campus tour guide is a valuable resource for home school families as children grow into adulthood and consider attending a college or university. That’s why I am glad to share my tips on how home schoolers can have a successful college tour. Preparing students for their next steps after high school is something that weighs heavily on my heart as a home school mom and a home ...
THSC Helps Homeschool Group Leaders with the Law
How can groups offer great programs and not exhaust the servant-hearted leadership volunteers who take on the difficult administrative tasks of navigating Texas laws?
Be a LEADER: Time Management Strategies that Work
Home school group leaders have the tremendous job of multitasking! Leaders tackle an array of tasks every week ranging from housework, errands, finances, meal preparation, church ministries, extracurricular programs, part-time jobs and running home school groups. Additionally, we are wives and moms, and we are teaching our children! I am continually amazed when I talk to leaders who balance all of these things, and yet still take the time to mentor a new home school mom or have a cup of coffee with a dear friend. What are these leaders’ secrets?
Homeschool Group Leaders + THSC = Future Leaders
This year has been a year of abundant joy, but it has not been free of its share of struggles.
Leaders are often faced with personal trials that they do not share outside of their closest inner circle. This can leave them feeling overwhelmed as they listen to complaints and criticism from others. Many are unaware of how leaders take these words to heart as they strive to continually improve the groups they serve.
How to survive when God upends your best intentions!
Leadership in a co-op can be stressful. Though I was concerned about teaching this semester, I decided to teach a class of six- to eight-year-old children. I teach first hour, and it feels like the perfect time because the tender hearts of these children leave me better prepared to deal with some of the crazy things that happen in our co-op. On a recent cool, sunny morning in late September, I arrived early, with great plans to get into my classroom ahead of schedule. When I arrived, however, I noticed a terrible blackness all over the walls of the church. The church was engulfed in a swarm of crickets!
Leadership Support Team: Do you want to see change? Be a part of the movement.
Home schooling across the country is booming. Our home school groups are growing too. For example, co-op enrollment in my group jumped about 33% from last semester! This is good news for a country clearly in need of strong leadership from the next generation. This alternate form of education we call home schooling, with discipleship starting inside the home, has proven to be an excellent tool for growing leaders that are willing to stand for what they believe.
