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working part-time and homeschooling - 6/18/2009 2:25:03 PM
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saving-grace
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How would it be possible? Help me some of you seasoned homeschool parents...If I work M, T from 8-5 and F from 9-3...how would I be able to continue to homeschool? Has anyone else faced a dilemma like this...any suggestions? Words of wisdom?
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/18/2009 2:39:15 PM
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2jsmom
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I work part-time, but my hours are every other Sat and Sun from 1:30pm-11:30pm plus holidays and call ins. There are people on the boards who work, some of them full-time. What ages are your kids? Sometimes you can give them work to do while you're gone and go over it together on your days off. Other people school on the weekends, evenings, or do school year-round.
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/18/2009 2:48:37 PM
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nerakr
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I work part-time from mid-August to early May (the community college calendar). My hours are actually perfect for homeschooling, I think. (I'll know for sure come August, when I go back to work; we "officially" start homeschooling next month). I drop the children off at the babysitter's around 3:00 and stay a few minutes to fill her in on anything she needs to know for the day. I leave her house no later than 3:30 so I can be at work by 4:30. I usually arrive early so I can grab a sandwich and not feel like I'm eating on the school's time. I get off around 8:30 and get home around nine.
My oldest will be in kindergarten, so I don't see a problem with being through by 2:30 so we can be at the babysitter by 3:00.
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/18/2009 5:30:19 PM
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misaham
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I work part-time. My kids are old enough to be home alone some, and I have my availability at work from 3pm on. I am also available to work on weekends.
I guess it depends on what type of job you are looking for. I work in a retail setting, which works best for me with my experience and it gives me the most flexibility for being home with my kids to homeschool. I only work 3-4 days a week, and so my time away from the kids is kept to a minimum.
I hope this helps!
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/18/2009 8:03:32 PM
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zoebob
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I will agree that it depends on the ages of your kids, how independently they can work, what kind of child care they will have, etc.
During the school year I work from 7-8:15 Am and then from 3-5:30 PM. This is actually hard because with travel and time to settle in, etc I am actually gone from 6:30-8:30 and then from 2:30-almost 6. ANyway, we do a few hours a day and DD is still working. However, if they play a sport on Saturday or we go on an educational outing on the weekend that counts as a school day.
My kids (age 10 and 8) are different. The 10 yr old's ideal hours are late afternoon...when I'm working. They usually come with me to work. SHe also needs a lot of hand-holding...as in I sit next to her and confirm the answer for every problem/question.
DS is 8 and works much more independently and is "on" all day.
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/18/2009 9:48:34 PM
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creationtalk
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I work full-time and homeschool. Admittedly I've had a lot of help in the past from the people watching my son, but this year it will be me or mostly me. I could probably advance my son quicker if I could be home with him, but single parent's don't always have the option. The main thing that I will say is that time, like money, must be budgeted. If you spend your time on one thing, you won't have it for another. And unlike money, you cannot get more time by working.
One of my friends used to work part time and homeschool. Before her husband went to Afghanistan she scheduled her work around his days off. After he left, she hired someone to come in and clean her house and watch her children while she worked. From what she told me, it was not the working that made this situation difficult for her, it was the stress of her dh away that made it difficult.
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/19/2009 1:50:38 AM
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JLovely
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Hi.
I work part time and I homeschool. My husband and I work together on this to get it done. He works Mon-Fri (40 hrs) and I work Sat and Sun (2- 10's). It works well this way. I can be home during the week to teach and to take our children to outings and different events. I can also make a little money. Dedication and sacrifice is a MUST. I hope everything works out for you.
God Bless!
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/20/2009 10:11:27 AM
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I do child day care in my home (infants thru pre-schoolers), and I homeschooled when my day care kids were asleep, or in the evening. Sometimes we did school on Saturdays. (My kids are all graduated now, and have moved on to successful jobs or college.) I made sure that we schooled 180 days (as required by my state) but I did not concern myself with the number of hours per day. School would last from 2 to 4 hours per day, usually. I just tried to finished whatever curriculum we started. On the rare occasion that we did not finish a curriculum, I made sure my kids at least had learned enough to pass the subject or was ready to move on to the next level.
I was concerned over my last child who graduated this past May. I had been ill alot during his last two years of high school, and I felt that his education had been neglected. How happy I was when he took his college placement exams and the advisor told my son and I that he had scored very highly, and he could enroll in any major he wanted! Wow! God is merciful. I have found in so many situations in our family, that He has helped us through our struggles in amazing ways. Another amazing thing about this last child of mine, is that when he was born, the obstetrician and the pediatrician both told me he would most likely be retarded! You see, I had the flu with high fever for 5 or more days when I was around 6 or 7 months pregnant. This left me with a severe cough for the remainder of my pregnacy. My placenta (20 percent of it) came away from my womb about a month or so before I went into labor (and I did not bleed out, so no one suspected it). When my son was born, he and I both had a fever and the umbilical cord was tightly wrapped around his neck TWICE!
Well, let me tell you, this son of mine has never shown any signs of retardation at all. He has always been very intelligent, easy to learn, easy going, with loads of common sense. He has been the most mature acting of all my children. He is a true miracle from God!
So, don't worry about having time to homeschool. I have found that the few hours we busy parents can contribute to homeschooling, will far outweigh the 7 hours spent in the public school system. My first-born is proof of that. She went from being "gifted" (according to tests administered by the public school system during elementary school) to her being "taken off of the gifted list" in 7th grade because she went down to C's on her report card. Instead of trying to find out her problem, the school officials told me she could "try again" by taking the gifted test when she reached 8th grade. WHAT??? How can a gifted child suddenly become "ungifted"?
Well, I then began homeschooling, and found out my daughter was two grade levels BEHIND in Math and English. Why did her teachers not catch this? When my daughter started making B's in 5th grade, which continued into the 6th, I attributed that to adjusting to a new school, new friends, changing classes which was new to her, and then a really hateful teacher in 6th grade which caused her to have stomach pains. I had hoped things would smooth out in 7th. They did not. She then began acting out and taking on a bad attitude. Her grades dropped to C's and I was desperate to find a solution. A male classmate had also begun stalking her at school, and he would tell his friends what he planned to do to her. School officials claimed to not be able to do anything about it unless he actually DID do something to her. I told them then it would be too late! I was not about to wait until he DID something to my daughter! Homeschooling was the only solution. It WORKED!!! Her attitude improved, her grades improved. She ended up graduating a year ahead of her public school peers and was completely ready for college level Math and English when she finished homeschooling.
So, I will repeat what I said earlier. With the help of the good Lord, even a few hours spent in homeschooling will far outweigh the many hours spent in public school.
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/24/2009 5:11:42 PM
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I have always worked and homeschooled. It's not easy, but it can be done.
We could give you more specific ideas if we knew how old your kids are and how you homeschool - IOW are you a school-at-home kind of person or are you more relaxed?
You cannot have it all . . . well, ok, you CAN have it all, but you can't have it all at the same time. If you are working and homeschooling, something's gotta go. That something is usually the house.  . I assume that since you are talking about working part time you have a husband - he's gonna have to step up and take on some chores that used to be yours. Ditto the kids if they are old enough. Just remember that working, homeschooling, and housework will take up ALL of your time if you let them. Be sure to leave some time for some fun.
Decide on the most important things to be accomplished in any given week and make sure they get done, and let the rest slide if you have to.
If you are a perfectionist, get over it. 
If your kids are young enough that you'll need child care while you're working, send some work with them that they can do with minimal help.
Any time that you and the kids are awake and in the same room can be school time. Don't get stuck on the idea that school happens M-F from 9-3. It's ok to do schoolwork in the evening. It's ok to keep your kids up till 1am and sleep till 10 if that works for you. There are no rules. Do what works.
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/24/2009 11:14:25 PM
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saving-grace
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You guys are awesome...some very good counsel and wisdom that I can take comfort in...my children are 14 (9th grade), 10 (5th grade), 9 (3rd grade), and 7 (1st grade). I know that we can do it. Although my husband still has a job (and we thank God abundantly), he was "reclassified" and had a drop in pay, (much better than the alternative of being laid off of course), I wanted to help do what I could for us, but homeschooling is my primary commitment and I wanted to get others opinions who had done the same thing.
Thank you and keep them coming.
Blessings...
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RE: working part-time and homeschooling - 6/25/2009 2:50:36 PM
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allisonbrett
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I work full time (Tuesday - Saturday) running a business, homeschool my rising 8th grader and looking at taking a part-time teaching position at a local college a couple evenings a week. If I can do it anyone can. It's about organization and finding what works for your kids. I'm blessed to be able to take my dd with me to work (since I own the business, it helps!). Her curriculum is on computer so she does a lot of it on her own but does need help from time to time. There are also times when I formally teach a particular topic or lesson.
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