Flying blindly into the sun

[primsong]

Okay...I am officially trying to not be as nervous as I feel right now - our grade school is closing (though the preschool is still strong) and I have suddenly ended up in the very center of organizing and launching a homeschool cooperative for the families cast adrift. I have the blessing of the hosting church to have it there in the same classrooms with the same curriculum and everything a co-op could dream of as they still want a school they just can't afford to pay teachers. The parents take turns teaching or hiring tutors/instructors for special classes and the kids all still get to see each other and stick with familiar stuff. It looks good, but I have *NO* experience in being an administrator or teacher - and I'm presenting all of this to two parent meetings in about an hour.

Yikes. Am I insane or what? In the past four days I've found supporters, got permission, designed a registration form, an overview and flyers, put up a website and email contact point and designed web banners. It's been nuts! We'll see what their response is... if they come alongside me, it's a go. If not, then I continue on homeschooling in a more standard fashion I guess. *closes eyes and leaps*

Comments

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

I have learned that there is something about being a librarian that equals knowing how to be a teacher and administrator in people's minds. Looks like you now have experience!

Hope the meetings went well, and you got the support you need to keep things going!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

It remains to be seen - I only had four parents come talk to me about it, wanting more information, but several of my flyers went from the tables... blanked out on some of my info once I was up there, but got most of it out. If it turns out to only be a tiny number, I may simply have them merge with another local co-op rather than working to reinvent the wheel, or join up with a small school that is interested in helping us... we'll see!

I think you're right about the librarian thing. I organize things all day, so it looks similar to administration - I think I'm pulling more from my moderating experience than that, though. Experience comes in so many forms.