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Episode 76: On the Verge of Burnout? Do this!

Are you feeling mentally and physically drained from leading your homeschool group?  Are a few bad apples spoiling the bunch for the entire community? Wish you knew whether or not it was time to throw in the towel and close the doors for good? Ask the right questions and figure out feasible solutions to get your co-op excited and energized once again!
Psalm 34:4   I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears. 
Faith over fear is a decision we make before the struggles hit. It’s seeking the Lord knowing He hears, and trusting Him knowing He will deliver and help. Sometimes we forget He helps. We forget He is the deliverer. So we wrestle with trying to figure everything out on our own. All along God is waiting and ready to hear our cry and our prayer.
Next Steps: 
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Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
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Fundamental Needs Workbook 
https://chelsijo.co/myprioritiesworkbook

Episode 75: Part 2 Help Students with Learning Differences Succeed in the Classroom

Last week we discussed ways to set your co-op up for success when dealing with learning differences in the classroom.  Today, we will be talking about what to do when those learning differences cause disruptions on co-op day and in the classroom.  How can we create cultural practices and learn methods that help students succeed in the classroom?  How do we get teachers and parents on the same page when it comes to scaling the work to the students’ needs?  We hope today's episode will give you some practical tangible ideas to help your co-op!
Bible verse: Exodus 17:12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
 
Next Steps: 
Schedule a coaching call: 
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Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
Become a Lead Your Homeschool Co-op Insider and get first dibs on valuable resources to help you lead, organize, and connect your community.  www.homeschoolcommunitybuilders.com
CHEC Group Leaders Conference: https://chec.org/events/homeschool-group-leaders-conference/

Episode 74: Help Students with Learning Differences Succeed in The Classroom

Are you looking for wisdom on helping students with learning differences succeed in the classroom?  Are you at a loss as to what policies you need or how to create a culture that supports students’ success?  Do you wish you knew how to communicate all this to the parents and teachers?  Join us for a two part discussion on how to plan for learning differences in the classroom, and how to see this challenge as an opportunity for growth and transformation in your community!
Bible verse: Romans 12: 4-6 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.
 
Next Steps: 
Schedule a coaching call: 
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Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
Become a Lead Your Homeschool Co-op Insider and get first dibs on valuable resources to help you lead, organize, and connect your community.  www.homeschoolcommunitybuilders.com

Episode 73: Give Thanks for Community - Happy Thanksgiving

In many of our episodes, we tackle how to handle challenges that come up in our homeschool communities. In honor of Thanksgiving Day, we wanted to continue in the tradition of a “thankfulness” episode. This is our 2nd annual! Are you overwhelmed with the planning that it takes to run your co-op? Are you feeling burdened with the conflict that has surfaced or behaviors that are hard? Does it seem like a close-knit community might not be worth all the effort? Today, we would like to focus on a few of the things that we as leaders are thankful for and that you too can look forward to, even in the midst of the hard. We hope this is an encouragement to you today!
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
 
Next Steps: 
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Become a Lead Your Homeschool Co-op Insider and get first dibs on valuable resources to help you lead, organize, and connect your community.  www.homeschoolcommunitybuilders.com
 

Episode 72: Season 2 Kick-Off!

Are you a new listener that is looking for great information on leading your homeschool co-op? Are you motivated to build community, but need ideas, guidance, wisdom, and accountability? You don’t have to do it alone, you’ve come to the right place! We want to share what we have learned with you from our experiences of starting and running homeschool co-ops, and we are so glad that you are here with us on this journey! Today, we are kicking off Season 2 with reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the year ahead. Like you, we have big dreams and we are excited to have you along with us in this next chapter!
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Next Steps: 
Schedule a coaching call: 
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Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
Become a Lead Your Homeschool Co-op Insider and get first dibs on valuable resources to help you lead, organize, and connect your community.  www.homeschoolcommunitybuilders.com

Episode 71: 4 Principles for a Solid Leadership Team

Are you intimidated and overwhelmed with the planning that comes with starting a new co-op? Are you struggling with different visions within your leadership team? Are you looking for advice, support, and encouragement for building your board? We get lots of questions about roles on the board, how to make good decisions on the board, who should be doing what, etc.  We know that as new leaders, you may have left a previous group due to poor leadership, disgruntled members, or conflict, so how can you start your co-op out on the right foot from the get-go? Would you believe us if I told you that there are four basic principles in an easy-to-follow plan that can equip you to build your dream-team board. Stay tuned for an introduction to our leadership course!
Next Steps: 
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Episode 70: Talking About Conflict. Q&A with Trisha Kroll

It seems we can never talk too much about how to handle conflict!  In today’s episode, we wanted to review some of the nuggets that we heard from our friend Trisha Kroll last week as well as continue to glean from Trisha in the Q&A segment of our time with her.  She talked to our listeners about a mindset shift that can help us approach conflict in a more healthy way.   
Learn more about Trisha! Visit her website: www.mindofachampiontraining.com
Watch Amy Gallo's TedTalk: 
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_e_gallo_the_gift_of_conflict?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
https://a.co/d/0PhwDME
 
Next Steps: 
Schedule a coaching call: 
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Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
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Episode 69: Understand Conflict by Understanding Your Brain with Trisha Kroll

How do you approach conflict? Does just hearing the word “conflict” give you a sick feeling in your stomach? Does your heart race just thinking about it? Sweaty palms, anxiousness? Any of this sound familiar? These reactions come from messages in our brain. In this episode we have a special guest, Trisha Kroll, who will share with us about how God created our amazing minds and give us some new tools to deal with conflict. Trisha is a mental toughness coach with Mind of a Champion Training; she is a mentor and a good friend of Pam and Molly for going on 15 years now. To learn more about Trisha, visit her website: https://www.mindofachampiontraining.com/. You don't want to miss this mind-blowing episode!  
Here is the Ted Talk that Trisha recommended https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_e_gallo_the_gift_of_conflict?subtitle=en
 
Next Steps: 
Schedule a coaching call: 
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Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
Become a Lead Your Homeschool Co-op Insider and get first dibs on valuable resources to help you lead, organize, and connect your community.  www.homeschoolcommunitybuilders.com

Episode 68: What You Should Be Doing 5 Weeks into Your School Year

So you’re up and running and solidly into your school year. Now what? What ways can you be proactively caring for your community? There are things you can be doing now to prevent unforeseen problems down the road. Listen in to what Hannah and Pam shared during our live Q&A in September and get a head start on creating that community you’ve always wanted for you and your family.
Next Steps: 
Schedule a coaching call: 
https://calendly.com/leadyourhomeschoolco-op/coaching-call?month=2024-03
 
Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
Become a Lead Your Homeschool Co-op Insider and get first dibs on valuable resources to help you lead, organize, and connect your community.  www.homeschoolcommunitybuilders.com
 

Episode 67: To Recess or Not to Recess? Things to Consider

Do you want to offer a time for the kids in your community to have a recess and get their zoomies out? Are you worried that in doing so you will be opening Pandora's Box of bad behavior or conflict between kids and parents? Join us in this episode as we answer this question from our Facebook live Q and A. 
Next Steps: 
Schedule a coaching call: 
https://calendly.com/leadyourhomeschoolco-op/coaching-call?month=2024-03
 
Join our Facebook group- Lead Your Homeschool Co-op https://www.facebook.com/groups/72507320516066
Become a Lead Your Homeschool Co-op Insider and get first dibs on valuable resources to help you lead, organize, and connect your community.  www.homeschoolcommunitybuilders.com