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Episode 56: Teacher Training Time! 4 E's to Make it Easy!

Are your teachers overwhelmed and lacking confidence in their ability to teach at your co-op? Is your community struggling with inconsistencies among your teachers? Are your teachers burnt out due to spending massive amounts of time planning for their class(es)? In today’s episode, we are talking about teacher training- why it’s so important and how it serves your community to do it.  
Educate, Equip, Encourage, Expect
Proverbs 16:3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
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Episode 55: Why you SHOULD be a Parent-Led Co-op

Are you struggling to motivate parents to stay involved?  Do you wonder how you will ever find and train your replacements as leaders?  Do you have student behavior problems that you are having a hard time handling?  All these problems can be mitigated by being a parent-led co-op. Today we are excited to talk about all the benefits that you can experience as a co-op by having parents present and engaged on campus. 
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
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Episode 54: How to Teach to All Learning Styles? Expert Advice from Dawn Jackson

Wish you and your teachers had more insight on how to teach to different learning styles? What if you had the key to unlock your own child's best way to learn? Today, we have a special guest, Dawn Jackson who is an expert on learning styles and personality dispositions to give us some tools to help all the kids in our co-ops thrive.
Want to connect with Dawn? Email her: dawn@solimaracademy.com
or visit her website: solimaracademy.com
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Episode 53: Build Investment With Unique Classes!

Investment! As leaders, we all want and need the families in our co-op to step up, to volunteer, to stay invested.  But how do we achieve this?  How do we motivate parents to stay involved and to step up and willingly volunteer their time and effort to our co-op?  Two weeks ago we talked about the absolute must of intentionally creating a culture of LISTENING to your families.  Today we are going to talk about another way you can walk that out - by encouraging your families to teach unique classes.  If you haven’t listened to Episode 51 yet, make sure you go back and listen to the why and how to make sure you are hearing from your families.  And stick with us today - we hope this discussion will spur some great ideas for you for your own co-op! 
Bible verse Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun. 
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Episode 52: What is a Good Mission Statement? Listen to these Audits

Are you ready to get started building a community where you can grow together in faith?  Are you feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to start? Creating a mission statement that will serve your community over the long haul is worth the time and effort you put in up front.  Your mission statement is the cornerstone for the foundation of your co-op and one of the most valuable tools you will utilize time and time again. In this episode we will take two samples of real co-ops and audit them, so that you can have practical ideas to get you started right now!
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Additional Podcasts -
Episode 8: Mission Statement Part 1: Determining Who You Are https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-8-mission-statement-part-1-determining-who-you-are/id1689867945?i=1000632661686
 
Episode 10: Mission Statement Part 2: Determining What  You Do
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-10-mission-statement-part-2-determining-what-you-do/id1689867945?i=1000633437962

Episode 51:Why You Can't Seem to Get Your Families Involved and How This One Thing Will Spur Investment

How many of you leaders out there feel like you are doing ALL the work for your co-op and it is completely overwhelming?  Why is it that 20% of the people do 80% of the work? What is it that inspires the families in your co-op to step up and take on extra tasks and truly INVEST in your community?  Today we are going to talk about one big strategy that will help you increase investment and excitement in your community - are you ready for this?  Stick around and we will share with you the magic solution for getting your families involved. 
James 1:19 ESV Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
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Episode 50: 3 Ways to Nurture Families That Fit

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Do you have families that feel disconnected from your community? Are families doing their own thing all of the time, except on community days? Are you and your members desiring deeper relationships and stronger connections? Now that you have found families to join your community, your work isn’t over! You need to continue to cultivate those relationships for the health and strength of your community. In this episode we are going to talk about 3 ways to nurture the families that are in, or wanting to be in your community.
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Episode 15: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-sghgi-1501f77
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Episode 49: Top 6 Questions You Must Ask in a New Family Interview

If you have found your leadership team and set up your co-op then you are ready to start inviting families to your community.  How do you create a close knit culture that shares your values and mission?  How do you ensure that families will fit? We’ve done a couple of episodes on the importance of doing new family interviews. Today we are going to help you refine the interview process by giving you 6 questions you must ask to make sure you are accepting families that will thrive in your community!
1 Peter 5:12 NIV
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;
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Episode 39: How to Find Families That Fit - Master the Interview Process
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-39-how-to-find-families-that-fit-master-the/id1689867945?i=1000651390347
 

Episode 48: Should We Advertise? 2 Ways to Attract Families that Fit Your Homeschool Community

Do you have a vision for a homeschool community for your family, but aren't quite sure where to find other families that also want deep relationships to join you?  You want to get the word out, but you don’t have the budget to advertise and even if you did, where would you put the advertisement?  How are you going to get the word out to find the families that want to grow in faith together? In today’s episode, we are going to discuss this question of attracting the right kinds of families for your community. You will come away with tried and true strategies that will help you build your homeschool community. 
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10  Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! 
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Episode 47: How to Overcome Your Fear of Conflict

Are you in conflict with another member of your homeschool community? Are you avoiding that person because you are afraid of the drama or divisiveness that seems inevitable?  Are you afraid of losing friendships because of the unknown outcome?  Does your stomach turn when thinking about confronting a conflict? This experience is so common to all of us! No one likes to face those challenges that could result in loss of relationship.  But oftentimes, our avoidance of conflict just makes matters worse. Today we want to encourage you that you can overcome your fear of conflict and we will show you how. 
 
Our live Q and A is coming up on the last Friday of the month at 2pm MST. We would love to spend some time answering your questions! You can submit your questions ahead of time, or join us live for immediate help with your questions.
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