Information for Instructors
2024–2025 |
2024–2025 |
2024–2025 |
Information for InstructorsWe recognize that there is a lot of information here, but it’s information every instructor at PHS needs to know before submitting a course proposal. |
About Planet HomeschoolPlanet Homeschool is a secular homeschool co-op for middle school and high school students ages 10–19 years (5th–12th grades). Our co-op is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for students from diverse backgrounds. Our membership includes many transgendered and neurodivergent students and students at higher risk of becoming very ill from COVID-19. Our families have a variety of educational philosophies and styles. |
The Basics
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Planet Homeschool Is Not a SchoolPlanet Homeschool is a homeschool co-op, not a school. Planet Homeschool does not and cannot hire instructors. Instead, our co-op members co-operatively decide together what courses our children want to take in a group setting and then work together to find instructors to teach those courses and pool resources to provide a space for those courses to be taught, and otherwise ensure our children can have a group learning experience.
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Communications
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Community ExpectationsInstructors are expected to be familiar with Planet Homeschool Community Expectations and the policies linked to therein, to treat all students, their parents, guardians, and caregivers, and other instructors respectfully, to work to create a safe and welcoming space for everyone, and to share feedback in a constructive way.
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Co-op Schedule
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Minimum and Maximum Number of StudentsSmall class sizes are highly valued by homeschoolers. Historically, courses at PHS have averaged 8 students with the vast majority of courses fairly evenly distributed in a shallow bell curve between 4 to 12 students.
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Refund PolicyYour “Minimum Student Date” is also the last day that those registered for the course may ask to cancel their registration and be guaranteed a full refund. Currently, PayPal states that while there are no new fees to issue the refund, the fees you were originally charged will not be returned to you. That is a disingenuous game of semantics: Refunds will cost you money. To help instructors avoid the cost of refund fees, our co-op discourages families from paying tuition until a course’s Payment Due Date, but the registration system our co-op uses cannot prevent earlier payment.
You are responsible for knowing and understanding PayPal’s current refund policies.
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Tuition and supplies fees
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