One of the first questions we are asked is “What will I have to do?” Good question! It shows that you realize in joining a co-operative you are making a commitment. You are joining a team of dedicated homeschoolers pooling our talent and time to achieve something bigger and better (and cheaper!) than any one of us could achieve on our own.

Members serve by. . .

• Performing two jobs in any of four main areas: teaching, pre-elementary program, cleanup and set-up, and administration.
• Performing two Service Requirements (SR), one each semester in addition to your 2 co-op jobs.

Your regular jobs may or may not fall into the same service area or age group; we need the flexibility to place members where our co-op needs are greatest while considering where their skills are best used. Members indicate preferences for how they want to serve via the Planning Survey, but the connectors make the final job assignments, which are posted on the website shortly before start-up each year.

Members:

• Spend an average of 4 – 8 hours or more per week on their jobs. 
• With no children under 11 (as of Nov. 1st of current school year) and who also participate on Wednesdays will need to be available to serve all day Monday (7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) and all day Wednesday (8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.).
• With no children less than 6 years old (as of Nov. 1st of current school year) need to be available to serve all day Monday (7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.).
• With small children less than 6 years old (as of Nov. 1st of current school year) need to be available to serve on Mondays between 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Because of our ideals and our desire to build a united team, jobs are not weighted or assigned any particular value.  We trust people will give generously as they are able.  Connectors work diligently to find the niche where each member can serve from the heart.