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Telecourse on Homeschool Co-ops
Presented by: Carol Topp, CPA
This one hour recorded workshop discusses the benefits and disadvantages of co-ops. You'll hear advice on starting a homeschool co-op such as how to find interested people, how to organize, and what problems to anticipate. Learn how to manage conflicts and volunteers, create a budget, collect fees, and pay teachers. Presenter and author Carol Topp, CPA will help you start and run a successful homeschool co-op and not burn out!
Available at www.Homeschool-Edu.com Where parents turn to learn
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The book that homeschool leaders have needed is finally here!

Have you ever thought about starting a homeschool co-op? Are you afraid it will be too much work? Do you think you’ll have to do it all by yourself? Starting a homeschool co-op can be easy! This book Homeschool Co-ops: How to Start Them, Run Them and Not Burn Outwill give you ideas, inspiration, tips, wisdom and the tools you need to start a homeschool co-op, run it and not burn out!
Homeschool Co-ops has advice from the author, homeschooling mother Carol Topp, CPA, and from other homeschool leaders on:
- Pros and cons of starting a homeschool co-op.
- Types of co-ops
- Having a focus and a mission
- Running a planning meeting
- Gathering interest
- Getting help
- Setting policies
- Managing the money
- Dealing with volunteers
- Handling conflict
- Ideas for classes.
- Avoiding burnout
"Carol Topp is wonderful, buy her book, it's worth 4 times the price, subscribe to her blog, download her free ebooks" Janet Hellerman, www.CHAMPSHomeschool.com
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There are also sample forms and checklists to make it easy for leaders to start and run a homeschool co-op:
- Agenda for a Planning Meeting
- Expectations Worksheet
- Checklist for Leader Qualifications
- Sample Bylaws
- Sample Statement of Faith
- Sample Budgets
Order Homeschool Co-ops for yourself here