This page was last updated: October 9, 2011
Home School for High School
with Kathleen Duncan
Since 2001
Hosting Details
1. Contact us and we will pick 2-3 possible dates that work for your group and fit into our calendar. You will need to find out how much interest there is in your area. The Host is responsible to get the first 15-20 registrations. If we cannot get enough registrations, we may need to postpone the event until there is more interest in your area.
2. Check with a location, such as your church, to see if a room is available on the dates you picked. Ask them to put the seminar on the calendar but let them know this is tentative and will confirm within the week. We will need a room that seats 75-100 people, plus an area for tables to be set up for the colleges and snacks for during the break. This is often in a separate room but does not need to be.
3. Once we know the location, we will confirm the date and make sure all is set with the facility. The original families must pay within two weeks. They may mail a check or pay via Paypal. If we do not have 15-20 families, the event may be canceled.
4. We will begin to advertise to the home school community in the counties surrounding the location of the seminar. This is usually done via email. The host support group and I will work together to get word out about the event.
5. If time and location allow, I will contact colleges to let them know about the seminar.
On the day of the seminar
1. You will need to have the tables set up for the colleges and have tables for me to display some samples of curriculum. I will also need a podium of some kind. I will need someone to sit at the registration table to sign people in, collect from the "walk-ins" and hand out binders. I do not need any visual equipment.
2. Provide light snacks such as ice water, cookies, coffee, etc. for during the break.
3. Clean up at the end of the event.
Most of the work of hosting is setting up the event in the first place and then the day of the event. Between times, I handle most of the PR, contacting colleges, questions about the event, and collecting registrations.
Please contact us if you are interested in hosting a seminar or have any questions.
The Host of each Seminar attends FREE!
We must have a minimum of 15 families registered to hold a seminar.
The Host is responsible to:
1. Get the first 15-20 registrations - these families must pay by check or money order
within two weeks of setting the date. The checks will not be cashed until the early registration deadline.2. Secure a location for the event
3. Publicize the event within their home school community
4. On the day of the event, set up and clean up.
5. Provide a light snack for during the break.
We will be responsible to:
1. Publicize the event throughout surrounding areas
2. Collect registrations and registration fees
3. Answer any questions about the seminar
4. Cover all expenses relating to travel and providing materials for each family.
If you are interested in hosting a seminar in your area, please contact us.
Possible Schedules for events include:
evening -
start at 4:00 and go until 10.
Registration 3:30-4:00Portfolio - 4:00-5:30Break - 5:30 - 6Seminar - 6-10 with short breakdaytime -
start at 9 and finish about 4 with a 30 minute lunch break
Registration 8:30-9:00
Seminar 9-11:30
Break for lunch- 11:30-12:00
Seminar - 12:00-2:00
Break - 2:00- 2:30
Portfolio - 2:30- 4:00
