FAQ > What education do I need to homeschool? What if I didn't graduate from high school?

Choose... How do I start? What if I don't have a teaching degree? Can I homeschool if I am living on a very tight budget? What material would be helpful for a Black-oriented curriculum? Where can I get Black-oriented educational material for my children? How do I withdraw my children from a school in Ontario? Why have parents rejected institutionalized schooling for their children? How can I find other homeschoolers of colour in my area? How can I teach about our history (esp. slavery) without engendering hate? Can I just homeschool just one of my children? How does my child earn high school credits while homeschooled? What about going to university or college after only homeschooling? How can my children have a social life if they're homeschooled? Where do I purchase the curriculum? What are the resources I can use? I want to be an AHA Rep or start a Chapter for my area I'm not in Peterborough. Is there an AHA representative in my area? Are there any books or sites about Black homeschoolers who have done it or are doing it? Which catalogues and material are must-haves? What curriculum do I use? Do I have to use a curriculum? What about learning on the internet? Where are some great sites? How do I join AHA?

Under no circumstances, should you allow yourself to be convinced that you need to be educated to succesfully homeschool. People without a high school diploma have done it and are doing it. Remember, teachers are trained to impart knowledge to a very large group of children in one room. Homeschooling parents do not need those skills. At the most, a homeschooling parent may need to learn how to tutor (if s/he has chosen that educational approach), but even in a family of 10 children, the group orientation skills a teacher has aren't necessary. What we reccommend is that you first determine what type of learning is best for your child, and which period(s) of the day/night s/he learns best. Also, figure out what kind of time (when and how much) you can spend to homeschool. Once you realise how best your child learns, and what your own situation would allow, find out what would be needed to accomodate that.