Class Leaders agree to use the curriculum according to their teacher’s guides. Co-Op leaders are certainly here to help you be successful!

This Equip 2:22 Hive expects you will:

• Obtain the teacher’s guide for your class and work with the Holy Spirit to develop it and customize it where needed.
• Write a syllabus with homework due dates. A sample syllabus will be provided which you can edit. There is a process to complete this that we walk you through.
• Attempt to use Equip 2:22 Hive days to do activities which are missed out on at home, such as group work and games. Even worksheets are more fun in groups. Keep student testing an at-home activity. It is not your job to test the students, however we greatly encourage review time.
• View your role as a supportive peer to other moms and a great encouraging role model to the children
• If any additional “ordinary” supplies are required by the children above a student manual, please supply them, or think about ways to reduce costs. For example, families should not be required to each purchase microscopes. Instead, a science class leader may know the curriculum requires a microscope, and purchase one for the children to share in class. An art class leader may know the class requires paint, but then the parents should have been warned ahead of time to dress their children in clothes that can get paint on them, and not be required to bring any paint, paper, or brushes to class. Lack of preparedness or organization on the class leaders part should not result in asking families to make surprise purchase nor to run surprise errands.
• As a class leader, you will invest in the lives of your students. Please try to keep your overhead down. We anticipate you will invest around $300. With proper planning, you should be able to anticipate if your costs will rise above that amount. However, if you find you need to invest more than $300, please speak with us about your plans. There may be opportunity for expense reimbursement.
• Do all in your power to come to class prepared and on-time. Unless there is an emergency, please be on time! If you’re late it is going to impact other class leaders’ abilities to be on time for their classes, because their students will not have a classroom to land in.
• Prepare your materials ahead of time. If a class is taking too much preparatory work, but you are following your teacher’s guide, consider recruiting your kids for help, ask a spouse or other adult for help, or perhaps you are doing too much or misunderstanding the guide. Ask your Hive leaders for advice, or brainstorm. Form a contingency plan for when you are not available to lead your class as normal.
• Meet quarterly with an Equip 2:22 Hive leader to discuss your questions or get help and encouragement. This can also be done with all the class leaders.
• Attend monthly fellowship for Renewing The Mind.
• Start learning about The Principle Approach through FACE and other resources.
• If you haven’t already, invest in a FREE 90 minute personal, interactive, live Principle Approach 101 Intro online 
• Enroll in the Foundations Course in person for for Independent Study

Preparation for families

• Prepare the other families in the right way to set their kids up for success
  • Estimate the additional amount of time per week the children may spend on class homework
  • On an as needed basis, give up to 1 email update per week for the class (not for the individual students) which tells parents if you need to make any modifications to your original plan
    • Make any connections to the Claritas memory work that you can, for reinforcement’s sake
    • Do not create much homework. The Hive should give the children room to move through most of their work for your class if they make use of the study-halls as well. Spending so much time in a Hive means there is less time available for moms to work with their students at home. For example, history requires one to two chapters of reading a week, but should not amass beyond that. Math games should require no homework. IEW will likely have homework due to the nature of the course, but if we can build in study time to complete it, that is the best scenario. Clartias memory work should not take more than 15 minutes a day. Logic of English may require no more than 15 minutes a day at home beyond Hive days to reinforce the learning at Hive.
    • Inform parents if you notice a problem or pattern among their child.
    • Attend monthly fellowship for Renewing The Mind
    • Start learning about the Principle Approach through FACE and other resources.
    • Obtain appropriate student materials including Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary and any related Principle Approach resources you need in order to follow along at home.

Questions to Answer

Things to think about ahead of time:

• What readers or materials do class participants need? 
• Can children come into class part way through the year, or is this class cumulative? 
• What times do you know you will be unavailable during the normal school year?
• Who in the Hive will be your back up class leader?