3 essential tools for homeschool leaders
Carol Topp discusses the 3 essential tools that homeschool leaders need in this video clip.
Category Boards
Welcome to HomeschoolCPA’s collection of blog posts about boards: the leadership for a homeschool nonprofit organization. You’ll find helpful tips for recruiting and replacing board members and clear explanations of board duties.
The board’s duties are outlined in an organizations’ bylaws. You can find sample bylaws here: https://homeschoolcpa.com/leader-tools/sample-documents/
Should your homeschool group have members? Maybe not!
Many homeschool organizations may have members participating in their activities (co-op classes, filed trips, clubs, etc), but not have voting members of the corporation. Instead, they have a board that makes the decisions.
What can you do when your leader is overly-controlling?
Does your homeschool group suffer from a dominate leader? She may have founders syndrome.
Does your homeschool leader have founders syndrome?
Many homeschool groups have dominate leaders that suffer from founders syndrome. Here's how to spot it.
Should my homeschool nonprofit corporation have members?
Be careful about what you are agreeing to when you check the box stating your nonprofit homeschool corporation has members.
IRS requires homeschool support group to have “organizating documents”
One homeschool support group, asks, "What are 'organizing documents' and why does the IRS require them?"
Homeschool group elections and spouses on the team
A homeschool leader asks if group leaders need to be elected or appointed.
Does permanent leadership work in a homeschool group?
A homeschool leader asks if there need to be a limit to how many times that person can serve on a homeschool group's board.
Board turnover may mean the purpose of the homeschool group could change
A homeschool leader is concerned that allowing frequent turnover of her board will result in a change of the group's purpose.
Giving gifts to speakers and homeschool board members
A homeschool support group leader asks if she should be giving gifts to speakers and board members.