I tutor.
I really do not understand this attitude. All I need is a laptop, access to a printer, access to the internet, email, a phone, and a whiteboard.
That’s about 500 bucks investment every 5 years or so, costs of about 30/month for internet and 30 for the phone.
About the same as 25 hours of instruction. That’s all I need. You do not need professionally prepared materials to teach effectively. All you need is familiarity with the topic at hand.
I like the idea of virtual tutoring. Is there any kind of national organization I could talk to about accreditation or their program? Or is this a solo kind of gig?
I help tutor homeschool kids in science. They have to have curriculum, because in many states they have to document it. It’s part of the state overlook and regs making sure all those homeschoolers are “accountable”, doncha know.
Many of the more experienced families want to fly without curriculum, but that’s not totally possible because of the state.
Government: messing up its own and then coming in and wrecking what you’ve got right.
There are many homeschoolers who are very successful even without the above.
My homeschoolers are adults now. Internet, e=mail, and printers did not exist! :-) We didn't have a whiteboard either, but we did have a land-line phone.
Honestly, homeschooling for us was very inexpensive. I simply bought one set of textbooks and all three homeschoolers used them. And...Then there was the public library which we used on a weekly basis. I literally loaded up a laundry basket full of books every week.
For paper we used the back side of discarded computer print-out paper from the company where my husband worked.
Today....If parents want high quality textbooks for very little money that will last through several children, it is possible to buy used books on-line, or books that are one edition out of print. ( Very cheap!)