acherishedlife Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Hi, I am thinking about setting up a leadership afterschool program for gifted students in my community. I picture a weekly afterschool gathering - 1-2 hours, possibly an outdoor classroom. Monthly guests, hands-on science, and more. I'd like to focus on leadership skills in interaction with teen or adult professionals (possibly mentors), community giving/charitable work, and being a steward of the environment, just to name a few things I think our bright young kids should be exposed to more of. My son is in Sonoma CA public school, but I want to both provide a social opportunity as well as advanced learning that is appropriate for his level of curiosity. He is going into 4th grade and I am thinking the program could be for 2-5th grades. Does anyone have experience setting something like this up? My questions are: - Did you work with the school district, school or anyone else? Or just set up on your own? - Are there curriculums for something like this out there so I don't have to reinvent the wheel? - Do homeschoolers have networks I could/should tap into? - Would people pay for this? - What have you learned from doing it so far? Ideas and thoughts are so appreciated! I am trying to decide if I should approach the school district first or just make it on my own and get it up & running then approach them. I prefer the former so they could set the "gifted" criteria and I would be helping them out potentially serve an underserved population. Our district has no gifted/GATE program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle_NC Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Have you looked into 4-H? You can start a club (similar to a scout troop) and define the focus as specifically or generally as you would like. We have several in our area that are STEM-based and don't do anything with agriculture or animals. I think there's a robotics league now too? The benefit would be that you could tie into their state and national leadership opportunities. This is one program I researched for years and really admire, but could never figure how to fit it into our schedule. http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/4hscience Here's a club: http://www.pioneervalleyrobotics.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadGirlV237 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 hi! I'm bumping this because I'm interested in same and was wondering if you ever pulled it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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