Classical Conversations Challenge Tutors

[CAMom]

Hi Everyone~

 

My 10yo ds and I currently do CC Foundations and Essentials and I tutor both classes. We joined when we moved to a new state and needed to find some friends. :) I have not yet decided whether or not we will participate in Challenge when the time comes.

 

Do any of you know what the requirements are to be a Challenge Director? I can't seem to find anything definitive. I've been hesitant to ask within my community because I don't want to be perceived as challenging someone's credentials if they, in fact, meet the CC requirements.

 

At one point I thought that you had to at least have homeschooled one student through the grade level you are tutoring. So, you would have to have homeschooled at least one student through 9th grade in order to tutor Challenge 1. 

 

I'm just trying to get an ideas of the details. :)

 

Thanks for any input!

[momacacia]

Do you mean a CC director or tutor? Two different things.

[momacacia]

Do you mean a CC director or tutor? Two different things.

Okay...I see you mean a Challenge tutor. I'm sure you could call CC national and ask, but I know at least one Challenge tutor who while they have a child out of high school, they were not homeschooled. The tutor's other children are not yet Challenge age. Edited February 23, 2016 by momacacia

[Davysmom]

If they have been hired, they either meet the qualifications, or they have been given permission to tutor without meeting the requirements for some reason.

[CAMom]

Okay...I see you mean a Challenge tutor. I'm sure you could call CC national and ask, but I know at least one Challenge tutor who while they have a child out of high school, they were not homeschooled. The tutor's other children are not yet Challenge age.

 

I do wonder if there is a requirement that they do meet. 

 

 

If they have been hired, they either meet the qualifications, or they have been given permission to tutor without meeting the requirements for some reason.

 

 

Yes, I'm assuming that's true of everyone who is contracted as a Challenge Director. I am just looking for a copy of what the qualifications actually are. I have been trying to find that online but have been unsuccessful. I would have assumed that it would be readily available.

Edited February 23, 2016 by CAMom

[NCMom]

At one point I thought that you had to at least have homeschooled one student through the grade level you are tutoring. So, you would have to have homeschooled at least one student through 9th grade in order to tutor Challenge 1. 

 

I'm just trying to get an ideas of the details. :)

 

Thanks for any input!

 

When I was a tutor (and Challenge tutors were called Directors), this was the case. We had a tutor for whom an exception was made; she had college level teaching experience but her oldest was only 5th grade. Now however I ~think~ this has changed. I know a couple of people currently be recruited. The only requirements (besides signing the statement of faith, etc.) seem to be that you must currently be homeschooling ALL of your kids and all must be in CC if possible.

But this is all secondhand so yymv!

 

Georgia

[GAPeachie]

At one point I thought that you had to at least have homeschooled one student through the grade level you are tutoring. So, you would have to have homeschooled at least one student through 9th grade in order to tutor Challenge 1. 

 

This is technically a "suggestion" and not a requirement.  My oldest was slated to go to Challenge A this coming fall and I was offered the Challenge B directorship.  After prayer and discussion with some friends, I declined.  Preference is given to a parent that has a child in that level or has been through the level, but young campuses don't always have that available. 

 

Decisions aren't always made in the best interest of the students.  Bottom line, CC is a business.  I'm pretty sure that my old director (who is also an area manager) is scooping interested families from other communities.  She told me two campuses were "full" when we were considering changing campuses this fall.  Neither are full.  One has NEVER been "full."  

 

I personally think CC is the Amway of homeschooling. 

 

We left our community midyear due to poor management. 

[KeriJ]

I personally think CC is the Amway of homeschooling. 

 

 

I have to say, despite having dear friends in CC, this is the feeling I have always had as well.

[CAMom]

When I was a tutor (and Challenge tutors were called Directors), this was the case. We had a tutor for whom an exception was made; she had college level teaching experience but her oldest was only 5th grade. Now however I ~think~ this has changed. I know a couple of people currently be recruited. The only requirements (besides signing the statement of faith, etc.) seem to be that you must currently be homeschooling ALL of your kids and all must be in CC if possible.

But this is all secondhand so yymv!

 

Georgia

 

Yes, Challenge tutors are Directors. :) The exception you site seems very much within the interest of the students. I'm trying to figure out if you have to have students somewhere in the Challenge program to tutor Challenge. 

 

This is technically a "suggestion" and not a requirement.  My oldest was slated to go to Challenge A this coming fall and I was offered the Challenge B directorship.  After prayer and discussion with some friends, I declined.  Preference is given to a parent that has a child in that level or has been through the level, but young campuses don't always have that available. 

 

Decisions aren't always made in the best interest of the students.  Bottom line, CC is a business.  I'm pretty sure that my old director (who is also an area manager) is scooping interested families from other communities.  She told me two campuses were "full" when we were considering changing campuses this fall.  Neither are full.  One has NEVER been "full."  

 

I personally think CC is the Amway of homeschooling. 

 

We left our community midyear due to poor management. 

 

This is what I'm starting to piece together as the requirement. You can have a child in any Challenge level to tutor Challenge even if your child is in a Challenge level below what you will be tutoring. 

 

I've heard other stories like the one you mention. I'm glad that I haven't seen anything like that in my local area. There is lots of support between communities here and people are regularly given contact info for other campuses if it is thought that another campus would be a better fit for them. I don't doubt that the negative stories are true-not a bit!

 

Thanks for the input!

[GAPeachie]

Yes, Challenge tutors are Directors. :) The exception you site seems very much within the interest of the students. I'm trying to figure out if you have to have students somewhere in the Challenge program to tutor Challenge. 

 

 

This is what I'm starting to piece together as the requirement. You can have a child in any Challenge level to tutor Challenge even if your child is in a Challenge level below what you will be tutoring. 

 

In what I saw?  No.  Strongly suggested?  Yes.  Requirement?  No. 

 

In my opinion, we had an absolutely TERRIBLE Essentials tutor.  So terrible, the moms (and dad) attending with their students were constantly having to re-word things or correct false statements.  

 

We attempted to give feedback and we were told that she was a first year tutor and that she needed to tutor to afford tuition for her children.  

 

It is my opinion that the needs of the business overrode what was best for the students in that case.  It's a business, afterall.  

 

I have many friends all over the country that use CC.  Unfortunately, there are not so great communities out there.  I got one.  Interestingly, I originally inquired to a much closer campus last summer and was herded into a further campus because there were "no openings" at the others.  I think there is a conflict of interest when an Area Manager is also a Director.  I experienced the same thing when I was looking at other campuses for our upcoming move.  Same Area Manager told me that EVERY campus in all of my very large city was full.... except hers.  

[OnMyOwn]

When I was a tutor (and Challenge tutors were called Directors), this was the case. We had a tutor for whom an exception was made; she had college level teaching experience but her oldest was only 5th grade. Now however I ~think~ this has changed. I know a couple of people currently be recruited. The only requirements (besides signing the statement of faith, etc.) seem to be that you must currently be homeschooling ALL of your kids and all must be in CC if possible.

But this is all secondhand so yymv!

 

Georgia

I'm curious about why they have this policy? It seems like that will lead to lots of turnover with tutors. It seems crazy for a business to purge out all their most experienced tutors just because their kids are no longer in the program.

[paulasue]

Even though CC is a business, you have people with very little business experience running it.  In my area, people may have only worked a year or two in the business world before starting families.  Again in my area, those people are chosen for management positions due to their religious beliefs over and above the statement of faith over people with years of management experience but go to a different church than the AD but have no problem signing the statement of faith.  Leigh gives a lot of grace for the communities to be more individualized, but the management structure uses the grace Leigh gives the mgmt to run things their way so areas under different mgmt will be run differently.  

 

CC is going to have very little written.  There are very few hard and fast policies.  CC corp promotes speaking with people rather than written communication. 

[NCMom]

I'm curious about why they have this policy? It seems like that will lead to lots of turnover with tutors. It seems crazy for a business to purge out all their most experienced tutors just because their kids are no longer in the program.

 

I could only speculate at this point, but I so agree. Think koolaid and control though. lol

 

I hope this doesn't seem uncharitable. It's just that they are first and foremost a business, no matter what they say about being a ministry. They have made some unusual business decisions in the last few years and it will be interesting to see where they are headed.

 

Off topic but, I have long thought that the real genius of CC is that it fulfills a HUGE need in certain parts of the country where people really, really want accountability and a some kind of group to help them out in high school but for whatever reason just do not have any other options. That was certainly the case here. Our CC is now defunct but it was literally the only option for a high school group. Now there is no option. Ugh.

 

 

Georgia

[Another Lynn]

I could only speculate at this point, but I so agree. Think koolaid and control though. lol

 

I hope this doesn't seem uncharitable. It's just that they are first and foremost a business, no matter what they say about being a ministry. They have made some unusual business decisions in the last few years and it will be interesting to see where they are headed.

 

Off topic but, I have long thought that the real genius of CC is that it fulfills a HUGE need in certain parts of the country where people really, really want accountability and a some kind of group to help them out in high school but for whatever reason just do not have any other options. That was certainly the case here. Our CC is now defunct but it was literally the only option for a high school group. Now there is no option. Ugh.

 

 

Georgia

 

:iagree:

 

And at the younger level, it can be a way to find other families who desire excellence in education, which was very different from the looser, traditional co-ops which preceded CC here. 

 

[GAPeachie]

I'm curious about why they have this policy? It seems like that will lead to lots of turnover with tutors. It seems crazy for a business to purge out all their most experienced tutors just because their kids are no longer in the program.

 

Because CC believes that anyone can tutor.  I do believe that anyone *can* tutor, but not everyone should-- especially when you are over children that are not yours.  CC gets out of that "responsibility" by saying that parents are the ultimate authority and tutors just partner with them.  In one sentence, CC is the expert and in the next, the parents are the experts.  It's a blurred line.  And due to them not putting much in writing, they can use whichever one of those contradicting statements suits the concern that is brought up. 

 

The business model thrives on more and more campuses being opened.  Often the most experienced directors show up in other places in the CC management.  

 

Even though CC is a business, you have people with very little business experience running it.  In my area, people may have only worked a year or two in the business world before starting families.  Again in my area, those people are chosen for management positions due to their religious beliefs over and above the statement of faith over people with years of management experience but go to a different church than the AD but have no problem signing the statement of faith.  Leigh gives a lot of grace for the communities to be more individualized, but the management structure uses the grace Leigh gives the mgmt to run things their way so areas under different mgmt will be run differently.  

 

CC is going to have very little written.  There are very few hard and fast policies.  CC corp promotes speaking with people rather than written communication. 

 

BINGO!  Our director apparently had never dealt with someone that hadn't drank the Kool Aid until she met us.  I've been told by our former director and someone else (who wouldn't tell me her title) that they simply delete emails that have concerns in them, because CC's conflict resolution policy is all based on voice to voice resolution.  So there is NO evidence that there are issues.  

 

I could only speculate at this point, but I so agree. Think koolaid and control though. lol

 

I hope this doesn't seem uncharitable. It's just that they are first and foremost a business, no matter what they say about being a ministry. They have made some unusual business decisions in the last few years and it will be interesting to see where they are headed.

 

Off topic but, I have long thought that the real genius of CC is that it fulfills a HUGE need in certain parts of the country where people really, really want accountability and a some kind of group to help them out in high school but for whatever reason just do not have any other options. That was certainly the case here. Our CC is now defunct but it was literally the only option for a high school group. Now there is no option. Ugh.

 

 

Georgia

 

I think CC is used often for accountability.  (It is VERY expensive accountability though.) I think they ALSO play on the fears of parents that are new to homeschooling.  Maybe that is why I was unable to be scared into going further in the program.  I homeschooled six years without CC.  Once in Essentials, I noticed that my daughter was writing at a level higher than what our first year, brand new tutor was teaching at.  So much for a three year tour, our tutor couldn't keep adjectives and adverbs and indirect and direct objects straight!  She also had terrible classroom management practices and her son misbehaved in her class every week.  

 

EVERY parent in that class couldn't believe that we were TRULY 1st year CC'ers.  Everyone asked what grammar we had used before joining CC.  Everyone wanted to know everything we used!  Nobody believed that we had NEVER attended a co-op.  All of the tutors were amazed with my four children in the program and my child in childcare. 

 

My children are NOT geniuses.  My children all have their struggles and some have to work much harder than others.  They are all very different.  

 

We were proof that you could get a good education without CC.  When a bullying issue came up, our director didn't have the skills or experience to separate friendship and business.  Since conflicts are only dealt with via voice, she frequently changed her story.  We aren't the only family that had this issue, but I didn't know that until afterwards.  Our director couldn't decide if she was an employee of CC or if she was an independent contractor.  She changed the verbiage often.  She also changed between "business" and "ministry" often.  

 

The bullying situation was the straw that broke the camel's back.  I was greatly annoyed that my 5 year old's tutor thought that a classroom of 8 boys should sit in their chair still and chanting whatever new grammar they were learning.  I was very frustrated that the same child that disrupted Essentials was disrupting my daughter's morning class.  I was VERY annoyed that none of the classes I sat in on seemed to have enough materials for the activities and the supplies were very cheap quality after I paid over $200 in supply fees.  

 

Before that, I was frustrated when I'd ask a question and kept being put off and told that it would all make sense later.  I had LOTS of questions about the Challenge program and those were put off.  Then I was told that it'd make sense after the Window to Challenge meeting.  When I attended that meeting, with the Challenge Tutor present and the presentation was merely what their catalog said, with no curriculum to look at and pass around, I asked why everything was so secretive.  I was told that the program was proprietary.  Well, no duh.  But if you are going to SELL something, you should have a means by which to share what you are selling, right?  I saw one page of a syllabus.  It was not filled it and that ONE page was passed around and then collected because it was "proprietary."  I left that meeting greatly disturbed.  I had more questions than answers.  

 

Then I was approached about the Challenge B director position.  I saw my director through her greedy side as she told me what I'd "make" by working for this business... errrr.. I mean ministry.  I think she thought we would need the money.  While the tuition was not cheap, we made sacrifices for our children's education.  She completely misread our frugal day to day life as a requirement for us to live, not a way to spend money in other areas that we find significant.  

 

I turned down the Director position after a few things left me with a check in my spirit.  I don't believe that independent contractors are the proper classification for the tutors or directors. I didn't want to put 15-20 hours a week of prep time (which I was told was really low for a first year director) into a level that my children weren't actually present in and would benefit directly from.  That may sound selfish, but my children are the reason I homeschool.  Finally, I don't typically mix business and pleasure.  I had seen behind the veil and saw the whole thing not a ministry but as an MLM scheme.  

 

After I declined the position, I was about 99.9% sure that we were not going to sign up for a second year.  I knew that we definitely weren't going to sign up for that campus.  I sent out some emails inquiring about slots for my children at other campuses.  I didn't know they ALL are fed to the Area Manager... which our director happens to be for our areas.  We were moving so I had said that in my messages.  I think she knew I was done with her campus.  I'm not a good faker, so I think people picked up that I wasn't 100% all in during second semester.   I also think the Director wrote me off as not worth her time.  So she saw no issue with the bullying that several children endured.  

Edited February 25, 2016 by GAPeachie

[CAMom]

Wow, GAPeachie! I can see why you won't be going back. :/

 

I hear about these types of experiences but just haven't seen anything like that where I am. I guess I should be thankful! :)

 

From what I understand now, I would not fit the qualifications to be a Challenge Director even though I have been homeschooling for 17 years, have one kid about to graduate from college, and have another kid who is a sophomore in college. I didn't homeschool them through CC. CC is something I've only been doing with my youngest for the past couple of years. 

 

I think an exception could be granted if the management person (I never know who is called what :p ) who makes those decisions wanted to grant one. 

 

Someone with their oldest child just going into Challenge A and who has only a year of homeschooling under their belt could direct any Challenge class because they have a kid in Challenge.

 

I think that's how it works. 

 

At any rate, I was just trying to figure out the requirements. Ds and I have one more year in F/E and I will tutor Essentials again for that year. Then, I will decide whether we want to head into Challenge or not. :)

Edited February 25, 2016 by CAMom

[GAPeachie]

Wow, GAPeachie! I can see why you won't be going back. :/

 

I hear about these types of experiences but just haven't seen anything like that where I am. I guess I should be thankful! :)

 

From what I understand now, I would not fit the qualifications to be a Challenge Director even though I have been homeschooling for 17 years, have one kid about to graduate from college, and have another kid who is a sophomore in college. I didn't homeschool them through CC. CC is something I've only been doing with my youngest for the past couple of years. 

 

I think an exception could be granted if the management person (I never know who is called what :p ) who makes those decisions wanted to grant one. 

 

Someone with their oldest child just going into Challenge A and who has only a year of homeschooling under their belt could direct any Challenge class because they have a kid in Challenge.

 

I think that's how it works. 

 

At any rate, I was just trying to figure out the requirements. Ds and I have one more year in F/E and I will tutor Essentials again for that year. Then, I will decide whether we want to head into Challenge or not. :)

 

Yes, it didn't make much sense to me either, once I realized the way it was set up.  I distinctly remember asking our director how I could direct B, without having gone through A.  "It's not teaching, it's guiding and facilitating..." The only answer I've EVER gotten is that CC feels anyone can tutor and that it is a calling from God.  While I'm a Christian, I believe that people often misunderstand their role in things... especially when money is at stake. 

 

I asked why the Challenge A director wasn't moving up with her students.  "She just *really* enjoys Challenge A and has already prepped for it..."  AKA: "She doesn't want to invest all.that.time. into another level, despite her son moving up. 

[NCMom]

 

I think CC is used often for accountability.  (It is VERY expensive accountability though.) I

 

I'd have to agree with you on many points, especially about the conflict resolution (good luck getting any, lol) but not this one. Individual classes here range from 250 to 800 dollars per year.  However, you do usually get actually teaching and a person who is actually prepared/knowledgeable.  So cheap is very relative. :laugh:

 

I'm sorry you had a bad experience. :grouphug:  Ours was more average but I sooo wanted it to be what it was advertised as being. It wasn't. Sigh.

 

Edited to fix typos...

Georgia

Edited February 26, 2016 by Georgia in NC

[Paula in MS]

Before that, I was frustrated when I'd ask a question and kept being put off and told that it would all make sense later.  I had LOTS of questions about the Challenge program and those were put off.  Then I was told that it'd make sense after the Window to Challenge meeting.  When I attended that meeting, with the Challenge Tutor present and the presentation was merely what their catalog said, with no curriculum to look at and pass around, I asked why everything was so secretive.  I was told that the program was proprietary.  Well, no duh.  But if you are going to SELL something, you should have a means by which to share what you are selling, right?  I saw one page of a syllabus.  It was not filled it and that ONE page was passed around and then collected because it was "proprietary."  I left that meeting greatly disturbed.  I had more questions than answers.  

 

 

 

 

 

I borrowed a Challenge A guide when my dd was finishing 6th grade.  It is basically a schedule with catechism questions in the back.  The one page you saw was pretty much all there is to it.....just more weeks.  Needless to say, we didn't continue.  No class discipline, sketchy teachers, and no real guide to follow for the parent.  It would have been a total wasted day for my dd.  Then I would have been unable to follow up and help because there is no guide, just a schedule to tell you what to do next.

[GAPeachie]

I'd have to agree with you on many points, especially about the conflict resolution (good luck getting any, lol) but not this one. Individual classes here range from 250 to 800 dollars per year.  However, you do usually get actually teaching and a person who is actually prepared/knowledgeable.  So cheap is very relative. :laugh:

 

I'm sorry you had a bad experience. :grouphug:  Ours was more average but I sooo wanted it to be what it was advertised as being. It wasn't. Sigh.

 

Edited to fix typos...

Georgia

 

 

Yes, for one child it isn't so expensive.  But this coming fall I'd have 5 children in various levels.  1 in Challenge A, 1 in Essentials, 4 in foundations and 3 in the afternoon childcare.  It adds up quickly 

 

We were also WAYYYY oversold and the program couldn't hold up.  For the Faces of History project, we weren't given a timeline.  The Facebook CC group said that this year it should be an ancient.  I was stumped.  When I explained the situation about how my daughter had her heart set on a French woman, our tutor she said she would have to look to see if someone from FRANCE would be eligible.  France wasn't a country in the "ancient times."  And she was the foundations tutor for my other daughter!  

 

:confused1:

 

I borrowed a Challenge A guide when my dd was finishing 6th grade.  It is basically a schedule with catechism questions in the back.  The one page you saw was pretty much all there is to it.....just more weeks.  Needless to say, we didn't continue.  No class discipline, sketchy teachers, and no real guide to follow for the parent.  It would have been a total wasted day for my dd.  Then I would have been unable to follow up and help because there is no guide, just a schedule to tell you what to do next.

 

According to what I was told, the students are given a list of things to complete by the next class and then they present their findings the next week.  It's flip flopped from Foundations and Essentials were the tutors introduce the New Grammar and then the parents review it.  

Edited February 26, 2016 by GAPeachie

[Another Lynn]

Faces of History Project?  I've never heard of that.  What is it?

[G5052]

The only requirements (besides signing the statement of faith, etc.) seem to be that you must currently be homeschooling ALL of your kids and all must be in CC if possible.

 

That and they want someone who has come up through the program. You can't have kids elsewhere (i.e. one in public school) unless it's an older kid for whom there isn't at all an appropriate level of Challenge (i.e. an 11th grader on a campus with only Challenge A and B).

 

I've related before here how most of our best tutors during the years we were in it were moms who had graduated all of their kids. Now they can't even be hired, and I know of several who have been pushed out because people who had kids in the program were available. 

 

We didn't do Challenge for high school, but I had vague thoughts of coming back when my youngest graduates. Nope. Not qualified now.

[AnniePoo]

OP, you would be eligible to tutor Challenge.  All of your kids that are eligible for CC (your youngest) would be in a class.  That's the main criteria.  Apparently they are slightly loosening the rules this year.  People who were homeschooled through high school (doesn't have to be CC) can tutor challenge.  So a woman who was homeschooled herself through high school who has a 4yo enrolled in foundations could theoretically tutor any challenge-level class.  

 

Faces of History is an optional project for Essentials.

[OnMyOwn]

That and they want someone who has come up through the program. You can't have kids elsewhere (i.e. one in public school) unless it's an older kid for whom there isn't at all an appropriate level of Challenge (i.e. an 11th grader on a campus with only Challenge A and B).

 

I've related before here how most of our best tutors during the years we were in it were moms who had graduated all of their kids. Now they can't even be hired, and I know of several who have been pushed out because people who had kids in the program were available.

 

We didn't do Challenge for high school, but I had vague thoughts of coming back when my youngest graduates. Nope. Not qualified now.

And that is such a shame because you would be a tremendous asset to them. So foolish on their part, I would think. How does this not hurt their business? Or maybe it does?

[G5052]

And that is such a shame because you would be a tremendous asset to them. So foolish on their part, I would think. How does this not hurt their business? Or maybe it does?

 

I've discussed this quite a bit with friends who came up through CC and have since moved on. It happened first in Essentials, and then in Challenge. All very experienced, steady people who were not allowed to continue.

 

As one friend noted, "Now that we really know what we're doing, we're pushed out." 

 

The theory is to model that extensive experience isn't required and that full family involvement is important. CC also provides a package unlike any other.

 

After we left, we outsourced some to local and online classes. What did I look for?  Experience. I think that's what most of us who pay hard-earned dollars are looking for. Particularly with Latin, it was like night-and-day to get someone who truly knew the language and wasn't just looking at the answer key.

 

But CC fills a niche. And that's fine. It just wasn't for our family, and we found that spending nearly the same $$$ on a few outsourced classes was better for us academically. To each his own.

[Paula in MS]

 

According to what I was told, the students are given a list of things to complete by the next class and then they present their findings the next week.  It's flip flopped from Foundations and Essentials were the tutors introduce the New Grammar and then the parents review it.  

 

Most of the research is for the science track, I believe.  They use Apologia's middle school science texts for 8th-9th, which is another reason I was hesitant.  You can't give high school credit for a middle school physical science text.  It is especially not a good idea for a strong science student.  

 

The students still need real instruction in Latin, writing, and math.  Once a week is not going to cut it for most students.  The parents really need to be more involved here because, they are right, they are the teachers for 4 days a week.  It's kind of like, the students are given assignments and the parents scramble around during the week trying to figure out how to complete them correctly.  Or, at least, that is what I was hearing.  The accountability is good, though, if that is what people are looking for.

[Brenda in FL]

Hi Everyone~

 

My 10yo ds and I currently do CC Foundations and Essentials and I tutor both classes. We joined when we moved to a new state and needed to find some friends. :) I have not yet decided whether or not we will participate in Challenge when the time comes.

 

Do any of you know what the requirements are to be a Challenge Director? I can't seem to find anything definitive. I've been hesitant to ask within my community because I don't want to be perceived as challenging someone's credentials if they, in fact, meet the CC requirements.

 

At one point I thought that you had to at least have homeschooled one student through the grade level you are tutoring. So, you would have to have homeschooled at least one student through 9th grade in order to tutor Challenge 1. 

 

I'm just trying to get an ideas of the details. :)

 

Thanks for any input!

 

They should have all their school-aged children living at home enrolled in CC and be committed to homeschooling through high school.  I'm sure the SM considers other qualifications and experience when contracting new directors, but there is no rule that you can not direct a level higher than your own students. 

 

Essentials and Foundations tutors do need to have a student enrolled in the program they are tutoring.

 

Edited February 26, 2016 by Kblupino

[Donnalar]

They must have at least a child enrolled in any Challenge program as well. They must go through director licensing and program training.