lineinthesand9 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Hello. I haven't been here for a while, but once again, this is my go-to place when I am stumped. Here's my situation -- I am a (now) previous homeschool mama, who will be returning to the public school system as a teacher this coming fall (my last foray with this was in the late 1990's, before our own kiddos came along). I will be teaching 7th and 8th grade ELA (English Lang. Arts). Having homeschooled for many years, I am so aware of the excellence and ease of homeschool curric., such as IEW, Lightning Lit., etc. I am rolling around in my head if it would be possible to use homeschool curric. in the public school classroom, even if I purchased it at my own expense. Of course, I would absolutely NOT violate copyright laws....I realize that something like Lightning Lit. would not be feasible, because I would obviously not be able to buy all the student materials for 140 students (small, rural school....approx. 70 kids per grade level). The school itself is very open to teachers "doing their own thing" in the classroom, as long as we can "loosely" tie what we are doing to state standards; in other words, very relaxed atmosphere. I know the school well....I attended there K-12, graduated there, and then taught there for several years back in the late 90's. Just throwing this out there in case it may be possible to make this happen, and in case anyone is thinking of something that I am totally missing! Thanks in advance for any feedback. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I don't know, but there's no harm in contacting publishers to see if you can get extended copying permissions or bulk rates on books! Two weeks ago, I sent a box of homeschool ELA materials to a country on the other side of the world, with an undergrad student teacher who will be teaching English in a university this summer. She told me that she had to write her own curriculum, to (mostly) cover XYZ objectives. I happened to have a lot of materials that fit the bill! Professors, both here and there, were impressed with the materials, and with how she was planning to pull it all together. (One part Charlotte Mason meets one room schoolhouse, one part updating for THIS century and the needs of college students from THAT part of the world, and two parts TOEFL lessons plus internet resources!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Some homeschool programs are also sold to schools - if you go to the websites of several really popular "homeschool" programs, they also have links to school sales. And some homeschool programs give licenses to use the pdf materials for as many students as you have - I know Math Mammoth does, for example - so that would be cost effective. I would also propose it to your district. Sometimes there are secret funds somewhere. When I was in public schools, the reading specialists always had more money, for example, and could always buy you books if you wanted. You just had to know who to ask. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 IEW has a classroom program, it's set up differently, I think. You can contact them for info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamoose Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 On 6/1/2018 at 7:23 AM, lineinthesand9 said: Hello. I haven't been here for a while, but once again, this is my go-to place when I am stumped. Here's my situation -- I am a (now) previous homeschool mama, who will be returning to the public school system as a teacher this coming fall (my last foray with this was in the late 1990's, before our own kiddos came along). I will be teaching 7th and 8th grade ELA (English Lang. Arts). Having homeschooled for many years, I am so aware of the excellence and ease of homeschool curric., such as IEW, Lightning Lit., etc. I am rolling around in my head if it would be possible to use homeschool curric. in the public school classroom, even if I purchased it at my own expense. Of course, I would absolutely NOT violate copyright laws....I realize that something like Lightning Lit. would not be feasible, because I would obviously not be able to buy all the student materials for 140 students (small, rural school....approx. 70 kids per grade level). The school itself is very open to teachers "doing their own thing" in the classroom, as long as we can "loosely" tie what we are doing to state standards; in other words, very relaxed atmosphere. I know the school well....I attended there K-12, graduated there, and then taught there for several years back in the late 90's. Just throwing this out there in case it may be possible to make this happen, and in case anyone is thinking of something that I am totally missing! Thanks in advance for any feedback. Just laughing at the small rural school designation here—our small rural school has 14 kids grades K-12! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 18 hours ago, mamamoose said: Just laughing at the small rural school designation here—our small rural school has 14 kids grades K-12! 70 kids per grade is quite a decent size school but I get what the OP means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 On 6/1/2018 at 10:53 PM, lineinthesand9 said: Hello. I haven't been here for a while, but once again, this is my go-to place when I am stumped. Here's my situation -- I am a (now) previous homeschool mama, who will be returning to the public school system as a teacher this coming fall (my last foray with this was in the late 1990's, before our own kiddos came along). I will be teaching 7th and 8th grade ELA (English Lang. Arts). Having homeschooled for many years, I am so aware of the excellence and ease of homeschool curric., such as IEW, Lightning Lit., etc. I am rolling around in my head if it would be possible to use homeschool curric. in the public school classroom, even if I purchased it at my own expense. Of course, I would absolutely NOT violate copyright laws....I realize that something like Lightning Lit. would not be feasible, because I would obviously not be able to buy all the student materials for 140 students (small, rural school....approx. 70 kids per grade level). The school itself is very open to teachers "doing their own thing" in the classroom, as long as we can "loosely" tie what we are doing to state standards; in other words, very relaxed atmosphere. I know the school well....I attended there K-12, graduated there, and then taught there for several years back in the late 90's. Just throwing this out there in case it may be possible to make this happen, and in case anyone is thinking of something that I am totally missing! Thanks in advance for any feedback. I know IEW is also used and taught in schools. You would need to buy the correct license though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 On 6/3/2018 at 5:50 AM, kiwik said: 70 kids per grade is quite a decent size school but I get what the OP means. Ha. Coming from here though, that sounds teeny. There are probably 70 whole homerooms/classes of kids per grade just among the schools we can walk to. I guess it's all relative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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