Educating from home should feel FREEING

Our Cultivating Homeschool Membership is COMING SOON !!

Homeschool frequently asked question

  • You write a letter to your district called a “letter of intent” informing them in a professional manner that you will be homeschooling your child accompanied by basic information; before July 1st of the year you plan to start.

  • Being intentional with your time, activities and making friendships. CultivatED hosts weekly playdates and supportive containers for this reason!

  • Expectations of NYS is to keep a record of the number of hours, days and subjects you are teaching. Use this as a starting point. CultivatED Parenting recommends that you keep a homeschool portfolio to assist in writing the trimesterly/quarterly reports.

  • A lot of people do not understand the benefits of homeschooling. Before making this decision together, provide detailed information and research on the benefits of this path. Most of the time spouses disagree because they do not have a clear picture of what home education is like, they are seeing the worlds view of it.

  • Building confidence in WHY you’re choosing to homeschool and your abilities in doing so. Having a supportive community is key. CultivatED Parenting runs playdates, free virtual support groups and has virtual community memberships you can join!

  • As a public school teacher, I found myself overwhelmed with the free resources of information online and the packet set to me from our district. Due to this we almost considered not homeschooling! Which is not aligned with our values. CultivatED Parenting created “Cultivated and Compliance” to solve this need! Take it step by step and utilize helpful resources.

  • utilizing your local library, finding a community to rely on and ask questions to and finding support (like CultivatED Parenting) is a GREAT start! In time you will develop your craft of home education because YOU are a capable EDUCATOR!!

  • When a need arises in a community, there is someone who fulfills this need whether through co-op activities, local homeschool groups, mom events and more. be willing to ask around and seek information online. If local is not a priority, CultivatED Parenting has virtual membership containers that fits the needs of most.

Cultivated and Compliant: the simple homeschool paperwork solution

A guide that is professionally written homeschool paperwork created by a NYS Professionally Certified Teacher. Researched and simply written legal steps that parents need to take to homeschool in NYS to stay compliant.

you want to homeschool but…

  • the state expectations are overwhelming and confusing

  • you want to be confident in writing the paperwork and you’re not sure you can do it from scratch

  • you don’t know where to start legally with homeschooling

  • you just want fill In the blank and examples of what to do

  • Cultivated and Compliant is for you if you want the legal expectations for homeschool DONE FOR YOU examples. You want clear cut instructions and examples to reference. You like to know what you need to write and how to do the paperwork without the hassle of having to come up with it yourself.

  • Throughout is detailed information on each step in homeschooling paperwork— there are examples (some NYS districts have approved!!)

    • Letter of Intent (the letter you send to the district before July 1st)

    • Individualized Home Instruction Plan (your plan for teaching written out)

    • Quarterly / Trimester Reports

    • Annual Assessment

    There is also bonus information like:

    • Curriculum Recommendations and information (2024)

    • Differences and Definitions of NYS learning expectations / standards

    • Rainbows and Concerns/Challenges of homeschooling chart (brainstormed by REAL moms within our meet ups!)

    • Homeschool Portfolio cover sheets for subjects (ELA, science, social studies etc)

  • Yes and no. if you go to www.nysed.gov website you can find information on legal home instruction. This information is formally written and can become confusing and overwhelming to most (even a public school teacher). If you would like the direct link, please contact us for information! You cannot find REAL APPROVED examples of homeschool paperwork or other bonus info!