How to Start a Homeschool Caregiver Service

There are many homeschooling parents and many prospective homeschooling parents who are in desperate need of homeschool caregivers. This caregiver would be much like a typical at home or center childcare center; only for older children. Anyone who has a healthy love for kids and is pro-homeschooling would be a great person to start a homeschool caregiver service.

The best way to start a homeschool caregiver service is to start small. Start a service in your home. It is called home-schooling after all. The kids would just need a safe place to land, and simple rules to adhere to. You would want to set hours for studying, and perhaps for quiet reading of their choosing, plus recreation time during the day. There would be no diapers, no crying (for the most part), and very little instruction time. The parents would tend to that in the evening.

Setting prices for homeschool caregiver services can be tricky. You can charge 75% of what a childcare center costs. You need to look at the childcare market around you to see what the going rate is, end decrease that accordingly because you are dealing with older children who need less attention. You can set monthly fees based on how many hours a family uses each month. The more hours they use, the less money per hour they would be charged. Keep in mind that families that would most likely need your services will probably not have a great deal to pay, so try to keep the costs as low as possible without underselling your value.

Once you have reached the maximum number of students in your home, according to your state laws, you may want to consider opening a homeschool day center, or hang out. You would need WIFI for kids to use computers for schoolwork or play. You would need couches, and books to read. You would also need quiet areas where kids and focus and/or relax. A center would be more expensive to run, so you would need to be ready to do a good deal of marketing, and possibly have more services, such as tutoring, to pay for your facility overhead.

Before you start a homeschool caregiver services, ask homeschoolers you know if they would use your service and how much they are willing to pay for it. Even if they don't need your help, they may know someone who will.