Pastor, you've built something beautiful, a faith community where families grow together, where children learn to love God, and where lasting relationships are formed. But you're watching something happen that is heartbreaking: faithful families are leaving, not because they don't love this church, but because they're forced to choose between their educational values and their church community.

Every year, families in your congregation face an impossible decision. They want their children educated in an environment that reinforces their faith, but when that's not available at their home church, they're forced to choose. They may end up sending their students to public schools or move to a church with a school, and you lose not just their attendance but also their gifts, their service, and their friendship.

You're already excellent at building faith communities and nurturing families. 

We could amplify that strength instead of asking you to become educators.

Your Church Provides What You Already Do Best:

• Provide an Christian education for your children
• Keep the families who are currently forced to leave
• Deepen your discipleship impact with children 5 days a week instead of 1
• Become the church that other families seek out
• Create a model that other churches want to replicate
• Space you already own and maintain
• The community relationships you've spent years building
• Pastoral oversight and spiritual formation
• The ministry heart that makes this church special

This isn't about starting a school. This is about extending your ministry through educational partnership.

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The following Memorandum of Understanding is what a Church and Homeschool Companion would agree to do.

Vaughn Jennings, Superintendent

myhomeschoolcompanion@gmail.com

Purpose:

This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlines the terms and understanding between Homeschool Companion and the Microschool regarding their collaborative efforts to support homeschooling families and Microschools/Co-Op ministries in providing quality education aligned with Biblical principles and fostering reliance on God.

Homeschool Companion serves only in an advisory capacity.

Objectives, Roles, and Responsibilities:

1. Resource Sharing:

Homeschool Companion will recommend educational resources, curriculum guides, and teacher training to Microschool to enhance the quality of education offered.

Microschool will collaborate on best practices and innovative teaching strategies and provide feedback on Homeschool Companion's support to ensure continuous improvement.

2. Professional Development

Homeschool Companion will offer professional development workshops for microschool educators. The workshops will focus on integrating Biblical principles into the curriculum, creative teaching methods, student engagement strategies, and assisting in evaluating student learning.

Microschool educators will provide insights and testimonials to Homeschool Companion to help refine these workshops.

3. Community Building:

Both parties will work together to build a supportive community of homeschooling families and Microschool educators through events, online forums, and collaborative projects.

4.  Mutual Support and Advocacy

Homeschool Companion and the Microschool will support each other's initiatives and advocate for policies that benefit families and microschools within the home education system.

Duration:

This MOU is effective from the date of signing and will remain in effect for __________ days.

It may be renewed or amended by mutual written consent of both parties.

Financial Responsibilities:

Homeschool Companion provides protection under IRC Sections 509 (a) (1) and 170 (b) (1) (A) (i). In addition, it is a 501(c)(3), which means the microschool can accept tax-free donations and have the status of a ministry with a separation of church and state protection.

Homeschool Companion endeavors to keep the financial obligations as affordable as possible.

Fees:

$200/year/student

Any students taking classes from Homeschool Companion will be charged the current tuition rates.

The Microschool will be responsible for additional fees, supplies, student insurance, special events, etc.

Termination

Either party may terminate this MOU with a 30-day written notice. In the event of termination, both parties agree to fulfill any outstanding obligations.

Confidentiality

Both parties agree to maintain the confidentiality of any proprietary information shared during the course of this partnership.