Homeschool leader Amanda Shafer is a woman of many talents. After first serving as her board secretary, she is now switching to serving as their treasurer!
Amanda’s role a secretary of her homeschool group, Heartland Homeschool Association in southeast Missouri included sending emails, newsletters and handling registration for 90 families! It was a large task. Listen to hear how Amanda stayed organized and reduced the full day-long paper registration to an online system that takes only 10 minutes!
In this episode of the HomeschoolCPA podcast host Carol Topp and Amanda discuss:
- What a homeschool organization’s secretary does
- Some tips for registering families for co-op classes
- Some useful tools she uses to send out newsletters and emails.
- How online registration helped her co-op
- What board minutes should look like
- How to run an effective board meeting
Carol and Amanda met online at the I Am a Homeschool Group Leader Facebook Group. It is a closed group (meaning you have to request to join) of 600+ homeschool leaders from across the USA. You can join us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/72534255742/
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Does your homeschool board know and understand its duties?
Author and homeschool advisor, Carol Topp, CPA, has created a Homeschool Organization Board Manual. It is a template to create a board member binder. It has:
- A list of important documents to keep in your binder
- Section dividers so you can organize the important papers
- Tools to help you run your meetings smoothly including
- A sample agenda that you can use over and over again
- A calendar of board meetings
But this is more than just a few cover sheets for your binder. It is also a 55-page board training manual with helpful articles on:
- Suggested Board Meeting Topic List
- Board Duties
- Job Descriptions for Board of Directors
- What Belongs in the Bylaws?
- Compensation and Benefits for Board Members
- Best Financial Practices Checklist
- How to Read and Understand Financial Statements
- Developing a Child Protection Policy
Read more about the Homeschool Organization Board Manual
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