Teaching a co-op class
Take attendance, see who’s out, assign homework, keep track of class spending and post to your class’s families.
When a director names you as a class’s teacher or helper, you become a teacher in the co-op and an Attendance tab appears.
Attendance
- Open your co-op on your phone or computer and choose Attendance. During co-op it opens on today and on the class you’re teaching right now.
- If it isn’t the class or day you want, pick another.
- Mark each child Here, Late or Out (or Mark everyone else here), then choose Save attendance. The sheet locks so nothing changes by accident.
- If someone comes in late, choose Edit, change them to Late, and Save attendance again.
You can take attendance live while class is going: mark each child as class starts, Out for anyone who isn’t there, and save. If a child shows up later, use Edit to change them to Late. Children reported out ahead of time (by their family or a director) are already marked Out and show Reported out with the note. A No photos label means the family asked that the child not be photographed. Print a sign-in sheet gives you a paper roster.
Posting to your class
On the Bulletin board, choose + New post, pick your class (its families, teacher and helpers see it), or tag particular people or the directors. Everyone you send it to gets it by email too, unless you untick Email it to them now.
Homework
Under Homework, pick your class, write what to do, add details if you like (page numbers, links, what to bring) and the due date (it starts on the class’s next meeting day). Under Attach files you can add up to three: a worksheet PDF, a photo or a Word document (4 MB each). Leave Email the class’s families ticked to send it to them too, then choose Assign. It shows up in each enrolled family’s planner and on their child’s card in My Homeschool. Under Assigned you see how many children have it done, and you can Edit it (including adding or removing files) or Delete it.
Class money
Under Class money, record what you spend from the class fees: the date, what you bought, the amount and, if you like, a photo or PDF of the receipt. The page shows the class’s budget, what’s spent and what’s left. The budget starts as the class fee times the children enrolled; a director can set it to what was actually collected. Only you and the class’s helpers can add or change entries. Directors can see every class’s spending and open receipts; families don’t see this page.
When a family will be out
You get an email when a family or a director reports that a child will miss your class, and that child is already marked Out on your attendance for the day.