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Hope Academy
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August 03rd, 2018

8/3/2018

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How to Start a Hope Academy
Remember --- This has all been done many times before. You don’t have to invent the wheel. Many resources are available to guide your efforts. Your state may have a Christian School Organization that can support your vision.
6-12 months before opening
  • Form a Planning Committee of fellow parents, church members and community leaders. Make it your goal to find a common vision for the school. This includes drafting a mission statement such as: "To provide students with a strong academic education coupled with biblical principles so they may live their lives according to the principles taught by the Lord, Jesus Christ." Your mission statement guides your policy-making and attracts supporters who understand your goals.
  • Form an Executive Committee: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary are basic positions. Make brief job descriptions so people understand their roles. These leaders need to understand how to delegate, follow-up, and develop consensus. Decisions are to be made by discussion and vote. One person doesn’t act independently.
  • Form Committees and Sub-Committees as needed. Some possibilities: These may include a fiscal committee, an enrollment committee, facility committee, curriculum committee, a marketing team or a legal team. Each committee should be chaired. Attorneys, accountants and business people can be very helpful in some of these committees. Every sub-committee should accomplish action items and report progress at every meeting.
  • Choose a name by collaborating with your organization. Make sure a web domain is available for your name.
  • Decide educational philosophy and curriculum emphasis. Develop appropriate resources that teachers can use.
  • Create a strong business plan. This will be extremely important, especially in obtaining financing. If you plan to solicit donations from members of your church, they should see a copy of your business plan. Draft a solid budget, enrollment projections, staffing solutions and a marketing plan. Include an entrepreneurship plan for students to earn much of their own tuition.
  • Decide Initial Grade Levels. Start young and build up to older grades if you can’t do all at once.
  • Apply for 501-C3 Non-profit status. Donations will increase if you are a non-profit.
  • Establish organizational policies for handling funds, succession of officers, meetings, voting, etc.
  • Raise capital and resources. Donations can be tax-write offs if you receive your non-profit status.
  • Decide your location. Consult local municipalities for zoning/building requirements.
4-6 months before opening:
  • Hire Key personnel: Principal and business manager and possibly teachers.
  • Develop school policies and standards with the Principal and other committee members. This is a big job but you can start with handbooks that other schools currently use.
  • Decide if you want to be accredited. This is optional.
  • Decide Tuition.
  • Recruit families and volunteers – not just students. The families need to be engaged for the school to be successful.
  • Make a school website and social networking sites for info and marketing
  • Arrange KidCEO training workshops
3 months before opening:
  • Set your calendar.
  • Start organizing equipment, books, etc needed. This might include technology capabilities.
  • Have teacher training sessions.
  • Organize tuition payment methods.
  • Decide drop-off/pick-up traffic patterns
  • Order curriculum materials and some school supplies.
1 month before opening:
  • Have Parent training meeting where family expectations/school policies are made clear
    • Have parent information packets to sign
  • Take required deposits for tuition
  • Organize your library if you have one.
  • Order final school supplies
2 weeks-1 day before
  • Register students and assign classes.
  • Meet your teacher night/parent support group organizing night
  • Finish setting up school facility
First Day of School
  • Take lots of photos!
  • Stay calm and carry on!
Links: Marva Collins--- a marvelous teacher and school founder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8b1Behi9FM
https://classroom.synonym.com/start-christian-school-4854560.html
State by State Regulations for starting a private school: https://www2.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/regprivschl/regprivschl.pdf



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    • What's Really Going on in Education
    • About HOPE Ink >
      • Stop Common Core
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      • Family Viewing
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    • Must Read Blogs >
      • Concerned Grandmothers Blog
      • Danny Hubbard
      • Donna Garner
      • For Such a Time as This
      • Letter from Mental Health Counselor-Joan Landes
    • ALTERNATIVE OR TRUE EDUCATION >
      • Hope Academy--Please share
      • Helpful Tools for Today's Education
      • Champions For Christ
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    • AL Legislators Phone
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    • Conferences
  • Kids TV
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