Homeschooling: Certified Teachers Come To You

Any curriculum you choose can be supplemented and augmented with one of our qualified in-person private teachers. As a homeschooling service, we work with professional certified teachers and tutors to make sure that we bring you the homeschool teacher or tutor who is the right fit for your needs. Just let us know your preferences. We are experts in improving and optimizing your virtual or remote homeschool program by providing you with a private teacher who is compatible with your family values.

Online homeschool programs and curriculums may allow students to successfully complete grades and lesson work and graduate from accredited schools, but it’s not the same as having the right teacher there by your side. Also, many parents are busy and don’t always have time to monitor homework and progress. In cases where the curriculum is online only and a parent is not the teacher, too often the human component is lost without the presence of a real teacher in the home to inspire and guide the student on their journey. This is especially true for the younger age students in preschool through 3rd grade. In addition, even though a parent may be teaching, there could be a subject or two that the parent is not knowledgeable in where a student shows special interest, or where he or she could benefit from a trained expert teacher.

Our homeschool teachers for hire are instruction and individualization specialists who can help your children follow through with their private homeschool plan by providing the personal touch needed. This can be all day every day for all subjects to augment the current curriculum with a real qualified teacher in your home, or for one or two subjects only to make sure things are getting done when help is needed on a weekly basis. For instance, you may need a private teacher to help with a kindergarten homeschool curriculum on a daily basis, or a 2nd grade tutor two days per week.

If you are a parent teaching your child and need a teacher or tutor for just one particular subject, we can bring you an expert teacher or tutor for the subject you need, even if it is just one to two hours/week. We can also bring you a full-time or part-time bilingual teacher if needed in English/Spanish, or any another language pair. If you need help with homeschooling in general or any specific subject, our top quality personalized service comes with over ten years of experience. We have private teachers for homeschooling across the US, from Florida and North Carolina to Texas and California.

Our main goal is to help homeschool families establish an individualized homeschool program and bring you teachers to help implement that plan, whether in-person or online. We will walk with you every step of the way, answering questions and helping with schedules, and bringing you just the right teacher to meet your individual needs with any curriculum you choose while providing ongoing support.

If you have a child with special needs, we can also help. We regularly provide private teachers with special education backgrounds, and are happy to provide the individualized services you require at your location. We are the largest booking agency for teachers in the US, with thousands of teachers nationwide. If your family travels frequently, we are also happy to provide for your needs while traveling, whether that involves online instruction or a teacher to travel with your family.

Regardless of your homeschool academic needs, if you live anywhere in the USA, we are here to serve and support you.

Homeschool Requirements By State

Teachers To Go operates in all 50 states, and no matter where you live, we have teachers and clients in every location of the USA. Your only restrictions on how you homeschool are your state's Department of Education homeschool laws. Below is a resource where you can find and look up that information provided by your state. Whenever you are ready, Teachers To Go can bring you the right in-person teacher for your family.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I Need to be Wealthy to Hire a Private Homeschool Teacher?

Of course, the word "wealthy" is subjective, because the word wealthy means different amounts to different people. Likewise, teaching jobs (including homeschool teacher jobs) are all different, with different duties, numbers of students and hours. Private teachers all charge different amounts, and location is also a factor.

So to answer the question whether you need to be wealthy and have a lot of money to hire a homeschool teacher, we would need to define which teacher, which students, where, and for what (ie: what exactly the teacher will be doing). The correct answer is that sometimes it can cost a lot, and sometimes it can be very affordable, depending on your answers and priorities. Here is a contrasting example:

A) A family is looking for a teacher with a PHD, state certification, and minimum five years of professional classroom teaching experience in secondary education to create a customized curriculum aligned to state standards for four students of very different ages, full-time Monday-Friday 9-5, in person in a remote location of Alaska that is only accessible by helicopter. In addition, one of the children has special needs, and the family has other preferences and pre-qualifiers which they wish to find in a teacher to match the specific values in their family environment.

This family is lucky that they have resources. What they are looking for will likely cost six figures. (Here's a spoiler: Yes, we filled this position!)

B) A family in a large city wants to hire a homeschool teacher for their two children in elementary school, but they have a limited budget. So they have chosen to enroll their children in a free accredited online curriculum offered through their state, and are looking for a teacher with any prior experience with grade school students to come tutor them for a couple of hours two days a week while the parents are working. In addition, the teacher will coach the parents for one hour a week on how to assist the kids when the teacher is not there. Due to budget restraints, the family is willing to have the teacher coach the parents online, even though they would prefer in person.

This family also happens to be lucky that they are in a state where a universal voucher of up to $10,000 or an education savings account can be used to reimburse them for some or all of this cost. If it is handled the right way and the family sticks to the budget as the main priority, in this situation hiring a homeschool teacher could have absolutely 0 impact on their budget. (We have filled many positions like this!)

The good news is that there is something most everyone can do. If the budget is tight, you may consider hiring a teacher in a very part-time capacity to tutor the student and also coach another family member or friend to fill in when the teacher is not there. (Caution: This is not the right solution for every family, and the way this proposition is presented is key. If not presented correctly, there are aspects of this proposition that will make teachers run the other way!)

Whether it is more of a full-time proposition or a part-time supplemental proposition may depend on your budget, and everyone understands this. This is why we work with clients who have all kinds of budgets. Since there is no conflict of interest, we have no way to benefit from anything other than just helping you do whatever you decide is best for your family.

Can I Use a School Voucher or ESA to Pay for a Private Homeschool Teacher?

This is up to your state and your state's Department of Education homeschool laws. There are a number of states where the answer is yes and a number of states where the answer is no. There have been times in the past when this information in many areas was very difficult to find. However, since COVID, the information in most states is now usually easy to locate.

Go to your state Department of Education website and look up the homeschool laws and requirements to see if vouchers or ESA's (education savings accounts) exist, and under what conditions you can apply. You may also be able to Google your state name, vouchers, ESA and state department of education to get the answer.

There are also quite a few third party resources online from homeschool associations and groups that try to keep up with this information. However, our advice is always to get the answer directly from the "horse's mouth" and go to your state Department of Education website. State laws are constantly changing, and they often contradict each other, so you really should check directly with the state where you live.

If you can't find a straight answer on your state's Department of Education website or if you have additional questions about how to apply and what you can and can't do regarding vouchers or ESAs, then you should call or email your state Department of Education directly. If budget is a consideration and you are not sure, it is definitely worth your time to get the right answer.

Is an Education Voucher or ESA Enough to Pay for my Homeschool Teacher's Salary?

We are willing to bet that you already know the answer to this question by now. That's right, the correct answer is: it depends. If you would like more information, please contact us about our homeschooling services. One of the biggest values we provide our clients is advising them about exactly what is likely and not likely for their specific situation.

What our customers are saying...

"I want to thank you again for your services, this is the second time Teachers To Go has helped my family hire a professional and qualified teacher for my children and I could not have done this without your help. As a business owner, I know the value you bring as recruiters, since I do all the hiring myself for my business. You're a tremendous resource, and if I need another teacher in the future, you'll be the first to know!"

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