Planet Homeschool Course Details Form for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
DUE no later then FRIDAY 14 APRIL 2023. Earlier is better.

Planet Homeschool is a secular homeschool co-op for middle school and high school students ages 10–19 years. planethomeschool.org 

This form is for classes that have been confirmed for 2023-2024. 
THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN FRIDAY 14 APRIL 2023.
DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Fall Semester 2023 (12 weeks)
Spring Semester 2024 (16 weeks)
2023-2024 Course Proposals (Descriptions for Course Interest Survey)

Please fill out ONE form for EACH class. The information you provide here will be used to enter your class into our online class registration system. It will save our co-op's volunteers precious time and energy if you are complete and accurate. Thank you!

IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND A QUESTION, PLEASE CLICK THE PROVIDED LINK FOR AN EXPLANATION.

If you have any questions about this form or our co-op's class selection process, please contact our co-op's lead volunteers at PLANETHOMESCHOOLMN@GMAIL.COM.

A copy of your submission and a link to edit your information will be sent to the email address you enter below. However, Google provides only one functioning edit link per email address — for your most recent submission. If you will be teaching more than one class at PHS and have a Gmail account, you can use “plus aliases” to create a unique email address for each submission: user+classname@gmail.com.
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INSTRUCTOR DETAILS FORM
  • All instructors must also complete an Instructor Details Form each year.
  • If you have not yet done so, please do so now.
I don't want to complete this form.
To ensure you provide all the information that we need to enter your course into our co-op's class registration system please read this Google Doc. You may then submit your details via email instead.
1. COMMUNICATIONS
1a. An email address where co-op volunteers can reach you *
1b. Your Name *
Name(s) of any Co-Instructor(s) for this course
LEAVE BLANK if you have no co-instructors.
Learn more | I don't understand this question | Required by our registration system if you have a co-instructor.
COURSE DETAILS
1c. Course Title *
You have been given the title for this course in your confirmation email, but you may revise your originally submitted title. 

Course titles should be meaningful yet brief. That can be as simple as High School Biology, but you may be more creative as long as your title (or subtitle) conveys the general idea of the course.
Required by our registration system.

2. COURSE PROPOSAL REVISIONS
Complete the questions in this section if any of the following apply:
  • You did not provide complete information when making your original proposal.
  • You wish to make revisions to your originally submitted proposal.
  • You are teaching a student-proposed course (that is, you did not submit a proposal).
You can find the information you originally submitted in:
  1. The communication from our co-op's volunteers confirming that your course has been chosen.
  2. Your email confirmation from your Course Proposal Form submission.
  3. The Google Doc of Course Proposals used for the Course Interest Survey (which is linked to at the top of this form).
Please review your originally submitted proposal to ensure it is both complete and accurate. Be sure to provide any missing information. 

IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND A QUESTION, PLEASE CLICK THE PROVIDED LINK FOR AN EXPLANATION.
2a. AGE RANGE CONFIRMATION
You have been given the age range for this course in your confirmation email.

PHS volunteers strive to create a balanced schedule that ensures there are multiple options for all our student each class period, so please do not ask to switch a class from High School to Middle School or vice versa but you may ask to refine (switch from Secondary School to High School) or extend (switch from Middle School to Double Digits). You may want to ask for the ages of those interested from the Course Interest Survey before making any decisions about refining or extending the age range.
  • All PHS students must be between the ages of 10 and 19 on the first day of class.
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system.
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Additional information about the age range for this course
2b. COURSE DESCRIPTION *
You have been given your previously submitted description for this course in your confirmation email.

Complete if you have not yet provided a description or if you wish to revise the description you submitted as your course proposal.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool.
2c. Physical Space Needs
Final room assignments will be determined by the number of students enrolled (with larger classes in the larger rooms).

Also complete if you did not submit the Course Proposal Form for this course.
  • It may not be possible to accommodate room requests at this stage of the planning process.
  • All rooms have wall-mounted whiteboards, except for the kitchen.
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Necessary to ensure appropriate room assignments. 
2d. Additional information about your physical space needs.
LEAVE BLANK IF NONE.
  • For on-site storage requests, if you did not do so when you submitted the Course Proposal Form, please describe the supplies you hope to store on site and the space needed to store them.
3. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS COURSE.
These are more detailed questions about your course that were not asked on the briefer Course Proposal Form. 

The information entered below will be incorporated into your course description. You may have already provided some of this information as part of your course description, particularly if you copied and pasted your description from a previous year, in which case you do not need to repeat it here. But please read through these questions to ensure you have provided all essential information.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER "N/A," "NONE," or the like. When a question does not apply to your course, LEAVE IT BLANK. (You may enter meaningful text such as "Open to all skills levels" for a course that has no prerequisites.)

IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND A QUESTION, PLEASE CLICK THE PROVIDED LINK FOR AN EXPLANATION.
3a. Homework Expectations
  1. How many hours per week students will typically need to spend on the course outside of class time
  2. What tasks they will be doing at home (practicing, reading, writing, watching, recording, designing, building, rehearsing, exercises/problem sets, quizzes, etc.).
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Everyone will be happier if you provide this information up front.
3b. Group Work Expectations
  • Please let students know if they need to be willing and able to coordinate schedules with classmates in order to complete work outside of class time.
  • This includes coordinated group work done online and in person.
  • Asynchronous group work also need to be coordinated and organized.
  • Briefly describe the work they will be doing together.
  • Provide an estimate of how much time will be spent on group work outside of class time.
  • Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Everyone will be happier if you provide this information up front.
3c. Any additional dates for this course?
You must let students know before they sign up about any additional dates, times, and locations so that they can make an informed decision about whether or not they will be able to fully participate in your course. 

This includes both required and optional events. 
  • field trips
  • retreats
  • etc.
If you don't have the exact dates or locations now, provide as much information as you do have and then be sure to update the Course Description as soon as the dates, times, and locations are set — before registration opens.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool when applicable. 
3d. Any planned absences for this course?
If you plan to not teach a full semester (whether that means starting late, ending early, or missing a week mid-semester), you must let students know before they sign up. Your dates of your scheduled absences will be included in your course description. Your tuition will be calculated based on your shortened schedule.

If you don't have the exact dates now, provide as much information as you do have and then be sure to update your Course Description as soon as the dates are set — before registration opens.

(Of course, unplanned absences such as illnesses and family emergencies also happen. You're not expected to know about those in advance!)

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool when applicable. 
3e. Prerequisites

Please let students know of any prior knowledge or skills your course presumes they will already have.

It’s a good idea to let students know if a course will, for example, require extensive reading and/or writing (and if this will be done during class or independently at home), mathematical skills such as algebra or geometry, manual dexterity, physical stamina, etc.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Everyone will be happier if you provide this information up front.

3f. Curriculum used (if any)
Homeschool-Life provides a dedicated field for curriculum, so we might as well complete that field if you're using a particular curriculum. 
  • Please also provide a link to the curriculum website if relevant.
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Optional registration system field that is helpful when applicable.
3g. Textbook needed (if any)
Homeschool-Life provides a dedicated field for the course textbook, so we might as well complete that field if you either require or recommend students acquire a textbook. 

As different textbooks often have identical or very similar titles, please help students find the correct textbook by including:
  • full title, including subtitle
  • author(s)
  • publisher
  • publication date
  • edition(s)
  • e-book link (if applicable)
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Optional registration system field that is helpful when applicable.
3h. Textbook ISBN (if any)
Homeschool-Life provides a dedicated field for the textbook ISBN, so we might as well complete that field if students need to acquire a textbook.
  • Providing the ISBN can help ensure students acquire the correct textbook … and the correct edition of the textbook. 
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Optional registration system field that is helpful when applicable.
3i. Required materials
Let students know about any other materials, tools, or equipment that they are required to supply themselves. 

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool when applicable. 

3j. Recommended materials
Let students know about any recommended but not required materials, tools, or equipment.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool when applicable. 
3k. Subject
ONLY ONE and fairly broad in scope. 

You have been given a best guess at the right subject in your confirmation email, but you may choose to revise it. 

The class registration system our co-op uses has a SUBJECT field that is used to generate a Course Catalog which is an alphabetical list of all classes by subject and course title (rather than by date, time, and location). 

We cannot suppress the Course Catalog, so we might as well make it as useful as possible. 

The registration system allows ONLY ONE SUBJECT PER COURSE. 
3l. Full-Year Courses and Spring Semester
Please let families know whether or not students can join a full-year course for the Spring Semester.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool.
Clear selection
Additional information about how new students will be integrated into the spring semester of a full-year course.
Let late-joining students know how they will be “caught up” or otherwise integrated into the Spring Semester of a full-year course.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool when applicable. 
3m. Your title for this course *
You may use different titles for different courses.
  • The default title is Instructor.
  • Coach, Director, Facilitator, Guide, Mentor, Professor, Trainer, Tutor, etc. may be more appropriate.
  • For those who are co-teaching, Lead Instructor and Assistant Instructor may be more appropriate. 
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system.
Your co-instructor(s) title(s) for this course *
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system if you have a co-instructor.
4. REVISIONS TO TUITION AND SUPPLIES FEES

Don't forget to account for PayPal fees.

IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND A QUESTION, PLEASE CLICK THE PROVIDED LINK FOR AN EXPLANATION.
4a. Tuition
Hourly preferred.
You have been given your previously submitted hourly tuition for this course in your confirmation email.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system.
Hourly to Semester Conversion
For your reference. PayPal's fee structure is subject to change. It is each instructor's responsibility to check PayPal to determine whether or not these numbers are still accurate. https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees
4b. Supplies Fee
You have been given your previously submitted supplies for this course in your confirmation email.

LEAVE BLANK if there is no supplies fee.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system when applicable.

4c. Description of supplies 
You have been given your previously submitted supplies description for this course in your confirmation email.

LEAVE BLANK if there is no supplies fee.

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool when applicable.
5. REGISTRATION DETAILS
Minimum and Maximum Number of Students
5a. Minimum number of students *
The minimum number of students you need to sign up for this course to be willing to teach it.
  • This is the minimum number of students for whom you are willing to teach the course.
  • This is not your ideal or preferred number of students.
  • Your course will be automatically cancelled if the minimum number of students have not enrolled by midnight on your Minimum Student Date.
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system.
5b. Maximum number of students *
The maximum number of students who can register for this course.
  • Registration for your course will be automatically closed if your maximum student number is reached.
  • Please take into account room size when setting your maximum number.
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our Registration System.
Additional information about your minimum and maximum number of students.
Deadline Dates
5c. Minimum Student Date for this course. *
  • Your Payment Due Date for tuition and supplies will be one day after your Minimum Student Date.

  • Your course will be automatically cancelled if your minimum number of students have not enrolled by midnight on your Minimum Student Date.
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system.
Additional information about the Minimum Student Date for this course.
5d. Will you accept late registrations for this course? *
  • Registration for your course will automatically close on your Registration Deadline date.
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by our registration system.
Additional information about your late registration policy for this course.
6. ONLINE CLASSES
Only complete this section for online courses. 
6a. At-home requirements for ONLINE courses.
Include both technical and physical SPACE requirements. 

Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required when applicable.

6b. What interface will you use for your synchronous (real-time) ONLINE class meetings?
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Other information related to your ONLINE course.
7. WRAP UP
I am committed to teaching this course. *
Learn more | I don’t understand this question | Required by Planet Homeschool.
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