Seattle Homeschooling Virtual Conference
15–20 January 2024
Salmon = kid activities; Yellow = parent education. Scroll down for detailed descriptions and Zoom link.| MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | ||
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9 – 9:50 |
Welcome Chat |
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10 – 10:50 |
Poetry with Gaming |
Self-Directed Education |
Math Games |
Memory & Cognition |
Game-Schooling |
Introduction to Homeschooling |
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11 – 11:50 |
Outdoor Education |
Homeschooling 2e Kids |
Homeschooling & Trauma |
What Is In Your Chest? |
Arts for Teens |
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12 – 12:50 |
SHG Chess Club |
Drawing Club |
Savory Tarts |
Mental Math |
Diversity in Media |
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1 – 1:50 |
Lunch Break |
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2 – 2:50 |
A |
Business Week |
Business Week Advisor Hour |
Business Week |
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B |
[Internet] |
We Are Not Strangers |
Digital Wellness |
Art Appreciation |
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3 – 3:50 |
A |
Minecraft Build Party |
Minecraft Showcase |
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B |
KEYNOTE |
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4 – 4:50 |
Testing & Assessment |
Home High School |
Running Start |
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5 – 5:50 |
Closing Chat |
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Meet the Team
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Monet Goode
FOUNDER
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Emmett Marsh
DESIGN DIRECTOR
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Eleanor Parks
SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR
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Karl Holland
SALES MANAGER
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Jaya Dixon
MARKETING DIRECTOR
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Jamie Kokot
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
DAY 1 - MONDAY 1/15/24
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Host:
Target Audience: Everyone!
Description: Bring your coffee! Bring your tea! Bring your breakfast! Bring your cat! Ask your questions about the Seattle Homeschooling Virtual Conference, SHG, homeschooling, or just come and say hello! -
Host: Teacher Laura
Target Audience: ?
Description: -
Host: Wilderness Awareness School
Target Audience: parents
Description: Wilderness Awareness School, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1983, is an internationally-recognized leader in outdoor education. Our mission is to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community, and self. We are based in the foothills of the Cascade mountains about 45-minutes outside of Seattle, WA. -
Host: SHG Chess Club
Target Audience: kids of all ages and skill levels, with basic knowledge of chess rules
Description: SHG Chess Club takes place online using both lichess and Zoom. Each Monday at 12:30, participants play a 5-round chess tournament with an optional quick 3-round bonus tournament of a fun chess variant afterwards. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced players of all ages are welcome. -
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Host: Washington Business Week
Target Audience: kids 11+
Description: Washington Business Week (WBW) creates a hands-on experiential environment to educate, empower and encourage a diverse population of high school students to recognize and achieve their potential. Business leaders, educators, high school students, and community volunteers teach and inspire one another to be responsible employees, employers and citizens.
WBW’s programs place high school students in a dynamic simulation where they compete as industry professionals, sharpen communication skills, and face real-world challenges. With the guidance of a mentor from the business community, students gain a competitive edge in college preparation, workplace readiness, and overall life success. If you’re a current high school student (grade 9-12), this is the place to ignite your potential.
Week-long residential programs are held at university and college campuses in the summer and focus on the areas of business, healthcare, and technology. Business Week programs are also offered in eleven states and internationally in Poland and Italy. In-school programs are offered in rural areas throughout Washington state during the academic year including Centralia, Aberdeen, Omak/Okanagan, Hoquiam, and Willapa. At each program, students undertake hands-on projects providing them the opportunity to operate a business and create a new product. -
Host: Jo Langford
Target Audience: parents
Description: ”I am a dad, a Master's-level therapist and sex educator for tweens, teens and parents in Seattle, Washington. For the last 20 years, I have worked in that intersection of adolescence, technology and sexuality.
I speak internationally using information, education and humor to help parents and professionals increase their knowledge and self-confidence as a proactive defense against the unfortunate consequences that sometimes accompany teen sexuality, screen behavior and development.
I provde training for organizations and agencies as well as therapy to adolescents and families around a gambit of sexuality themes - with an emphasis on LGBT issues, Internet safety, digital citizenship and comprehensive sex education.
I am the author of the Spare Me, "The Talk", series - guides to sex relationships and growing up for modern teens and their parents. My lastest book, The Pride Guide, is an encompassing guide to sexual and social and development, safety and health for queer youth and their families. This book is - proudly- the first puberty book written with queer (and specifically trans) youth in mind.” -
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Host: Owen Riggs
Target Audience: kids
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Host: Seattle Public Library and King County Public Library
Target Audience: parents
Description: Learn about the myriad resources for homeschoolers available through our local public library systems.
DAY 1 - MONDAY 1/15/24
9:00AM - 9:50AM: Welcome Chat
Host:
Target Audience: Everyone!
Description: Bring your coffee! Bring your tea! Bring your breakfast! Bring your cat! Ask your questions about the Seattle Homeschooling Virtual Conference, SHG, homeschooling, or just come and say hello!
10:00AM - 10:50AM: Poetry with Gaming
Host: Teacher Laura
Target Audience: ?
Description:
11:00AM - 11:50AM: Outdoor Education
Host: Wilderness Awareness School
Target Audience: parents
Description: Wilderness Awareness School, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1983, is an internationally-recognized leader in outdoor education. Our mission is to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community, and self. We are based in the foothills of the Cascade mountains about 45-minutes outside of Seattle, WA.
12:00PM - 2:00PM: SHG Chess Club
Host: SHG Chess Club
Target Audience: kids of all ages and skill levels, with basic knowledge of chess rules
Description: SHG Chess Club takes place online using both lichess and Zoom. Each Monday at 12:30, participants play a 5-round chess tournament with an optional quick 3-round bonus tournament of a fun chess variant afterwards. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced players of all ages are welcome.
1:00PM - 1:50PM: Lunch Break
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (A) Business Week Introduction
Host: Washington Business Week
Target Audience: kids 11+
Description: Washington Business Week (WBW) creates a hands-on experiential environment to educate, empower and encourage a diverse population of high school students to recognize and achieve their potential. Business leaders, educators, high school students, and community volunteers teach and inspire one another to be responsible employees, employers and citizens.
WBW’s programs place high school students in a dynamic simulation where they compete as industry professionals, sharpen communication skills, and face real-world challenges. With the guidance of a mentor from the business community, students gain a competitive edge in college preparation, workplace readiness, and overall life success. If you’re a current high school student (grade 9-12), this is the place to ignite your potential.
Week-long residential programs are held at university and college campuses in the summer and focus on the areas of business, healthcare, and technology. Business Week programs are also offered in eleven states and internationally in Poland and Italy. In-school programs are offered in rural areas throughout Washington state during the academic year including Centralia, Aberdeen, Omak/Okanagan, Hoquiam, and Willapa. At each program, students undertake hands-on projects providing them the opportunity to operate a business and create a new product.
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (B) Internet
Host: Jo Langford
Target Audience: parents
Description: ”I am a dad, a Master's-level therapist and sex educator for tweens, teens and parents in Seattle, Washington. For the last 20 years, I have worked in that intersection of adolescence, technology and sexuality.
I speak internationally using information, education and humor to help parents and professionals increase their knowledge and self-confidence as a proactive defense against the unfortunate consequences that sometimes accompany teen sexuality, screen behavior and development.
I provde training for organizations and agencies as well as therapy to adolescents and families around a gambit of sexuality themes - with an emphasis on LGBT issues, Internet safety, digital citizenship and comprehensive sex education.
I am the author of the Spare Me, "The Talk", series - guides to sex relationships and growing up for modern teens and their parents. My lastest book, The Pride Guide, is an encompassing guide to sexual and social and development, safety and health for queer youth and their families. This book is - proudly- the first puberty book written with queer (and specifically trans) youth in mind.”
3:00PM - 3:50PM: (A) Minecraft Build Party
Host: Owen Riggs
Target Audience: kids
Description:
4:00PM - 4:50PM: Library Resources
Host: Seattle Public Library and King County Public Library
Target Audience: parents
Description: Learn about the myriad resources for homeschoolers available through our local public library systems.
10:00AM - 10:50AM: Self-Directed Education
Host: Bria Bloom
Target Audience: parents
Description:
DAY 2 - TUESDAY 1/16/24
11:00AM - 11:50AM: Homeschooling 2e Kids
Host:
Target Audience: parents
Description:
12:00PM - 12:50PM: Drawing Club
Host: Biggie Ron
Target Audience: kids
Description:
1:00PM - 1:50PM: Lunch Break
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (A) Business Week Advisor Hour
Host: Washington Business Week
Target Audience: kids 11+
Description: Optional consultation with business advisors
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (B) We Are Not Strangers — Book Talk
Host: Josh Tuininga
Target Audience: teens and tweens
Description: Learn about this local author’s new book.
3:00PM - 3:50PM: (A) Minecraft Build Party
Host: Owen Riggs
Target Audience: kids
Description:
4:00PM - 4:50PM: Annual Testing & Assessment
Host: Family Learning Organization
Target Audience: parents
Description: Family Learning Organization has been providing testing and assessments for homeschool families for over 30 years. Founded by a homeschool pioneer, our mission is to provide information, resources, and assist families in Washington State and across the nation by providing testing and assessment services. We offer a number of testing options and a Non-Test Assessment option.
10:00AM - 10:50AM: Math Games
Host: Seattle Universal Math Museum
Target Audience: kids
Description: SUMM will be a space for learners to engage with math in hands-on, fun ways that spark curiosity and ignite new ideas that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. We will take you on a math journey and create opportunities for exploration, discovery, and growth.
DAY 3 - Wednesday 1/17/24
11:00AM - 11:50AM: Homeschooling & Trauma
Host: Casey O’Roarty
Target Audience: parents
Description:
12:00PM - 12:50PM: Savory Sausage-Lentil Puff Pastry Tarts
Presenter: Meg Tucker of Cook with Meg
Meg Tucker has been creating shared experiences through media for over twenty years. Creator of the Shaw TV original kids cooking show Just One Bite, and a top twenty-five finalist on Masterchef Canada, Meg’s catchy enthusiasm for life brings joy to everyone she meets in front of and behind her kitchen counter. Meg holds degree in psychology from St Thomas University and a Professional Cook Certification from Rouxbe. Before opening Cook with Meg, she worked in marketing, TV and radio. Whether it’s baking something yummy, or crafting a savoury dish, Meg’s passion goes far beyond teaching people how to cook - she works to help people relax, develop life skills, practice patience, and build self-esteem by making fun and delicious dishes in the kitchen together.
Target Audience: kids and families
Description: Join Meg Tucker, professional chef and the creator of Cook with Meg as we make a delicious lunch. Meg will guide participants through each step needed to create a crispy, flaky, savory lunch with just a hint of sweetness as we pile lentils, sausage, caramelized onions and cheese into puff pastry cups. The recipe is modified for vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free cooks. Learn about Meg's cooking classes. including free monthly programs! Class requires some pre-preparation including acquisition of ingredients some and pre-cooking. We are awesome!
1:00PM - 1:50PM: Lunch Break
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (A) Business Week Advisor Hour
Host: Washington Business Week
Target Audience: kids 11+
Description: Optional consultation with business advisors
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (B) Digital Wellness
Host: Scroll by Choice
Target Audience: parents
Description:
3:00PM - 3:50PM: (A) Minecraft Build Party
Host: Owen Riggs
Target Audience: kids
Description:
3:00PM - 4:50PM: (B) KEYNOTE — Grit and Growth Mindset
Host: Austina De Bonte of Smart is Not Easy
Austina De Bonte is President of WA Coalition for Gifted Education, Past President of NW Gifted Child Association, advisor to The G Word documentary, member of the NAGC Public Policy and Advocacy Committee, and a consultant at Smart is not Easy. She received the NAGC Carolyn Callahan Doctoral Student Award (2023), People to Watch by Variations 2e Magazine (2020), WAETAG Advocacy Award (2019), and has won three PTA Outstanding Advocate awards. She is a doctoral candidate at Bridges Graduate School studying twice exceptional education.
Target Audience: parents
Description: What Grit and Growth Mindset Really Mean for the Smart Student What predicts success? Do talented kids always become eminent adults? What role do grit and growth mindset play? What does IQ actually predict about later life? This session starts with a 360 degree research review, starting with Terman, the Study for Mathematically Precocious Youth, Carol Dweck's work on "growth mindset," and Angela Duckworth's research on "grit" - including the original research results as well as more recent meta-analyses and critiques - and pulls it all together with the popular "James and Susie" cartoon. Along the way, we'll discuss the many causes of underachievement, why the smartest kids on average have the least grit, what twice exceptionality has to do with it, and most importantly, how to guide our smart students for whole-child growth and development.
10:00AM - 10:50AM: Memory & Cognition
Speaker: Dr. Nancy Franklin, Retired Psychology Professsor, Stonybrook University, Expert Witness on Memory & Cognition
Nancy Franklin received her Ph.D. from Stanford in 1989. She was a professor for 30 years in the Psychology Dept. at Stony Brook University in New York, where her research focused on human memory. She has consulted for more than 15 years in the criminal justice system as an eyewitness memory and identification expert and has been involved in the exonerations of dozens of wrongfully convicted people whose cases had involved misidentification.
Target Audience: parents
Description: Our brains are exquisite machines, but they don’t come with User’s Manuals. This session will include some tips about how to improve your everyday memory and how to improve your teaching/study style. We’ll also explore the research on eyewitness memory and its flaws, wrapping back around to what that research means for how memory works more generally and why you can’t completely trust even your most vivid and fondest recollections (sorry!).
DAY 4 - Thursday 1/18/24
11:00AM - 11:50AM: What Is Actually in Your Chest?
Presenter: Brandon Hendrickson of Science is Weird
Brandon helps kids fall in love with the world.
He’s a homeschooling dad who works with homeschooling families — and got his start teaching SHG teens!
He currently runs “Science is WEIRD”, an outfit that seeks to help kids (and especially 2e kids) fall in love with the sciences, but he’s also been an classroom teacher and curriculum architect at a startup Montessori-inspired school in Bellevue. Before that, he and his wife ran a homeschooling enrichment program in Kirkland that taught elementary kids history, philosophy, and cooking. Brandon also writes the Substack The Lost Tools of Learning (losttools.substack.com), where he’s fleshing out a new approach to homeschooling that blends some of the best aspects of classical, unschooling, and outdoor education. His writing on this recently won a book review contest (https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-contest-2023-winners).
In all this, he’s worked with the knowledge that the world is fascinating, and that kids are more clever than is commonly assumed.
He has bachelor’s degrees in world religions and history, and a master’s in educational theory from the University of Washington.
Target Audience: kids
Description: 90 minutes of fast-paced, funny, hyper-interactive, cameras-on evolutionary physiology. Kids’ll learn what their lungs really are, what their ribs really are, and something really, really strange about their heart. (We promise: they don’t already know this.) Come with some paper, some colored pencils or pens, and as much curiosity as you can muster.
12:00PM - 12:50PM: Mental Math
Host: Joyful Abacus School
Target Audience: parents
Description:
1:00PM - 1:50PM: Lunch Break
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (A) Business Week Advisor Hour
Host: Washington Business Week
Target Audience: kids 11+
Description: Optional consultation with business advisors
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (B) Art Appreciation
Host: Luc Travers
Target Audience: kids
Description:
3:00PM - 3:50PM: (A) Minecraft Build Party
Host: Owen Riggs
Target Audience: kids
Description:
4:00PM - 4:50PM: Homeschooling High School
Speaker: Linda Love Gorordo of Love HS to College
Linda Love Gorordo brings real-world knowledge and experience into the educational consulting field. When her children were younger, she wrote a successful $500,000 grant for their elementary school, and was hired as a consultant for a magnet program at the school they attended after moving to Washington state. When her children were 5th, 4th and 1st grades, they began homeschooling. Over the subsequent years, she has gained expertise on various forms of school choice, alternative schooling, hybrid schooling, dual enrollment and how all of those things, along with homeschooling can be combined for a successful high school education and college application. Her older children, now 24 and 22 have graduated from prestigious universities, while her youngest, at 20, is finishing his sophomore year at Carleton College in Minnesota. All have followed a non-traditional educational path to university acceptance.
Target Audience: parents
Description: Whether you are just thinking, just starting, or already in the thick of it, this workshop will give you the information necessary to homeschool on a path to college entrance. We'll cover year-by-year planning for college entrance, credits, diplomas, curriculum, standardized testing (PSAT, SAT, ACT), hybrid options, Running Start, extra-curriculars and special concerns like unschooling and athletic recruitment.
DAY 5 - Friday 1/19/24
10:00AM - 10:50AM: Game-Schooling
Panel:
Target Audience: parents
Description:
11:00AM - 11:50AM: Arts for Teens
Speaker: TeenTix
Target Audience: teens and parents
Description:
12:00PM - 12:50PM: The Importance of Diversity in Your Home Media and Homeschool
Speaker: Giselle Fuente of Code Switch Academy
Giselle Fuerte is author of the well-regarded children's book, The Lying Liar Called Racism: A Love Letter, that was mentioned in Washington City Paper as a tool to aid DC students heal after the January 6th insurrection, and is recommended by Boston Children's Hospital as a tool for discussing racism. Giselle is an AfroLatin immigrant from Panama who juggles working full-time as a curriculum developer, operating Code Switch Academy where she develops Black history curriculum, and homeschooling her young children. She holds a graduate degree in education from the University of Southern California.
Target Audience: parents
Description: Exposure to media can negatively impact self-esteem for Black people and white girls and women while, on the other hand, it often improves the self-esteem of white boys and men. Having characters that resemble themselves helps Children of Color develop confidence and healthy self-esteem, while playing with toys that depict people of different races promotes compassion and understanding. We'll uncover how to make our environment and homeschool reflective of the true, diverse nature of the world to help children grow into compassionate humans with healthy feelings of self-worth.
1:00PM - 1:50PM: Lunch Break
2:00PM - 2:50PM: (A) Business Week
Host: Washington Business Week
Target Audience: kids 11+
Description: Final presenation
3:00PM - 3:50PM: (A) Minecraft Showcase
Host: Owen Riggs
Target Audience: kids
Description:
4:00PM - 4:50PM: Running Start
Host: Linda Love Gorordo of Love HS to College
Linda Love Gorordo brings real-world knowledge and experience into the educational consulting field. When her children were younger, she wrote a successful $500,000 grant for their elementary school, and was hired as a consultant for a magnet program at the school they attended after moving to Washington state. When her children were 5th, 4th and 1st grades, they began homeschooling. Over the subsequent years, she has gained expertise on various forms of school choice, alternative schooling, hybrid schooling, dual enrollment and how all of those things, along with homeschooling can be combined for a successful high school education and college application. Her older children, now 24 and 22 have graduated from prestigious universities, while her youngest, at 20, is finishing his sophomore year at Carleton College in Minnesota. All have followed a non-traditional educational path to university acceptance.
Target Audience: parents
Description: Running Start can be a perfect fit for homeschooled teens, but can seem like a mystery for homeschooling parents to unravel. Linda Love Gorordo will make the Running Start path clear and manageable, helping you access this fantastic program for your homeschoolers.
4:00PM - 4:50PM: Closing Chat
Host: Conference Organizers
Target Audience: parents
Description: Join us for a chat and share your feedback.
10:00AM - 1:00PM: Introduction to Homeschooling
Host: Megan Riggs, WHO Advocacy Volunteer, SHG Events Chair
Target Audience: parents
Description: New to Homeschooling? Not sure where to start? Join us for an Introduction to Homeschooling. Topics covered will include
Washington State Home-Based Instruction (HBI) law
filing a Declaration of Intent (DOI)
parent qualifications
11 required subjects
annual testing/assessment
issuing a homeschool diploma
advantages of homeschooling
returning to school after homeschooling
SHG community and resources
WHO conference and advocacy