Parent Practicums

Today at the Director Training we were told the dates of the upcoming parent practicums in North Carolina.  There might be a few additional dates that are going to be released, but I'll go ahead and share these so that you can mark your calendars for the one you would like to attend.

May 10-12 Burlington 

May 17-19 Wilson

June 1-3 Jacksonville

June 6-8 Boone

June 7-9 Cary

June 27-29 Asheville

June 28-30 Wilmington

July 6-8 Waxhaw

The Parent Practicums are free for parents!  Camps are offered for the children for $30 per child for the three days.  More information is provided on the CC link on the upper right hand corner of this blog, so I won't rewrite it here.  The camps fill up very quickly, as in minutes!  So, if you are planning on coming, keep checking the website and register your children as soon as you see it's open. 

Classical Conversations' Parent Practicum are designed to share more about classically educating yourself and your children.  The topics covered are more 'big picture' and visionary.  The parent practicums are not the place to learn more about the day to day of the Classical Conversations Communities.  If you have any questions about those topics, please email me or post a comment with your email address. 

The Parent Practicums are also where the tutors are trained each year.  Each afternoon after lunch the parents who will be tutoring for their groups go to tutor training and the remaining parents have informational sessions on topics that will support their endeavors in classically home educating their children. The tutor training provides so many great ideas.  I wish that all parents went to tutor training or something just like it. However, our tutors do 'train' each week in class, so it's all good!

Normally, in order to go to tutor training you have to already be hired as a tutor for your community.  However, I learned today that I can have two parents come as 'substitute tutors' that can be trained in the afternoons at the parent practicums, even though they have not been hired as tutors.  So, if you are interested in this let me know, but first you will need to register your family and join our group!