Anyone homeschooling while your significant other or yourself teaches in a public/private school?

[eastkygal]

We are homeschooling DD1 in kindergarten this year.  It is going very well, other than DD2 being very disruptive. :lol  We are low income and had some hard financial hits in 2010 including me being sick and needing ongoing medical care (I'm uninsured) and our bank account was hacked.  On the upside we have been greatly blessed for the coming year.  DH just got hired at a local settlement school as the Art teacher!  I just got word that a am now a certified Lamaze educator after completing all my requirements.  I also will be working on some project where I will be paid part time, and will be required to work outside our home some days.  Not many though.

I am having trouble finding childcare on an as needed basis.  We really need these jobs.  It will be a great benefit to our family financially and our happiness as well.  I truly want to continue to homeschool as I will be home most of the time regardless of working part time.  There are many reasons why we homeschool.  Many.  There are times when I do wonder about it.  We probably all do.

Anyway, if DH likes the school and his job, I know we will probably be tempted to send DD1 to school.  But, for the many reasons we homeschool, I do want to keep her home.

Does anyone else juggle two working parents and lack of childcare with homeschool?

[inky leeuhhh]

both dh and i work full time right now. we are homeschooling this year- not sure what we will be doing next year. it is do-able. dd1 and dd2 (21 mos and 7 years) go to a small in home daycare during the day while we work. older dd has not minded this arrangement, but i think for next year something will have to give. i'll either have to quit or send her to school, as she is getting bored during the day at daycare. dd1 LOVES our daycare provider. like i said its a very small in home place, and very different than if i was sending them to a bigger center. i feel like they are going over to a loved aunties to play while i work. we homeschool at night when i get home, and i do my own classes after the girls are in bed. i am teaching preschool right now, and yeah i think its ironic that i do that and love homeschooling so much, but really that's all i'm trained to do.

[simple living mama]

I've always worked part time and my husband full time.  They are 13 and 12 now so I have two years left homeschooling my kids.  My jobs have always been the kind where I could bring my kids to work with me.  Art studio outside the school district, farmers market and even a preschool that didn't mind if I set my kids up with school work in the back room.  So in that way, we've been really fortunate.    If I was in your situation, I might look for another mother in the same situation that you trust to do kid swaps.  You might work (homeschool) with her kids two and a half days and she with yours equal time.    Hopefully your town has a way for homeschoolers to find each other and talk but if not, put up notices at places you might find mothers who have the same interests as you.  For me it might be the library, health food shops, art studios, or family centers.   The only other way I can figure is for you and your partner to work opposite hours working with the kids.  The hard part about that is you hardly find time for each other but many families make it work just fine.

On a side note, great news for you guys and it looks like things are looking up!  Wishing you a year of closeness, and good finances!