The following is the proposed typical weekly and daily academic schedules which a homeschool can follow if they were to adopt the 9 thematic project types in the Peconaq Learning Map as the basis for their students learning projects.
Proposed Weekly Schedule
- The following is the recommended, typical weekly schedule for a student in each school co-op so that they will be able to cover all the 9 thematic project types.
- Students take a break from doing project work on Wednesday afternoon, which is reserved for school co-op activities/outdoor group activities. However, the two slots can also be swapped with the Wednesday morning project slots to give flexibility for the organizing of the weekly Wednesday co-op group activities.
- For larger co-ops, the homeschools can be organized into smaller groups or “Houses” so that each House can organize their own “House group activities”.
- However, each school co-op is free to adjust the typical schedule according to their circumstances, and each homeschool can also adjust their school’s schedule to fit their circumstances.
- The students have two time slots of 80 minutes each week to do each thematic project.
- Each week, a possible school/co-op group activity maybe student project presentations, where students who have completed their projects can choose to present their project work to their peers in the school co-op.
Proposed Daily Schedule
- The following is the template for a typical daily schedule for a student in each homeschool so that they will learn to be disciplined and have a structured day to do their project work.
- Each homeschool can adjust the schedule to fit their circumstances.
Mentor “check-in” with students three times a day
- The mentor shall meet with the students every morning to ask/discuss what the students are planning to do for the day. Each student will be required to share with their homeschool group their plans for the day. It is a way of getting the students to make a social commitment for their plans.
- Similarly, the mentor shall meet with the students at the end of the day to review what the students have done. Each student will be required to share with their homeschool group their accomplishments for the day.
- The mentor should also check-in with the students during their Lunch Break to answer any queries they may have about their project work.
Student’s Daily Personal, Community and Nature Breaks
- Each student should use the morning break to spend time alone to connect with their inner person. This is a practice that the mentor should guide the student to do. It is an important practice that the student has to learn as part of their hero’s training. They need to “connect well internally” to be able to perform well externally.
- Similarly, each student should use the afternoon break to spend time alone to connect with the natural environment. This is why the physical spaces in each homeschool have to be designed to provide students with the opportunity to spend their break times alone to connect with themselves and with nature.
- During the lunch break the students should spend time to relate with the community of students.
