Offerings For High School Co-Ops

Mostly classical. Sometimes eclectic. Always contemplative.

Homeschool co-ops (and hybrid schools) allow students to nurture “real life” friendships and learn from local teachers in a safe and supportive non-virtual environment. They also create the perfect setting for Socratic discussion.

But high school teachers are hard to come by. Even if the perfect teacher can be found, he or she might lack the time to do “all the things”. As a result, co-ops often forgo classical education in favor of something less demanding, which leads many families to enroll their children in online courses with higher academic standards. 

What if you could preserve the rigor of your co-op in the high school years, introducing your students to the Great Books, while supporting your part-time teachers so they don’t have to go it alone?

Co-Teaching

On-site teachers can utilize the class materials of a remote teacher, significantly cutting down on “first year teacher” work and raising the bar for students.

Online Private Classes

Your co-op can arrange for a private online class, either a standard Teach to the Text class, or one that is designed to meet your students’ needs.

Substitute Teaching

As long as your students have laptops, there is no reason they should be sitting in class twiddling their thumbs when the teacher is out.

Co-Teaching Components

Ms. Finnigan has already done most that “first year teacher” work. Plus, she knows what students find confusing in the texts, what they overlook the first time around, and what they find hilarious. More than just purchasing curriculum, your teacher can leverage her decade’s worth of experience in teaching ancient literature online.

1 Study Guides

Study Guides help students engage with the text, conduct literary analysis, and reflect on what they’ve read. They also include major and minor writing assignments, final projects, and ideas for enrichment.

2 “Greatest Hits” lectures

Give your students access at home to lectures that have proven to be the most helpful and the most interesting to students over the years. Then your on-site teacher can do something more engaging with class time.

3 Online Quizzes

Weekly quizzes will help hold students accountable for diligently completing at-home work. Quiz reports will give your teacher an objective way to measure weekly reading comprehension.

Co-teaching is available by the text (unit studies), or as a package to cover one year of ancient literature. Ms. Finnigan can advise on the curriculum and will remain available as a mentor or act as a “silent partner” in this co-teaching venture, depending on your needs.

Private Online Classes & Symposia

Can’t find a local teacher? Hire Ms. Finnigan to teach your students directly with a private, online class. Select a standard Teach to the Text online course, or work with her to design a custom course. She is also available to teach online symposia on special topics.

Check out standard courses or book a call to explore custom courses:

Online Substitute Teaching

As long as your students have laptops, Ms. Finnigan can be a “pinch hitter” for middle school and high school English and literature classes, for sick days or extended leaves of absence. Send an email with school, grade level, number of students, dates and times when the classes meet, and time zone. Rates start at $50/hour for impromptu live teaching and will increase depending on the amount of outside work (prep and grading) time required.

Literature Options

  • Ms. Finnigan has experience teaching the following texts. Bolded options are currently available for turnkey co-teaching.

    • The Iliad by Homer (10+ years)

    • The Odyssey by Homer (10+ years)

    • The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus (10+ years)

    • The Theban Plays by Sophocles (10+ years)

    • Rhetoric by Aristotle (2 years)

    • The Hunger Games (3 years)

    • Poetics by Aristotle (10 years)

    • Ion, Menon, Crito, The Apology, or Phaedo by Plato (10 years)

    • The Aeneid by Virgil (6 years)

    • The Confessions by Saint Augustine (6 years)

    • Coriolanus by Shakespeare (6 years)

    • Marc Antony by Shakespeare (4 years)

    • Julius Caesar by Shakespeare (6 years)

    • Pre-Socratic Thinkers (1 year)

    • Many poems and short stories.

Parent Testimonial

  • "I have known Ms. Finnigan for almost 10 years, and she has taught all 4 of my children in an online school setting. Before we began the high school online curriculum, I was fearful of being able to pass on the knowledge of a classical education – Greek Literature, Roman Literature, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Great Dialogues of Plato, Creative Writing, poetry, etc…. I had never read those Great Books, nor was I a strong writer. Ms. Finnigan assuaged my fears, and she began the process in my children’s minds of them being able to think critically about a piece of literature. By her ability to bring their own viewpoints out in class by participation and discussion, without any particular bias on her part, she opened their minds to a deeper analysis of these works, along with a deeper analysis of themselves. How fortunate a student is to have Ms. Finnigan as a teacher!"

    Elyse Williams