About SchoolHouse
What's a microschool?
The microschool is the reinvention of the one-room schoolhouse, where class sizes are small groups of 5-8 students and there are mixed-age level groupings.
What is SchoolHouse?
SchoolHouse brings the best parts of education to your home with excellent teachers, small class sizes, and a personalized curriculum. We provide all the tools you need to ensure that your children receive an enriching experience with greater flexibility and more personalized attention than traditional schools can offer - all in a safe and inspiring home learning environment.
Why does the teacher matter so much?
Think back to the best education experiences you've had, chances are you're thinking of a teacher. Research supports that teachers have the largest impact on student satisfaction and educational outcomes. SchoolHouse enables parents to choose the teacher that is right for them.
Who are the teachers?
We hire only the best teachers using a rigorous screening process. For every 1 teacher that we hire, we interview approximately 20 candidates. Our teachers have on average 8.5 years of teaching experience, often have advanced degrees, and come highly recommended by colleagues.
Where is the school located?
Learning can happen anywhere there is enough space for the students and the teachers. So far, our pods have taken place in backyards, around kitchen tables, in playrooms, and in community spaces.
What curriculum do we use?
Each class is uniquely responsive and learns to match the learning style, pace, and interest of each student. We support for every type of curriculum and certified learning method. We work with families to help them find what method best suits them, whether that's a Montessori approach, project-based learning, or STEM focused.
Health and Safety
Safety is our highest priority, for your family, the students we work with, and the teacher. We ask all teachers to follow all CDC, state, and local guidelines as it relates to COVID. Beyond that, each pod creates its own health agreement prior to starting, which we have all students, families, and teachers sign-off on.
Kelly F.
- ADD/ADHD
- Dance
- Dyslexia
- Emotional Regulation
- Executive Functioning
- Gifted and Talented
- Hands On
- Health/Nutrition
- Literacy
- Mindfulness
- Physical Education
- Project-based Learning
- Reading
- Social Studies
- Special Ed
- STEM
- Art
- Math
- Montessori
- Science
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Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
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Near North Brunswick Township, New Jersey
Kelly F.
- ADD/ADHD
- Dance
- Dyslexia
- Emotional Regulation
- Executive Functioning
- Gifted and Talented
- Hands On
- Health/Nutrition
- Literacy
- Mindfulness
- Physical Education
- Project-based Learning
- Reading
- Social Studies
- Special Ed
- STEM
- Art
- Math
- Montessori
- Science
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Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
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Near North Brunswick Township, New Jersey
I have a Master's degree in Elementary Education as well as a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in students with learning differences and emotional effective disorders. I am certified to teach all subjects in grades K-6. I also have a Bachelor's degree in History and Creative Writing. I taught elementary school (4th and 5th) for four years. Currently, I am the Learning Specialist at a 1:1 private school for grades 6-12. I specialize in supporting students with all different types of emotional, behavioral, and learning differences. My expertise is in inquiry-based, exploratory learning, project-based learning, executive functioning, and social-emotional learning. Subjects taught include: all subjects K-6; ELA & Social Studies 7-8. I am available for full-time positions only.
Teaching Philosophy
Ever since I began my studies in teaching and learning, I have been passionate and dedicated in my commitment to fostering positive student learning outcomes through innovative instructional practices with an emphasis on social-emotional development. Empowering students to utilize their unique perspectives to positively engage with the world around them in order to change the trajectory of educational outcomes is something that not only drives my career goals but also remains at the core of all of my pedagogical choices. I am therefore on a mission to help teachers, students, and parents understand what it really means to teach and learn. My driving purpose in this field is to help provide ALL students with an education they deserve. An education that removes socially constructed obstacles to learning, guides students to realize and activate their unique potential, and helps them to believe that their voice matters and that their contributions are invaluable. I firmly believe that quality education is an inherent right and that no socially constructed barrier - race, class, (dis)ability, sex, gender identity, etc. - should hinder access to that right.
How it works
What is Schoolhouse?
We started SchoolHouse with the intention of helping people start microschools because we saw that it was a better way to learn. That’s been our focus from the beginning and we’ve built the team with that purpose.
We are a team of teachers, school leaders and parents who are simply school nerds. We want to build the best schools in the world, only smaller and in your home..
Teacher Screening Process
We screen and vet every teacher thoroughly and accept between 5-7% of applicants. This is to ensure a high quality education across every SchoolHouse school.
We recruit teachers from a variety of backgrounds including private, public, and charter schools. We interview and offer competitive packages and small class sizes to attract top professionals.
Regarding Covid-19
Safety is our highest priority, for your family, the students we work with, and the teacher. We ask all teachers to follow all CDC, state, and local guidelines as it relates to COVID. Beyond that, we have all families and teacher in a pod agree on certain health guidelines and COVID protocols at the beginning of the pod so that there is not any ambiguity about what is expected.