The Club Community Standards By Jen Mackinnon
Our FREE Facebook community is a place to share insights, tips, questions, answers, and, most importantly, support for one another in their working homeschool mom journey.
But there is a cost to “Free,” which means abiding by our Community Standards.
As you can see, we run a tight-knit (and big) community, and we aim to preserve the quality of the group at all times.
Please read through all of them as we roll with a zero-tolerance policy.
Our Community Standards:
When you join this group, you agree to help encourage, inspire, and support other working homeschooling moms. The following 5 community standards are the key to keeping it this way.
1. Be Kind
Be kind. This community is truly made up of all walks of life. We all express ourselves in our own unique ways and sometimes we misunderstand each other. As a writer, be intentionally kind with your words and as a reader, look for the kindness in those words.
The language is family-friendly. Cursing will not be tolerated.
2. Be Encouraging.
When you start working and homeschooling, this lifestyle can be hard, scary, lonely and frustrating. And awesome, but at first it feels like a lot of those first four things. It’s hard to find someone in real life who really gets what you’re doing with this “working homeschool mom” thing.
Our Community is a great place to be around people that are going through or have gone through, the same things you are going through. So support and encourage each other. If you’re having a rough day, pop into the group and say hi. Ask for help. Make someone tell you a joke. It’s the fastest way to turn a bad day around.
3. Be Helpful.
This whole thing falls apart if we aren’t helping each other. I don’t know everything but all of us together know nearly everything. If you see a question you can answer, answer it! If you find some awesome thing that is helping you with your life, share it!
Finally, a few tips to keep our community the enjoyable, helpful place that you have all made it:
4. No Links Allowed
With the exceptions of admins and moderators, members are not permitted to post promotions or links on the discussion wall or comments.
No links means no links to Facebook groups, blog posts, podcast, products, Facebook pages, Amazon, etc. etc. All links that are not posted by admins or moderators will be removed.
You may share the title and screenshot to help you answer questions or ask for advice.
4. We Are Not Here To Help You Find A Job.
Posts that ask include questions such as what you do for work, or if anyone in the group does XYZ will not be approved.
We have a thread on Friday for this purpose. We also have a unit for job ideas should you need them.
5. Respect Everyone’s Privacy
Being part of this group requires mutual respect and trust. We work hard to maintain a culture here. Authentic, expressive discussions make for great groups but may also be sensitive & private.
You are not permitted pm members without their permission.
6. Promotion Is Limited To Our Friday Promo Post
No self-promotion is allowed (except for in our Friday Promo thread) or where otherwise explicitly stated.
Any promotion outside of those threads will be removed.
7. Ask Specific Questions
The most efficient way to get an answer quickly in our community is to ask a detailed question. Instead of, “What is your favorite English program?” tell us what grade or age level you are teaching, how your child likes to learn, are you looking for an online program or offline program?
You’ll speed things up by asking the specific question.
How You Can Help:
If you see someone breaking these rules, please use the 3 dots in the upper corner and choose the “report to admin” option. Thanks!!
What “Closed Group” Means For You
This is a closed group, which means that although anyone can see who is a member of this group, they cannot see your posts unless they are members of this group.
I chose to keep this group closed because I want you to feel comfortable here. Also, you will not be able to share posts out of this group. If you do, they will not show up. If you screenshot and share posts from our group – you will be removed from the group.
If you’ve read all of these rules and still want to be a part of what this group is all about -WELCOME!
Click here and answer all the questions.
We are excited to get to know you!
Are you are looking for smaller judgment-free support and community? Check out our Coffee Club here.
Take care,
Jen Mackinnon
PS. If you ever feel like there is just too much going on in your life, sign up for this FREE email course: How To Create A Simple Schedule