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Microschools are innovative, personalized multifamily learning environments. These can be organized as shared learning opportunities for homeschooled children, as licensed private schools, as unaccredited nonpublic schools or even with public charter or traditional public school space, as long as pertinent state and local rules are followed.

It depends on the regulatory frameworks in the state the microschool is located in. The majority of microschools operate as either a learning center serving homeschooling children or a nonpublic school. There are microschools inside the public schooling sector and this is a growing interest.

Depending on how the microschool chooses to operate, the schedule can be very flexible. If the microschool is following private or public school regulations, the microschool must follow any mandated seat time requirements. Many microschools offer hybrid or part-time schedules.

Microschools are often the primary source of education for the learners. This is done in partnership with the familiy. In a hybrid setting the learner may have other learning programs and classes in addition to the mciroschool.

This will depend on the governance model that the microschool has chosen, however often times the answer is no, microschool educators do not need to be licensed teachers. Many microschool educators are currently or formerly licensed teachers, but a growing number of microschool educators come from different backgrounds. It's exciting to be in a microschool where an industry expert is teaching on the subject they're most knowledgeable about. Think about a chemist teaching your science class, an engineer teaching math, a journalist teaching literacy, and on and on. Here at The AuSome Program, we do have a fully licensed special education teacher on staff.

Yes! One of the beautiful things about microschooling is building a program to fit the needs of your community. Some microschools are Montessori, some are nature-based, others focus on self-directed learning, some choose experiential learning, the list goes on and on. The AuSome Program focuses on the needs of neurodivergent learners in grades 6-12.

You know your child and you know what is best for your child. When trying a microschool, we recommend touring the microschool, meeting with the founder and lead educators and asking for a trial day. 

As microschooling parents ourselves, we feel this. No one wants to unintentionally set their child up for failure and shifting to such a different style of teaching and learning can feel intimidating to a parent. Keep in mind that so many microschools are focused on the rapidly changing world. We don't know what the future will look like for kids that are in school today, but we do know that kids need to know how to ask, and answer, their own questions.  Many microschools bring in experiential learning, real-life experience and work-place skills into their program. Keep in mind, many higher education institutions are becoming more interested in attracting students from nontraditional backgrounds.