Homeschool Group Leaders
We’re Here to Support YOU!
We’ve gathered a list of resources to equip and encourage you this year.
WEEKLY LEADER LIVE!
Just for support group leaders
Join us live every Friday at 2 p.m. on the HEAV Leader Support Group on Facebook. All past chats are available as recordings.
Leader Connect
Missed the Leader Support Communications? Get the Leader Connect email delivered directly to your inbox!
Leader Connect
Clarity, confidence, and encouragement for homeschool leaders
Leading a homeschool group, co-op, or team is meaningful work—but it can also feel overwhelming. Questions pile up. Decisions get heavy. And leadership can feel lonely.
You don’t have to do this alone.
HEAV exists to walk alongside homeschool leaders with trusted guidance, practical tools, and encouragement rooted in faith and experience.
Get your Leader Connect delivered straight into your inbox.
Start Here: Support for Homeschool Leaders
Whether you’re just stepping into leadership or you’ve been serving for years, HEAV provides resources to help you lead well, avoid common pitfalls, and stay encouraged.
Leader Connect is our email designed specifically for:
- Support group leaders
- Co-op directors and teachers
- Ministry and team leaders
- Anyone carrying responsibility for others in the homeschool community
Sign up for Leader Connect
Lead Your Homeschool Group with Confidence
You care deeply about the families you serve. Let HEAV help carry the load.
Articles Just for Leaders ~ Enrichment & Empowerment
Articles Just For Leaders
Practical insight. Real encouragement. Trusted guidance.
Our leadership articles address the real issues homeschool leaders face—people problems, legal questions, faith-based leadership, and sustainable teamwork.
- Leaders, It’s OK to Say NO
- Co-op Leaders: Employees or Contractors?
- How to Have Hard Conversations
- Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork
- Building Community
Trust - Encouragement for a New Year
- 09/19/2024 – Strategic Planning
- 08/21/2024 – Leading with Faith
- 07/11/2024 – Independent Contractor or Employee?
- 05/15/2024 – Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork
Are you an HEAV member?
HEAV provides help and resources for anyone in need—and we rely on our members to be able to continue to do what we do!
Through an annual convention, HEAV-sponsored events, magazines and newsletters, counseling, and legislative support, we are here for you—and for thousands of others—any time accurate information and encouragement are needed.
Just $45/year helps keep HEAV running–and gives you a slew of benefits, too!
Homeschool Group Leader Manual
Stepping into a leadership role in a homeschool organization is a daunting task, whether it is an informal gathering of a few families or a multi-site formal co-op.
We homeschoolers tend to be trailblazers, but this is one task where we can, and should, rely on the experience and expertise of those who have gone before us.
You may be a seasoned leader with many years of experience or simply contemplating starting a group of some kind. Regardless, we hope this manual prepares you for this task, lightens your load, and protects you against common mistakes.
Download the Homeschool Leader Manual here.
Homeschool Group Leader Manual
A proven guide to help you lead with confidence
Stepping into leadership—whether for a small support group or a large co-op—can feel daunting.
This manual was created to help you avoid common mistakes, lighten your load, and lead wisely.
- Brand new to leadership
Starting a group - Or a seasoned leader refining your systems
This manual provides practical guidance you can trust.
Download the Homeschool Group Leader Manual
Support Groups
Help families find you—and find community
One of the first questions new homeschoolers ask is: “Where can I find a local homeschool group?”
Make sure your group is easy to find.
Check or update your listing on the Support Groups page
Sports Groups
Yes—homeschoolers can play competitive sports
Across Virginia, homeschool students participate in football, basketball, volleyball, and more.
If you know of a homeschool sports group that isn’t listed, let us know so families can find it.
Visit the Sports Groups page
Weekly Homeschool Update & Free Beginner Bundle
Stay connected—and help your members do the same
The HEAV Homeschool Update keeps families informed about events, resources, and news across Virginia. Subscribers also receive a free Homeschool Beginner Bundle.
This is a great resource to share with your group members.
Get Your Free Homeschool Bundle Now
Legislative Updates & News Alerts
Protecting homeschool freedom in Virginia
HEAV actively monitors legislation that impacts homeschool families and works directly with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
With thousands of bills introduced each year, staying informed matters.
Sign up for Legislative Updates and News Alerts
Homeschool Information in Spanish
Accurate, accessible help for Hispanic homeschool families
Three on-demand “How to Begin Homeschooling” webinars are available in Spanish—free for a limited time.
Hosted by Karim Morato, these workshops provide clear, accurate information tailored for Spanish-speaking families.
Learn more about Spanish Homeschool Resources
Homeschool Days & Field Trips
Learning experiences created with homeschoolers in mind
HEAV pioneered the homeschool days concept—partnering with museums and historic sites to create experiences just for homeschool families.
Explore HEAV-Sponsored Homeschool Days & Field Trips
Articles Just For Leaders
Practical insight. Real encouragement. Trusted guidance.
Our leadership articles address the real issues homeschool leaders face—people problems, legal questions, faith-based leadership, and sustainable teamwork.
- Leaders, It’s OK to Say NO
- Co-op Leaders: Employees or Contractors?
- How to Have Hard Conversations
- Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork
- Building Community
Trust - Encouragement for a New Year
- 09/19/2024 – Strategic Planning
- 08/21/2024 – Leading with Faith
- 07/11/2024 – Independent Contractor or Employee?
- 05/15/2024 – Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork
Computers for Learning
Technology resources for eligible nonprofits
Computers for Learning is a federal program that transfers excess government equipment to eligible educational nonprofits, including qualifying homeschool organizations.
Learn more about Computers for Learning
Homeschool Group Leader Manual
A proven guide to help you lead with confidence
Stepping into leadership—whether for a small support group or a large co-op—can feel daunting.
This manual was created to help you avoid common mistakes, lighten your load, and lead wisely.
Whether you’re:
- Brand new to leadership
Starting a group - Or a seasoned leader refining your systems
This manual provides practical guidance you can trust.
Download the Homeschool Group Leader Manual
Support Groups
Is your group listed on the support group page? Often, one of the first questions asked by new homeschoolers is, “Where can I find a local group?” Make sure you can be found!
Check out the Support Groups page here!
Support Groups
Help families find you—and find community
One of the first questions new homeschoolers ask is: “Where can I find a local homeschool group?”
Make sure your group is easy to find.
Check or update your listing on the Support Groups page
Sports Groups
Homeschoolers can participate in competitive sports–football, basketball, volleyball, and more are available across the Virginia commonwealth. Do you know of a group that isn’t listed here?
Let us know, and we’ll make sure they are added!
Visit our Sports Groups here.
Sports Groups
Yes—homeschoolers can play competitive sports
Across Virginia, homeschool students participate in football, basketball, volleyball, and more.
If you know of a homeschool sports group that isn’t listed, let us know so families can find it.
Visit the Sports Groups page
Free Weekly Homeschool Update (& Beginner Bundle)
The HEAV Homeschool Update lets homeschoolers know what is going on across the state. Plus, they get a free Homeschool Bundle when they sign up. Be sure to connect YOUR members by sharing the image at the left with your group–and don’t forget to sign up yourself! There’s great information here for support group leaders, too.
Weekly Homeschool Update & Free Beginner Bundle
Stay connected—and help your members do the same
The HEAV Homeschool Update keeps families informed about events, resources, and news across Virginia. Subscribers also receive a free Homeschool Beginner Bundle.
This is a great resource to share with your group members.
Get Your Free Homeschool Bundle Now
Legislative Updates & News Alerts
HEAV works to promote and protect homeschool interests in the Virginia General Assembly. Each year the General Assembly introduces as many as 3,000 bills; HEAV monitors the progress of dozens of those bills. We introduce legislation to advance homeschool freedoms and watch for and respond to legislation that could affect homeschooling families. HEAV’s full-time lobbyist garners support from legislators on both sides of the aisle.
Stay up to date with HEAV Legislative Updates and News Alerts.
Legislative Updates & News Alerts
Protecting homeschool freedom in Virginia
HEAV actively monitors legislation that impacts homeschool families and works directly with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
With thousands of bills introduced each year, staying informed matters.
Sign up for Legislative Updates and News Alerts
Homeschool Information in Spanish
Three recorded “How-to-Begin” webinars for Hispanic homeschool families are available on-demand–and free! Hosted by Karim Morato, these workshops provide the same accurate information provided in the Homeschool Crash Course, optimized for a Spanish-speaking audience. Thanks to a grant from Homeschool Community Foundation, we can offer these workshops FREE for a limited time. Learn more here.
Homeschool Information in Spanish
Accurate, accessible help for Hispanic homeschool families
Three on-demand “How to Begin Homeschooling” webinars are available in Spanish—free for a limited time.
Hosted by Karim Morato, these workshops provide clear, accurate information tailored for Spanish-speaking families.
Learn more about Spanish Homeschool Resources
Homeschool Days & Field Trips
Did you know HEAV created the homeschool days concept? More than a decade ago, we worked with museums and historic sites across the Commonwealth to set up field trips specifically for homeschool families in return for the advertising we could give them. Today, homeschool days proliferate across the state, some independently arranged and some sponsored by HEAV. Either way, homeschool families benefit!
This page links to HEAV-sponsored Homeschool Days.
This page includes a list of many outside events set up for homeschoolers.
Homeschool Days & Field Trips
Learning experiences created with homeschoolers in mind
HEAV pioneered the homeschool days concept—partnering with museums and historic sites to create experiences just for homeschool families.
Explore HEAV-Sponsored Homeschool Days & Field Trips
Articles Just for Leaders ~ Enrichment & Empowerment
Computers for Learning
Computers for Learning is a governmentwide program established by Executive Order 12999 that allows educationally useful excess federal equipment to be transferred to schools and eligible educational nonprofit organizations. Participating nonprofits must be recognized as 501(c)(3) organizations, serve some portion of the K–12 population, and operate primarily for educational purposes.
Computers for Learning
Technology resources for eligible nonprofits
Computers for Learning is a federal program that transfers excess government equipment to eligible educational nonprofits, including qualifying homeschool organizations.
Learn more about Computers for Learning
Are You an HEAV Member?
Support the work—and access even more benefits
HEAV is able to serve homeschoolers across Virginia because of our members.
Membership includes:
- Trusted resources
- Events and publications
- Counseling and guidance
- Legislative advocacy
- Just $45/year helps keep HEAV running—and supports thousands of families.
Become an HEAV Member Today!
Lead Your Homeschool Group with Confidence
You care deeply about the families you serve. Let HEAV help carry the load.
Leader Connect
Get the Leader Connect email delivered directly to your inbox!Ready to Lead with Confidence?
You care deeply about the families you serve. Let HEAV help carry the load.
Get Leader Connect delivered to your inbox.
➡️ Sign up for Leader Connect Here
Questions? Email Sheri Payne at leadersupport@heav.org
