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在家上学家庭的14个家庭创业项目
译者注：一提起“在家上学”，家长们首先担忧的是家庭经济问题。如果父母一方负责在家教育孩子，而只有一人出去工作的话，家庭收入减半的生活仿佛不可想象。貌似“在家上学”的做法需要几分“毁家兴学”的壮士断腕气魄才行。而且，母亲们常常担心自己回家带孩子的话，会失去自己的事业、自己的圈子以及自己的职业前途。这篇文章正好回应了这一问题，为孩子在家上学的家庭提出14点建议，帮助家长们将宝贵的在家教育经验转化成为快乐的居家事业。盼望这篇文章能帮助读者跳出定势思维，给读者带来新的看见与发现，抛砖引玉，启发创意。我们乐见大家依据自身的情况在自己所处的环境中生发其它更多的创意想法与创业实践，欢迎留言！ 作者：Carol Topp, CPA 翻译：火柴&茜茜 If you are a homeschool parent, have you ever consideredstarting a business using what you’ve learned by homeschooling? Here are somebusiness ideas that use your experience as a homeschool parent. 如果您是孩子在家上学的父母,您是否考虑过运用您在家教育过程中所获得的东西来创业？以下是您可以尝试的商业项目。 1.Tutoring 课业辅导 Many homeschool parents find they are qualified to becomeprivate tutors earning money from tutoring math, reading, or foreign languages.My friend Cynthia tutors Spanish to individuals and small groups of students.She has also been hired to teach Spanish at several homeschool co-ops. Katietutors online with Tutor.com in the evenings after her children are in bed. Shecould earn more with face-to-face tutoring, but the online model fits betterwith her schedule. 孩子在家上学的父母们，许多可以成为私人家教，教授数学、阅读或者外语，并以此挣钱。例如，我的朋友Cynthia就在给个人以及小群学生教授西班牙语，而且，她还受聘在好几个在家上学的共学小组授课。再比如，家长Katie就在晚上孩子们入睡之后在家教网站Tutor.com在线授课。尽管面授可以挣得更多，但是在线授课的模式更适合她的时间安排。 2.Editing 编辑 Put all that grammar you’ve been teaching your kids touse. Offer your service as an editor to bloggers, novelists, and writers of allkinds. You can pick up a copy of the AP Style Manual or Chicago Manual of Style (either hard copy or anonline subscription) to become familiar with the two most common publicationstandards. Find customers by visiting Facebook and LinkedIn groups for authorsand Craig’s List[1]. 您可以运用您教给孩子们的文法知识，来给博客博主、小说家以及各类其他作家提供编辑服务。您可以通过查阅《美联社格式手册（the AP StyleManual）》或《芝加哥格式手册（Chicago Manual of Style）》来熟悉这两个最常见的出版标准。您可以通过访问作家们的脸书或领英网或者分类广告网站来获得客户。 3.Counseling 咨询 Some parents need an ear to listen and sage advice fromsomeone older and wiser. You could consider offering phone counseling orwebinars. Hal and Melanie Young offer a five-session webinar called Boot Camp9-12 for parents with pre-teen boys at RaisingRealMen.com/bootcamp. As parents of six sons (and two daughters), they offerhelpful, practical advice, and get paid for it! 一些家长需要听取来自过来人或者更有智慧者的建议。您可以考虑提供电话或在线提供咨询。比如，家长Hal和Melanie Young通过其网站RaisingRealMen.com/bootcamp给家有13岁以下男孩的家长们提供在线咨询，他们的咨询服务名为“9-12岁少年训练营”，每次咨询一般包括5次在线辅导。作为六个男孩（以及两个女儿）的家长，他们提供有帮助并且实用的建议并以此获得报酬。 4.Testing 测试 Offering standardized testing, diagnostic testing, andeven personality testing to homeschool families can be great sources ofrevenue. You may need training and a license to offer some tests, so do yourresearch to see what it takes to be able to offer testing services. 您可以给在家上学的家庭提供标准化测试、诊断测试乃至个性化测试，并以此获得可观的收入来源。不过，在提供测试服务之前，您可能需要接受培训并获得相应的测试资格证─—所以，您需要先做好调查，弄清楚您需要做些什么准备。 5.Learning Disability Specialist 学习障碍专家 Kathy Kuhl of LearnDifferently.com is a specialist in learning disabilities gainedfrom her education and her homeschool experience. She consults with familieswho need help adapting their homeschool to a child’s learning challenges. Sheadvises on planning, curriculum, support, withdrawal from school, andtransition to high school level work, employment, and college. If you haveexperience in helping special needs students, it could become a viablebusiness. LearnDifferently.com网站的KathyKuhl就通过她本人的教育经历以及她在家教育自己孩子的经验成为了学习障碍方面的专家。她为一些在家上学家庭提供咨询，帮助他们适应在家教育、克服孩子的学习困难。她的建议涵盖计划、课程、支持、离校、向高中阶段过渡、就业以及大学等各个阶段。如果有帮助特殊需要学生的经验，您也可以将其做成一项切实可行的事业。 6.Homeschool Consultant 在家上学顾问 Lee Binz, of TheHomeScholar.com, has kept very busy applying what she knows abouthomeschooling through high school in her consulting business. She offers her timeto parents who need help with transcripts and college admissions. You couldalso convert your experience into a home-based business. TheHomeScholar.com网站的Lee Binz一直致力于将她在家教育高中阶段孩子的经验应用于她的咨询事业中。她在提交成绩单和递交大学申请书方面为家长们提供帮助。您也可以将您的经验转化成为您自己的居家事业呢！ 7.Foreign Language Translation 外语翻译 If you can read, write, or speak a foreign language, youcould be hired as a translator. Email and Skype have been making translationeasier to do from home. While Spanish is a popular language, Asian and MiddleEastern translators are more in demand and therefore receive better pay. 如果您可以阅读、写作或讲一门外语，您可以应聘做翻译。电子邮件和视频通讯软件已经使在家做翻译变得更加容易。西班牙语固然流行，但是亚洲语言和中东语言的译者更加抢手，也因此报酬更为丰厚。 8.Art Lessons 艺术课程 Art classes were always in demand at my homeschool co-opand parents were frequently willing to pay an additional fee for art classes. 艺术课程常常是在家上学共学小组的必备，而且父母通常也愿意为艺术课程支付额外费用。 9.Childcare 照管孩童 You take care of your own children all, so it may bepossible to run a daycare from your home without too much additional work. 反正您要照顾自己的孩子, 那么您也可以考虑顺便在家开一个日托中心，这反正也添不了多少额外的负担。 10. Music Lessons 音乐课程 If you play an instrument, consider teaching beginningstudents. Piano, guitar, and drum lessons seem to be the most popular. Offeringlessons back-to-back for siblings or teaching music lessons at a localhomeschool co-op is convenient for parents and makes the best use of your time,too. 如果您会演奏乐器，那您可以考虑教授初学者。钢琴、吉他和架子鼓应该是最受欢迎的。您可以一次给同一个家庭的好几个孩子挨个授课，或者在当地的共学小组教授音乐，这既方便了学生家长，又充分利用了您的时间（何乐而不为呢！） 11. Writer/Author 作家 Many homeschool parents write their own curriculumbecause they couldn’t find what they needed. That’s what I did when I wrotethe Micro Business for Teens series. It’seasier than ever to self-publish and distribute your curriculum to homeschool parentsusing services such as Amazon’sCreateSpace.com and either CurrClick.com or setting up your own Molly Green Cottage shop. 很多在家教育的家长因为找不到所需就自编课程。我当时编写《青少年微型商业教程》系列就是如此。如今，通过诸如亚马逊的CreateSpace.com网站或者CurrClick.COM网站，或者通过建立自己的Molly Green Cottage[2]在线店铺，在家教育的父母可以轻轻松松出版和发行自己所编写的课程。 12. Bookseller 书商 Stroll through any homeschool convention hall and you’llfind homeschool families like Jay and Maria Asplin who own JM Cremps[3]:The Boys Adventure Store. They run the store from theirhome in Minnesota and travel the country during homeschool convention season.Other booksellers stay home and run their stores completely online. 参加任何一个在家上学大会，您就会发现Jay 和Maria Asplin这样的在家上学家庭：他们拥有自己的网上商店，专门出售男孩玩具。他们平时都在其位于明尼苏达的家中经营网店生意，且于在家上学大会期间环游全国。而其他的书商则完全足不出户，便可在网上经营其店铺。 13. Speaker 演讲者 Popular speaker Heidi St. John of TheBusyMom.com, speaks to huge crowds about homeschooling, parenting,and marriage. If you have a unique topic and an encouraging word, begin sharingyour wisdom. Start by doing radio interviews, podcasts, and local speakingengagements. You might also consider speaker training to improve your craft andcommand higher speaking fees. TheBusyMom.com网站知名演讲者Heidi St. John的听众数量十分庞大，她的演讲主题包括在家上学、父母之道和婚姻等等。如果你也有独到的主题，且善于用语言鼓舞人心，那就把你的智慧分享出去吧！在起步阶段，您可以从电台访谈、播客以及当地的一些演讲活动开始。你也可以考虑通过接受口才训练来提高演讲水平以获得更高的报酬。 14. Homeschool Group Administrator 在家上学群组管理员 Some homeschool groups, especially co-ops, are so largeand active that they hire an administrator to run their programs. The homeschool group may be a nonprofit, but itoperates like a business and needs someone with administrative skills to keepthe group flourishing. 一些在家上学团体，尤其是共学小组，由于人数之多和活动之频经常需要聘用管理员来确保进展顺利。尽管在家上学团体是非盈利性质的，但是却跟企业运作一样，需要有管理技能的人来保持团队的蓬勃发展。 Turn your homeschooling experience into a successful business. Most of these ideas can be run completely fromhome and are flexible enough to allow you to balance homeschooling andbusiness. 由此，您可以将您的在家教育经验转化成为成功的事业。以上大部分的商业创意都可在家经营，而且灵活可变通，让您可以轻松兼顾在家教育大业和您的创业大计。 Carol Topp, CPA (www.HomeschoolCPA.com and www.MicroBusinessForTeens.com), operates a home-based accounting practicehelping business startups and nonprofits. She is the author of Homeschool Co-ops: How toStart Them, Run Them and Not Burn Out and the MicroBusiness for Teens series. Carol and her husband live in Cincinnati, Ohio, andhave two daughters, both homeschool graduates. 关于作者：Carol Topp, 注册会计师。她在家打理其会计事业，旨在帮助刚起步的小公司和非营利组织。她还著有《在家上学共学小组—从创立到经营》和《青少年微型商业教程》系列。Carol目前和丈夫居住在俄亥俄州辛辛那提市。她育有两个女儿，都是在家教育的毕业生。
[1] Craig’sList是由创始人CraigNewmark于1995年在美国加利福尼亚州的旧金山湾区地带创立的一个网上大型免费分类广告网站。
[2] Molly Green Cottage是一家家庭主题式网站，包含电商项目，网址是：http://mollygreenshops.com/
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