FAQs - N-TECH

Q: What about discipline?

Each child at N-TECH has up to 90 moms with approximately 180 eyes watching them. As a member of N-TECH, we do not want anyone to speak to the children harshly, but please watch out for and stop children from running in the halls, playing in the restrooms, roughhousing, or engaging in any other inappropriate behavior. Discipline notices are sent home for those students who are not following our rules and guidelines. Please read the rules and guidelines to your children, so that they can know what is expected of them. They cannot obey if they do not know what is expected. Discretion is used when giving a discipline notice. However, these will be used and enforced if there is trouble with any child, including those from families in leadership. Parents cannot correct what they do not know is happening! Attending N-TECH is a privilege. Many homeschooling families on our waiting list would love to have participated in N-TECH this semester, but they were not able to because of size limitations. We expect obedient, prepared and responsive students who have come to learn and have fun in a classroom setting. Please do not join N-TECH if you are not able to bring obedient children who are prepared to learn and if you are not willing to work - each and every hour. Disruptive behavior in our classrooms, intentional unkindness, disrespectful speech and/or demeanor can not be tolerated.

Q: How do we decide who joins N-TECH?

At this time, N-TECH is limited to about 90 families in order to assure an atmosphere in which everyone can get acquainted. Each summer, we normally experience some withdrawals from N-TECH as families graduate their youngest child, move away, or make other schooling arrangements for their children. N-TECH is not for every family at every phase of their homeschooling journey. New families will be added based upon N-TECH's need for a particular teacher or for a particular student age group. We try to have 15 to 20 students in each grade from K-12th. Our goal is to limit each age group to 60 students, which means that we cannot truly accommodate 20 students in each of 9th-12th grades. As we have openings, we add families on a first-come, first-serve basis unless there is a family who has a particular skill of which we are in need. Then, we reserve the right to admit a family ahead of those on the waiting list. N-TECH admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship, athletic and other school-administered programs. However, we reserve the right to accept only those Christian families with obedient children and helpful parents who have a good understanding of the goals and responsibilities of N-TECH. The workload of this organization is squarely placed on the shoulders of our parents. It is more work for the other families if your child does not understand how to obey and treat others with respect. It is more work for the other families if you do not understand how to share in the workload with us.

Q: I would like to teach. How do I get my class ideas on the survey?

During the first few weeks of each semester, parents and students are encouraged to submit new class ideas directly to the Age Group Coordinators. We encourage fresh classes each fall but for the spring semester, we prefer to stick to classes that have been taught previously. Preparing lesson plans is a major task that is easily handled over the summer months, but it is too much work to expect over Christmas break. Therefore, we try to offer only repeat classes during the spring semester. After two decades, we have accumulated a large selection of prepared lesson plans, which are available for our teachers. All new families are placed on the cleaning team.

Q: How do we decide which classes to teach?

Our goal is to offer the classes that are most requested and needed by our homeschool families. N-TECH demands a lot of time and energy from homeschooling parents and students, and it will only be worth that time and energy if we are meeting a majority of the needs. Prior to re-application each semester, surveys will be distributed to determine the most requested classes for the upcoming semester. From those surveys, each Age Group Coordinator will contact moms/dads that have expressed an interest in teaching to confirm their area of service. There will always be classes that don't generate enough interest and therefore do not make the class schedule for the next semester. Such classes are then canceled. The person who had planned to teach a class that is canceled will either become part of the cleaning team or volunteer to teach another available class which is without a designated teacher. Some of the for-credit / academic classes cover two semesters and may meet for additional dates outside of standard co-op dates. The parents of students in these classes are required to stay involved with their children to assure the homework is understood and completed for the co-op teacher, who is a volunteer. These parents will also serve as an assistant on a rotation schedule during the extra classes.

Q: What is the financial cost?

Each family pays a $75 application fee every semester to offset N-TECH's building rental. Normally applications are submitted during March and April for the fall and October for the spring. Application fees and registration fees are non-refundable if a family accepts our offer of membership but then chooses to withdraw from N-TECH before the semester starts. Please read our Admission Policy for details. While waiting, application payments will not be cashed or deposited. Application payments are only deposited after the application has been processed and accepted, and we are certain there is room for your family for the upcoming semester. Once your membership is approved, class registration takes place. Immediately following registration, you pay for the classes your child(ren) will be taking. This amount will vary per family depending on the number of children you have and the cost of the classes you allow them to take. Individual class prices can vary from $1 to more than $60. These class registration fees are paid once per semester. Other optional expenses arise each semester for hot lunches, yearbooks, class pictures, identification cards, t-shirts, etc.