We provide two options for Parent-as-coach families:

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Self-directed math (no additional charge)

We will provide you with access to the adaptive learning apps that Prisma uses for math, daily goals for your child based on their ability, in-app instructional videos to help your child learn key concepts and detailed in-app explanations for problems that your child gets wrong. You’ll also have access to our project-based performance tasks and summative assessments that help to gauge your child’s understanding of key concepts (including rubrics to help you assess your child) as well as weekly office hours (optional) with our math coach.

Full Prisma math coaching (additional annual charge: $1,500)

If you opt for the full Prisma math option you’ll get access to all of the above plus twice weekly small group math tutoring with our highly qualified math coach. Our math coach will also own the review of and feedback on your child’s math work.

We will assign you a support coach (who is a highly experienced educator) who will work with your family. This coach will: 

• Meet with you at the beginning of the year to learn more about your child and your family and to develop a custom learning schedule and plan for your child.
• Meet with you and a small group of other families at the end of each 6-week cycle to debrief and share best practices. During this time you will also be able to ask questions about the upcoming cycle. (You will also be provided with a detailed coaching guide for each cycle.)
• Review your child's work on a weekly basis to ensure they are on-track and provide you with observations on the feedback you are giving your child.
• A brief 1-on-1 check-in at the end of each session to discuss your child’s progress, learning goals and development needs. 
• Provide weekly office hours in case you have questions or need more support.
• Review the assessment forms that you have completed for your child and provide guidance as necessary.
• Be available via email to answer any questions that you or your child might have.  

Additionally, our math coach will also provide weekly office hours for parent-as-coach families who have questions regarding math.

Learners enrolled in our Parent-coach program receive the full Prisma experience, but rather than having a Prisma coach that they meet with one-on-one and that provides them with feedback on their projects and writing and math missions, the parent is the primary coach for the child. We provide significant support to the parent to ensure they are well equipped to coach and give feedback to their child.

Learners enrolled in this program still participate in all our workshops, standups, Expo days, clubs and learner events. Like all our learners they are part of a close knit cohort of other learners that they meet with daily. They also get full access to our curriculum—our missions, projects and journeys, our MAP and writing assessment and, like all learners, they develop a Prisma Portfolio and receive a Prisma transcript. Also included in this program is a support coach who meets regularly with our parent-coaches and looks over the feedback they are providing to ensure that their child is on track and is meeting or exceeding expectations.

This program is open to learners whose parents:

• Are educators or have homeschooled for several years (and thus have a track record of being their child’s primary teacher) or can otherwise demonstrate their ability to closely support their child with their academic work and 
• Are able to dedicate at least 3-4 hours per week for more independent, higher autonomy learners and up to 8 hours per week for learners who are not yet adept at working independently.