Who's on the panel? Amar Kumar - CEO Kaipod We help education entrepreneurs launch and operate personalized learning environments that reflect their vision and meet the needs of their community. Dr. Marina Vasserman - Founder Open Mind School Open Minds, Silicon Valley is a servant leadership organization that takes a comprehensive, community-wide approach to meeting the needs of the whole child. Both through the physical location in Menlo Park, as well as partnerships throughout the SF Bay Area, Open Mind School's integrated focus on academics, services, supports and opportunities leads to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier inclusive communities. Elmarie Hyman - Founder Learn Beyond the Book Hands-on, interactive homeschool and hybrid school classes, tutoring, music lessons, support, and resources for a well-rounded customized education. Tonya Kipe - Founder Kipe Academy Kipe Academy is a nonprofit microschool that provides support to both traditional and homeschooling students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Our mission is to inspire creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking in a learning environment that empowers students of varying ability levels to achieve independence.​ We support families by offering a microschool program, 1:1/small group tutoring, weekend workshops, choice navigator services, assessments, homeschool evaluations, and our umbrella program. It's an incredible group! What questions do you want to ask? We're curating questions for our panel discussion on November 20, be sure to add it to your calendar!

Welcome to rebel educator! A community for challenging the status quo, non-traditional education, and evolution in education. This is a community of leaders and founders who are risk takers, question askers, and rebel educators! 1. Introduce yourself - and read the other introductions - make connections 2. Check the Calendar - Regular events like co-working lunches, Q&A sessions, and Rebel Founder calls, as well as guest speakers and special events are all listed on the calendar. You can import these directly to your calendar so you don't miss a thing! 3. Classroom is your resources space. Learn about innovative education companies, curriculum, discounts, special offers, and opportunities for leaders. Want to write a book? There's a resource for that. Want to start a microschool? There's resources for that too! Recordings of events will be there too. What are the events? 1. Q&A - A chance to ask questions about this community, about your burning questions, connect with others, and (hopefully) get the answers and ideas you seek 2. Co-working Lunch (if you're in the western US - otherwise it might be co-working time) - A chance to work in community with others. Maybe you want to brainstorm, we can open a room for you to ask questions and talk, or maybe you want to work quietly on a project, log in and do your work. No judgement, camera on or off, mic on or off, ask for feedback, or don't. Leadership can be lonely, do some work together. 3. Rebel Founders Call - A monthlyish call for leaders and founders. We discuss a different topic each session and then open up for time to have a "hot seat" question and community discussion. These are not recorded and confidentiality is expected. Bring your challenges, get community support, build your school. 4. Special Events/Guest Speakers - these will happen monthly or more. There will be emails and announcements, find the links in the calendar. Want to lead an event or speak on a topic? Let us know - we'd love to have your voice in the community.