why attuneup?
Good question! In a nutshell, AttuneUp is unique because it offers quality courses that are Christian, interactive, and flexible.
FLEXIBLE
AttuneUp classes are designed for students with busy schedules, large families, and extracurricular activities. Study whenever you want! INTERACTIVE
Students are fascinated by the online learning environment. AttuneUp classes feature video lessons, live webinars, and other interactive activities. |
CHRISTIAN
AttuneUp classes are taught from a distinctly Christian worldview. Students are encouraged to write with excellence for an Audience of One. QUALITY
AttuneUp holds students to high expectations and helps them master each new skill before moving forward. Quality is valued over quantity. |
the story
AttuneUp has one mission: to serve the home-educating community by helping each student write with creativity and excellence for the glory of God.
Let me back up a bit. In 2012, I noticed that there was a plethora of math, history, music, spelling, and even zoology resources for home-educating parents. In fact, a lot parents seemed overwhelmed with the sheer number of options.
However, parents seemed to want more than grammar handbooks, vocabulary workbooks, reading lists, and research guides. These resources are amazing tools. But students needed something to help them connect the dots so that they could use these tools to turn their good ideas into actual sentences on a page.
Let me back up a bit. In 2012, I noticed that there was a plethora of math, history, music, spelling, and even zoology resources for home-educating parents. In fact, a lot parents seemed overwhelmed with the sheer number of options.
However, parents seemed to want more than grammar handbooks, vocabulary workbooks, reading lists, and research guides. These resources are amazing tools. But students needed something to help them connect the dots so that they could use these tools to turn their good ideas into actual sentences on a page.
I realized that this was a real need, and my family and friends encouraged me to do something about it. It took a lot of encouragement, but I finally agreed to teach a three-week online writing course to a few students.
I remember the stress of teaching my first live class, feeling like a disoriented octopus in the midst of multiple monitors, keyboards, a webcam, a microphone, and headphones. I'm thankful for gracious and patient students! That was nearly four years ago. Since then, I have had the pleasure of working with nearly a hundred students from across the country and around the globe. AttuneUp has been able to offer composition, grammar, research, creative writing, and essay-writing courses. |
to serve the home-educating community by helping students write with creativity and excellence for the glory of God.
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I am thankful for all of the blessings that I experienced during these first four years, and I am also always seeking to make the current semester better than the previous one. I hold myself and my students to high expectations because I believe that high expectations bring out the best in us.
Although AttuneUp is constantly adapting to meet new needs, its mission is the same: to serve the home-educating community by helping students write with both creativity and excellence for the glory of God.
Although AttuneUp is constantly adapting to meet new needs, its mission is the same: to serve the home-educating community by helping students write with both creativity and excellence for the glory of God.
meet the team
I don't pretend that AttuneUp is the perfect solution for every family. Families -- especially home-educating families -- are unique. They have different schedules, different priorities, different ministries, and different family dynamics.
AttuneUp is about people. It's about you. It's about your kids. It's about harnessing technology, creativity, and brainpower to actually help people and help them help themselves.
AttuneUp is about people. It's about you. It's about your kids. It's about harnessing technology, creativity, and brainpower to actually help people and help them help themselves.
you | the incredible (but also incredibly overloaded) home-educating parent Parents are people who give everything that they have -- and them some. As a homeschool graduate, I deeply respect home-educating parents (and want to join your ranks one day). It is my desire to support and complement your efforts to equip, disciple, and encourage your children. |
them | the motivated (and busy) home-educating student Home-educated students typically develop healthy doses of self-motivation and self-discipline. These qualities enable them to adapt readily to new environments and the unique challenges of online education. It is my desire to equip students with the tools, confidence, and skills to reach their full potential. |
me | the dedicated (and available) home-educated teacher Teaching and writing are my passions. I am dedicated to passing on everything that I learned from my unique education as a home school graduate (K-12) and an online college student (BA in Communications from Thomas Edison State University). It is a delight to work with incredible, motivated people like you. |
AttuneUp connects you with them, them with me, and me with you!
how it works
Online education may become the new normal! When I graduated in 2011, it took a long time to explain how I had earned a BA in Communications completely online. But that was almost five years ago. Now it isn't so strange and I don't get so many quizzical looks when I talk about online education.
But online education is different. Is it really possible to learn how to write over a computer screen? What does it look like? Please take a few minutes to read about the three key tools that empower students to reach their personal writing goals.
But online education is different. Is it really possible to learn how to write over a computer screen? What does it look like? Please take a few minutes to read about the three key tools that empower students to reach their personal writing goals.
line-by-line feedbackAttuneUp students receive personalized, line-by-line feedback on their essays and other writing assignments. Students consistently tell me that these handwritten or verbal comments are the most helpful part of the course.
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interactive instructionAttuneUp believes that showing is significantly more effective than telling. Students will receive more than just assignment descriptions and rubrics; they will be able to participate in the writing process and examine actual writing samples.
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live group webinarsAttuneUp classes combine the flexibility of online education with the power of collaboration. The live meetings each week give students an opportunity to share ideas, process information, and encourage each other.
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the next step
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