PencilGoHomeschool co-op planning tools
Two free tools for the hardest parts of running a co-op: who teaches and helps each week, and what each family pays. Everything stays in your browser.
Class and helper planner
Enter your hours, rooms, classes and families. You get each family’s teacher and helper turns, spread evenly, to print as a schedule, class lists and a sheet for each family.
The term
Hours and rooms
1 × 1The time blocks in one meeting day, such as 9:30–10:20, and the rooms you use.
Class hours
Rooms
Classes
0 classesEach class needs one teacher every week, plus the helpers you say.
Families
0 familiesHow many turns of teaching or helping each family owes this term. Add each child as a name and an age, like “Ava 7, Ben 5”, to build the class lists.
Dues calculator
Enter your costs and how many families and children share them. You get the fee for each family and each child, and a payment tracker to print.
Who pays
Costs
Use your own figures. Leave a box empty if you do not pay for it.Co-op dues: payments
Write the amount due in the first column. Keep this sheet with the group’s money records.
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Total collected: $ Paid out: $ Balance: $
Post the schedule where every family sees it
Put the schedule in your group, send the sign-up sheet for helpers, and let families answer with one tap. Free for every group, no ads.
These tools do arithmetic from the numbers you type. Check them against your own records. For questions about taxes, ask a tax professional.