HSC Conference, San Francisco, 2016

"I’ve been lucky enough to attend a homeschooling conference at which Sandra often speaks, for 15 years now. I’ve been at this homeschooling thing long enough that I don’t feel I need much advice on it, but I always like to listen in on Sandra’s talks anyway, because she’s encouraging and entertaining–and despite how long I’ve been doing this, I always learn *something*! Just saw her earlier this month, and loved hearing her thoughts on being the parent of young adults…"

That review was posted in 2012, as a comment on a blogpost in India. (Here's a link.) The blog post was one of two interviews with me.

I love finding things like that unexpectedly!
I spoke in 2014, too. (Holly helped me.)

This year I get to be there again.

I've spoken for conferences HSC has sponsored in Anaheim, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Orange County (a symposium). This one will be in San Francisco. The first year I was invited to speak was 1996, and so this will be the twentieth anniversary of the first time I spoke in California.

In 2016 I will have two sessions, and be on a panel.

California, UK, Arizona

My only speaking plans for 2016 are all within about a two-month window.


Still some hazy bits, but
July 29-31 HSC conference, San Francisco

It starts on the 28th, but I'm going just Friday noonish to Sunday noonish, for two talks, and one panel.

Probably one afternoon around August 27 (give or take), small gathering, NOT big, NOT general, but just unschoolers, in Farsley, West Yorkshire. Too soon to know for sure.

Possibly one afternoon somewhere around Brighton, at the beginning of September (not known, but being considered).

September 18, Sunday afternoon, definitely, Long Ditton, Surrey (not for beginners)

September 29-October 2 Free to Be Unschooling Conference, Phoenix

2016, early plans

September 18, I will speak near Kingston upon Thames, in the UK. More details later, but it will not be for beginners (not an intro to unschooling).

September 29-October 2, I will be in Phoenix, doing two presentations, a workshop or two and a panel at the Free to Be conference.

When schedules are set, I'll write more!

A Big Break

I'm taking a long time to stay home. Kirby, his partner and her child are living with us for a while, and Keith and I are helping them out.

My next plan is to be in the U.K. in September 2016.

Toronto, May 9, 2015

TICKETS (Price goes up after April 1, if any tickets are left. Limited space.)

From their website:

Join us for the Toronto Unschooling Living & Learning Symposium (TULLS) on Saturday May 9, 2015 in Brampton, ON.

Participants will have the opportunity to hear from renowned speakers Sandra Dodd, Pam Laricchia and Carlo Ricci and connect with other unschooling parents.

Sessions include:
- Unschooling 101
- How do we learn best? Can someone get into post-secondary schooling without a high school diploma?
- Critically contemplating mainstream assumptions about schooling and learning
- How lots of little choices can lead toward a different way of seeing and being
- "Walking a mile in their shoes". Connecting with and trusting our children when their choices conflict with what we believe is the 'right' decision

8.30am - 9.00am - Registration
9.00am - 10.00am - Session 1: Unschooling 101 by Sandra Dodd
10.00am - 10.15am - BREAK
10.15am - 11.15am - Session 2: Carlo Ricco
11.15am - 11.30am - BREAK
11.30am - 12.30pm - Session 3: Pam Laricchia
12.30pm - 1.45pm - Lunch and Prayer
1.45pm - 2.45pm - Session 4: Keynote Speech by Sandra Dodd
2.45pm - 3.00pm - BREAK
3.00pm - 4.30pm - Q & A Panel - All Speakers
4.30pm - 5.00pm - Wrap up, closing remarks and evaluation

Images, in Maine in September 2014

Me at the symposium (by Laurie Wolfrum), and below that, in a photo by Amy Bradstreet, me and Laurie Wolfrum at the Common Ground Fair.





I don't have photos of the presentation at the Camden library, or the potluck in NH, but that's okay. :-) I'm not very photogenic, but these are for the record, for memories for those who were there (including myself).

May 30, Portugal (by teleportation of image and sound)

European Unschooling Symposium: The Unschooling way: Trusting, Learning, Partnering, Connecting

Marta Pires and Rippy Dusseldorp are hosting a symposium near Lisbon May 29-31, 2015, and I'm speaking "on the wall" by Skype.

Alex Polikowsky will also be "skyped in," from Minnesota.

The conference will be in English.