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MENTORSHIP: Become the confident facilitator of your child's learning | Cohort 1
Become a confident facilitator in your Childs learning through “Raising Systems Thinkers” | Term 3 Mentorship
Building family learning cultures rooted in connection, authenticity and belonging.
What kind of humans are we actually trying to raise?
I don't think they need to memorise more facts, or move through isolated subjects; we are rapidly moving beyond this and being called to reclaim our inherent state of interconnectedness.
We need to be raising adults who know how to think creatively, critically and connected. And research backs this.
We need kids to know..
how to recognise patterns.
how to navigate complexity.
how to stay connected to themselves, each other and the world around them.
This is not a homeschool curriculum.
My own journey into home learning has been relational and deeply human.
It has come through questioning systems, community, activism, Indigenous ways of knowing, parenting, survival and years of unlearning the things I was taught to believe about education so I could meet the needs and essence of my kids.
For me, freeschooling has never been about rejecting learning.
It has been about returning learning to where it has always belonged, in ways that are ancestrally rooted.
What does it mean to become a confident home learning facilitator?
Confidence is becoming increasingly misunderstood.
We think confidence comes first, that one day we will finally feel ready, and then we’ll begin.
But most of the time, confidence comes through the doing, and again — this is backed by research.
This mentorship is underpinned by DOING, by becoming through experiencing. Through knowing how systems work, so we can actively create our own and support our children to do the same.
Who is this for?
I have intentionally created this program to be relevant for families across many different stages.
My own children are 7 months, 2 years, 4 years, 7 years and 13 years old, so my experience of learning at home has always been across the age spectrum.
This mentorship is for:
Families who are home educating.
Families whose children attend school but want to create a deeper learning culture at home.
Parents who are considering different pathways.
Parents of younger children who want to begin questioning inherited ideas about education early.
And even people without children who feel called to explore their own relationship with learning.
Over 9 weeks we will explore:
Deschooling as decolonising
What have we inherited about education? What assumptions have become so normalised that we no longer question them?
What is systems thinking, and why does it matter?
Indigenous systems and educating for evolution
Exploring relational ways of understanding learning, knowledge and our place within the wider world.
Systems thinking in everyday life
How do we support children to notice connections, patterns and relationships?
Creating your family learning culture
Exploring the foundations that shape how learning feels inside your home.
The Iceberg Model
Looking beneath the surface.
Moving beyond behaviour and exploring the deeper beliefs, systems and structures underneath.
Becoming an engaged facilitator
How do we step away from needing to control every outcome?
How do we work through our own conditioning around education?
How do we get out of our own way?
Nature, slowing down and parental processing
Creating space to reconnect with ourselves, our children and the natural world.
Project-based learning and focus studies
Exploring how meaningful projects support deep, connected learning.
Together you will receive:
Weekly content released throughout the term inside our private Skool community
Five live mentoring sessions with me
Practical projects and inquiry-based learning ideas
Conversations around family learning culture
Curriculum connections for those who need them
A community of people exploring these questions together
Live sessions
Sunday 11am AEST:
August 2nd
August 16th
August 30th
September 13th
Final session:
Thursday September 24th
(I may move some sessions slightly earlier to support those joining internationally.)
About me
I am Aimee Aroha.
I am a mother of five children and have spent the last decade exploring what learning can look like outside traditional structures.
And the last 20 years filling my Kete (basket) with knowledge, experience and training.
I am a qualified counsellor, community development worker, have extensive experience in the community services space. You can read more on my trainings here.
My relationship with education has been shaped by public education, community education spaces, activism, Indigenous ways of knowing and a lifelong ongoing process of decolonisation.
I come from a background that probably doesn't fit the stereotype of a homeschooling parent.
I grew up working class, in social housing.
My life has included addiction, a criminal record and the process of decolonising my life and mind because I needed to survive.
I don't share this because I think it makes me more qualified.
I share it because I think we need to expand our ideas of who is capable of creating rich learning environments.
Learning does not belong to one type of person.
It does not belong to one type of family.
Your perfection is not needed, but your humanity is.
Become a confident facilitator in your Childs learning through “Raising Systems Thinkers” | Term 3 Mentorship
Building family learning cultures rooted in connection, authenticity and belonging.
What kind of humans are we actually trying to raise?
I don't think they need to memorise more facts, or move through isolated subjects; we are rapidly moving beyond this and being called to reclaim our inherent state of interconnectedness.
We need to be raising adults who know how to think creatively, critically and connected. And research backs this.
We need kids to know..
how to recognise patterns.
how to navigate complexity.
how to stay connected to themselves, each other and the world around them.
This is not a homeschool curriculum.
My own journey into home learning has been relational and deeply human.
It has come through questioning systems, community, activism, Indigenous ways of knowing, parenting, survival and years of unlearning the things I was taught to believe about education so I could meet the needs and essence of my kids.
For me, freeschooling has never been about rejecting learning.
It has been about returning learning to where it has always belonged, in ways that are ancestrally rooted.
What does it mean to become a confident home learning facilitator?
Confidence is becoming increasingly misunderstood.
We think confidence comes first, that one day we will finally feel ready, and then we’ll begin.
But most of the time, confidence comes through the doing, and again — this is backed by research.
This mentorship is underpinned by DOING, by becoming through experiencing. Through knowing how systems work, so we can actively create our own and support our children to do the same.
Who is this for?
I have intentionally created this program to be relevant for families across many different stages.
My own children are 7 months, 2 years, 4 years, 7 years and 13 years old, so my experience of learning at home has always been across the age spectrum.
This mentorship is for:
Families who are home educating.
Families whose children attend school but want to create a deeper learning culture at home.
Parents who are considering different pathways.
Parents of younger children who want to begin questioning inherited ideas about education early.
And even people without children who feel called to explore their own relationship with learning.
Over 9 weeks we will explore:
Deschooling as decolonising
What have we inherited about education? What assumptions have become so normalised that we no longer question them?
What is systems thinking, and why does it matter?
Indigenous systems and educating for evolution
Exploring relational ways of understanding learning, knowledge and our place within the wider world.
Systems thinking in everyday life
How do we support children to notice connections, patterns and relationships?
Creating your family learning culture
Exploring the foundations that shape how learning feels inside your home.
The Iceberg Model
Looking beneath the surface.
Moving beyond behaviour and exploring the deeper beliefs, systems and structures underneath.
Becoming an engaged facilitator
How do we step away from needing to control every outcome?
How do we work through our own conditioning around education?
How do we get out of our own way?
Nature, slowing down and parental processing
Creating space to reconnect with ourselves, our children and the natural world.
Project-based learning and focus studies
Exploring how meaningful projects support deep, connected learning.
Together you will receive:
Weekly content released throughout the term inside our private Skool community
Five live mentoring sessions with me
Practical projects and inquiry-based learning ideas
Conversations around family learning culture
Curriculum connections for those who need them
A community of people exploring these questions together
Live sessions
Sunday 11am AEST:
August 2nd
August 16th
August 30th
September 13th
Final session:
Thursday September 24th
(I may move some sessions slightly earlier to support those joining internationally.)
About me
I am Aimee Aroha.
I am a mother of five children and have spent the last decade exploring what learning can look like outside traditional structures.
And the last 20 years filling my Kete (basket) with knowledge, experience and training.
I am a qualified counsellor, community development worker, have extensive experience in the community services space. You can read more on my trainings here.
My relationship with education has been shaped by public education, community education spaces, activism, Indigenous ways of knowing and a lifelong ongoing process of decolonisation.
I come from a background that probably doesn't fit the stereotype of a homeschooling parent.
I grew up working class, in social housing.
My life has included addiction, a criminal record and the process of decolonising my life and mind because I needed to survive.
I don't share this because I think it makes me more qualified.
I share it because I think we need to expand our ideas of who is capable of creating rich learning environments.
Learning does not belong to one type of person.
It does not belong to one type of family.