Call for Youth Content Creators
We are looking for young people to create content, including (but not limited to!) articles and videos, for our Self-Directed Education for Young People by Young People packet.
As you may know, ASDE was able to obtain a grant to make some of our dreams for the community come to life, one being robust resource packets on various topics within SDE and Collective Liberation for families, facilitators, and youth.
Each of these packets will be authored by various voices within self-directed education.
For a bit of overview, we will be working all year with 30-50 creators to put together the following resource packets (in alphabetical order).
- Building Resilient Community
- Intro to Self-Directed Education
- Neurodiversity in SDE
- Partnership & Intersectional Parenting in SDE
- Self-Directed Education for Young People by Young People
Overview of the SDE for Young People by Young People Packet
List of Topics Needed:
Below is a list of topics we are looking for people to create content about:
- Hacking school in school: If you can’t get out....
- School Doesn’t Work: Why school doesn’t work
- Leaving School: The practicalities of leaving school and beyond
- Learning Without School: A million ways to go about learning (and it varies by where you live, VASTLY)
- Convincing Parents: Talking to your parents about leaving school
- Legalities of Not Going to School: Legal aspects/registering as a homeschooler
- Finding Community: Finding SDE centers and other ways of connecting with other unschoolers (Online communities, Locally, Camp options, Etc.)
- Youth experiences in SDE: What does unschooling look like
- SDE Resources and Things to Do: Opportunities, ideas, and finding stuff to do – How to take advantage of local resources in different areas, cities, rural communities, etc. (as well as including a list of youth organizations/places to volunteer garnered by google research as well as unschooler input)
- “Graduating” from High School: How to officially graduate high school without going to high school (GED testing, etc.)
- Marginalized Identities and Unschooling: Being a neurodiverse (ND) Unschooler, other marginalized identities, and/or low-income unschooling (either directly exploring this experience and how it correlates to unschooling or an essay on anything)
- Personal Growth Stories: Any detailed essay someone wants to contribute on their personal craft that not being part of conventional schooling helped them grow
- Dealing with a Schoolish World: Being an SDE young person in a schoolish world
We are not accepting any more proposals for the following topics because we already have them covered:
- School’s Inaccessibility: Especially for disabled students and the upsides of unschooling in a personal case study (regarding disability)
- Educational Reform: Calling for reforms in the public education system
- High School and Beyond: Community college dual enrollment
We want this to be a co-creative process, where youth are submitting topics that have been extremely valuable for them on their SDE journey, or things they wish they had known. We are accepting content beyond the topics listed here, so please email us at mayabroeks@gmail.com to propose any ideas for content that resonate for you. We will get back to you about whether we will accept your proposal as soon as we are able.
We are accepting articles, videos, audio, art, poetry, comics, and more as content for these packets!
We ask that each contribution include:
- Intro to the topic
- Personal story/angle or deeper explanation of the topic
- Reflection questions or other invitations for the readers to go deeper in their thinking
Compensation is available to youth (up to age 22) for content for these packets.
For more information on these packets, and our 2024 goals and projects, check out our 2024 Grant page.
If you are interested in creating content for this packet, or want to learn more, please email mayabroeks@gmail.com with any questions, inquiries, or content proposals!