Homeschool Without Quitting Your Job with Stephanie Cavin
🎙 Homeschool Curious Podcast | Hosted by Morgan from Basecamp Ed
What does it look like to homeschool your kids and work full-time? In this inspiring episode, Morgan sits down with Stephanie Cavin, better known as @ThatCalTeacherLife on Instagram — a second-generation homeschool mom, California-certified teacher, and thriving content creator with nearly 500,000 followers. Stephanie recently made the bold leap from public school teaching to full-time entrepreneurship as the founder of Homeschoolers Connect, a platform built to support working parents who want to homeschool without burning out.
💬 In This Episode:
Stephanie shares her story of growing up homeschooled before it was popular — and how that free-range, hands-on learning shaped her entrepreneurial spirit.
She opens up about what it was like to work as a public school teacher, witnessing the system’s limitations, and how that experience reaffirmed her choice to homeschool her own kids.
Discover how she and her husband creatively balanced work schedules to homeschool their children — and why “homeschooling in just two hours a day” actually works.
Stephanie reveals her two-hour school day model, helping parents ditch burnout and focus on what truly matters in education.
She also talks about the freedom of entrepreneurship, working with her husband full-time, and empowering other families to design a flexible lifestyle that works for them.
You can watch this episode on YouTube
About Stephanie:
Stephanie Cavin is passionate about helping working parents homeschool with confidence and balance. Through her Working Parent Homeschool Network, she offers coaching, community, and practical guidance on how to make homeschool fit real life — not the other way around.
🎁 Special Offer:
Listeners can DM @ThatCalTeacherLife on Instagram with the code Network25 for $25 off her Working Parent Homeschool Network lifetime membership!
💡 Episode Takeaway:
Homeschooling doesn’t have to mean giving up your career or spending six hours a day on worksheets. With the right mindset, creative scheduling, and supportive community — you can work, homeschool, and thrive.
🔗 Connect with Stephanie:Instagram: @ThatCalTeacherLifeWebsite: Homeschoolers Connect
🎧 Connect with Basecamp Ed:Find your homeschool community, local co-ops, tutors, and educators at basecamped.com.Follow @BasecampEdApp on Instagram and Facebook.
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