Homeschool Hub: Information and Resources

Are you interested in learning more about homeschooling? Click the tabs on the left side of the page to discover information and important resources for Homeschooling in Colorado, including resources and services offered by Pikes Peak Library District, informative websites and articles, and links to organizations and businesses that provide support and services to homeschoolers.

• Subject Guides are mini-websites that offer resources and library services on a specific topic or subject. 
• Click on one of the blue tabs to the left of this page to navigate through the guide and access resources.
• All pages are printable (see option at the bottom of this page).
• Subject Guides are accessible at the library, or from anywhere in the world with wifi, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• You can search for information or resources in the search box at the top right of the page.

Who is the Educator card for?

Teachers and educators: preschool - grade 12; includes homeschool and post-secondary (university or college educators).  The Educator card is separate from an individual patron account.  A person who is an educator could have both accounts.

How will people prove they are educators?

Educators will show their school ID badge; homeschoolers will show their “Notice/Letter of Intent to Home School” with child’s name and address, plus school district involved. The school needs to be in El Paso County.

Homeschoolers may also show an ID card or documentation from an umbrella school that handles the administrative paperwork for the homeschool student. The homeschooler must live in El Paso County to be eligible for the Educator account.  

Please Note: An educator that lives in Security/Widefield, but teaches at a school in El Paso County can obtain an Educator card. 

How will an Educator’s Card be renewed and how often?

Accounts will have a one-year privilege. Educators will have to show educator proof annually to renew their Educator card.

Circulation Rules: Educator cards

• 50 item checkout limit.
• Checkout period of 6 weeks and 1 renewal, for items other than Classroom Sets. 

• If the item is normally able to be auto-renewed, it will be auto-renewed for the Educator account.

• No overdue fines.
• Materials for personal use should not be checked out on the educator account.

Please Note: Interlibrary Loans cannot be placed on an Educator account.