The empowering challenge your

high school-aged youth is looking for.

I just started my first college English class, and let me just say thank you! JSP perfectly prepared me for this, and everything we're learning here seems like it should be common knowledge (how to research, compile data, and create a bibliography) and is putting me WAY ahead in this class. :)

~ Cate Ellis - January 2025

The Jefferson Scholar Program method will help you educate your family, not just school them.

The flexible, yet structured method of the JSP will help

youth learn skills and mindsets needed to succeed in life and learning.

August Courses (Parent and Youth)

September Course (Parent and Youth)

Discovering purpose helps youth find

enjoyment and satisfaction in life and learning.

High School Homeschooling Made Enjoyable & Effective

Homeschooling teens isn’t easy—but with the Jefferson Scholar Program (JSP), you don’t have to know every subject to lead a rich, student-centered education. JSP is more than a workbook—it’s a proven homeschool method that builds scholar skills, mindset, and real-life learning habits.

  • Personalized education: Teens choose what interests them—delving into language arts, social studies, and soon, science.

  • Empowerment through ownership: JSP helps teens take responsibility for their education, building lifelong study habits.

  • Parent-friendly support: Flexible yet structured, JSP equips parents with facilitation skills and even offers certification and coaching with Lisa Mauer.

Real results from happy homeschool families:

“JSP perfectly prepared me for college English…putting me WAY ahead in this class.”
— Cate Ellis, Jan 2025

“He now takes notes on his own…organizing his portfolio to showcase his work.”
— Parent review

Don't just give your youth a workbook.

Help them build an education.

Jefferson Scholar Program

is your answer.

We aren't a curriculum. We aren't a workbook. We're a method.

The Jefferson Scholar Program helps you teach scholar skills and mindset so your youth can choose the next level.

To learn these skills, we use language arts and social studies (adding science soon!).

It gives a youth time and space to chase his or her curiosity to become truly invested.

No regurgitation of information here!

A few benefits of the Jefferson Scholar Program:

For Youth:

  • Empowers youth to take responsibility for their own education

  • Opportunity to practice lifetime study and work habits

  • Improves problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making skills

  • Investigate interests rather than regurgitate objectives

  • Enjoy beautiful learning

For Parents:

  • Youth are empowered to take ownership, allowing parents to watch their child grow

  • Parents and youth learn together

  • The basic schedule can be customized to you and your family

  • Parents/facilitators learn a lot from their youth

  • Opportunity to be PAID

What is the Jefferson Scholar Program (JSP)?

Get the free 15-page document:

3 Techniques to Help Your High-School Youth Take Control of Their Education

This document outlines my philosophy for the

Jefferson Scholar Program

and teaches three specific techniques

for helping your high-school youth study more effectively

and begin to understand the joy of learning.

This document will be sent to your email.

Recommendations for other homeschool possibilities and help.

If you need more or different than the Jefferson Scholar Program,

here are a few I've found that I'd use for my own children: