Speaking & Podcast Guest Appearances
Sue Patterson brings 25 years of unschooling expertise, experience, and reassuring wisdom to your public stage. She raised three (now adult) unschoolers, runs a successful unschooling coaching business, educates on her podcast and YouTube channels, and has spoken for conferences, groups, and podcasts. As an author, she has written twenty-one specialty unschooling guides and the book Homeschooled Teens: 75 Young People Speak About Their Lives Without School.
Sue is comfortable answering any questions on homeschooling and unschooling. The topics she finds most valuable are getting started, teens, how real life counts toward “standard school subjects,” and helping parents overcome obstacles and fears.
Past Speaking Engagements
Events
- From Nothing to Anything (available in May 2022)
- Unschooling Now
- CHN MiniCon
- California Homeschool Network
- MOB Nation (Mom Owned Businesses)
- Bay Area Homeschool Fair
- Free to Be Unschooling Conference (Phoenix)
- SoCal Homeschooling Conference
- Texas Unschoolers Conference
- Austin Unschoolers
- HomeSchool Association of California
- Live and Learn Conferences
- Rethinking Education Conference
- Keynotes for Homeschool Graduation Ceremonies
Podcasts
- Let'em Go Barefoot (Missy Willis)
- Honey, I’m Homeschooling the Kids (Robyn Robertson)
- Exploring Unschooling (Pam Laricchia)
- Sage Family Podcast (Rachel Rainboldt)
- The Unschool Files (Meghan)
- Texas Unschoolers FB Chat (Rachel Miller & Shannon Stoltz)
- Classrooms without Walls – Amazon Live (Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang)
- BraveLearner Community Masterclass (Julie Bogart)
- Surviving the Waiting Room Summit (Moira Kirk Cleary)
- Heart-Based Homeschoolers (Rebecca Miller )
- Changes in Education (Gina Riley)
The Get More Podcast (Cassandra Moore) - Safer at Home (Monique Gaffney)
- This Indulgent Life (Mary Cook)
United States DoDEA
Sue was flown to Washington D.C. to consult with the military about what to do about homeschooling families stationed overseas. (The main problem being that these families come from states with various requirements and are sometimes in countries where unschooling is illegal. What's the commander to do?) Sue helped draft a policy that could work for all homeschooling families overseas.
Book Sue As A Guest
Sue is a known authority on curiosity-led learning topics of unschooling. Her enthusiasm and humor will engage your audience while also reassuring them on their unschooling journey. She has years of experience with public speaking on stages, podcasts, and digital media such as YouTube, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Zoom, and other virtual conference systems.
With her extensive knowledge, she is able to speak to any relevant level of unschooling and homeschooling, from novices to parents who have been doing it for years.
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