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Teacher Discount for Homeschool Co-Op Teachers
My wife has been teaching a Home School Co-op now for 7 years. She does this twice a week, and home schools our children the other three days per week. At school she teaches History, Literature, and Grammar for 4th and 5th grade students. Because it is a Home School Co-Op she does not have an actual Teacher ID#, but she does get paid by individual families to teach their children. The government considers her to be a teacher (they certainly take a large share of this income). The number of students who have gone through her classes over the last 7 years is north of 200 students.
We would love to be eligible for the Teacher's Discount of 25% on our AT&T bills, but we always hit a roadblock with the Teacher ID / State Teaching Certificate that is required. Does AT&T support teachers like my wife? AT&T employees certainly believe so, but aside from telling us we qualify, they've been unable to help. If AT&T does support Home School Co-Op teachers (and there are now a lot of them), how can they begin receiving the Teacher's Discount?
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skeeterintexas
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26.8K Messages
4 months ago
Active certified/licensed K-12 classroom teachers and college/university professors and instructors based in the U.S can receive discounts.
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Lockdowncraziness
Former Employee
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2.2K Messages
4 months ago
The teacher must meet all the requirements for the discount.
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Constructive
Former Employee
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32.9K Messages
4 months ago
Sorry they can’t.
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kyleandjessica21
3 Messages
4 months ago
I understand that. I would ask AT&T reconsider their position and requirements, as this cuts out many hard-working teachers who are not considered teachers by AT&T. Again, the government considers them to be teachers. The education landscape is changing - and many are hoping that AT&T would change their policy as well.
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Constructive
Former Employee
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32.9K Messages
4 months ago
If I recall correctly the teachers discount is a government program and they set the standards. I could be wrong maybe @skeeterintexas or @formerlyknownas would have better information they are experts on all this I’m just a lowly pole engineer
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GLIMMERMAN76
ACE - Expert
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23.9K Messages
4 months ago
Does your wife have a state teaching cert?
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my thoughts
Former Employee
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21.5K Messages
4 months ago
Does she receive a paycheck from the co-op?
It sounds as if paid by families she is more a tutor than a teacher.
As a self employed person instead of employee of school district she needs to pay the full social security with holding for tax purposes instead of 50% by employee and 50% by employer.
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kyleandjessica21
3 Messages
4 months ago
@GLIMMERMAN76 Yes, she has two state teaching certs, but both are out of date now. :(
@my thoughts Good point. This is most likely how it's viewed. Would love to see AT&T create an avenue for this growing swath of educators...
Thank you!
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formerlyknownas
ACE - Sage
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113.5K Messages
4 months ago
My sister has a teaching certificate and it's out of date. You're not a teacher if your teacher certificate has expired. And it is one of the things that is required along with proof of employment by a school district. Unfortunately being self-employed as a co-op teacher isn't going to qualify. If she ever gets a job with a school district of some kind then she will have a.edu email, a paycheck, and a valid teacher certificate.
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