This page is for anyone thinking about starting Math Coaching, or something similar. So far as I can tell, there are 3 potential ways to get started. The first one listed below is the one we used, but either of the others should also work.

Start with an apartment complex

Robin and I had grandchildren in schools near to our local church. Like many grandparents we picked up and dropped off our grandkids at the local schools. Over time Robin came to know some of the teachers and students, and especially noticed some of the students who were struggling to keep up. She also noticed that these students were largely walking home to nearby apartments. At the time I was the pastor of New Life Nazarene Church, located in the same area as the school and the apartments. We began offering various forms of ministry and Christian social work around the apartments. About a year or two later I retired as the senior pastor and I decided to gather a few people to help me coach math there. The apartment had a community room, which is where we started coaching. Since we were using the apartment facility we had to work under the umbrella of the Housing Authority of Santa Clara County (a non-governmental group). Subsequently their function shifted to a third party service provider, LifeSTEPS, who is now our umbrella. A LifeSTEPS employee is always present during our coaching sessions. This is a good thing in that it ensures that we operate legally, and it protects both our coaches and the students. Since our Math Coaching is a ministry of a church, which also carries liability insurance for its ministries, we have an umbrella for the infrequent times when we met a student away from the apartments. For example, we occasionally needed some extra coaching for an upcoming test, so we meet (or take) students to a local library or we use space at the church. 

Start with the local schools