About Microschool Solutions
The wonder of a child feeling seen. The complexity of making a school work. We know both, because we’ve lived them.
We are microschool founders, educators, and people who care about what becomes possible when learning feels personal. We bring that experience to your school, one conversation and one next step at a time.
Meet your people
Microschools opened with our team’s help.
Across the United States and around the world.
The reason we do this
You might be carrying an idea for a school that doesn’t exist yet. Or leading a community that already depends on you. We know there is a person behind that work, with questions, hopes, limits, and a life of their own.
Our work is to help you think clearly, make grounded decisions, and keep learning as you build. Your school stays yours. You have people beside you.
Experience you can talk to
Different school models. Shared care for children, families, and the founders making it happen.
Founder · Microschool Solutions
Rachelle has helped founders open microschools since 2018, beginning as Prenda’s third full-time employee. She founded Microschool Solutions in 2023 and operates Noble Microschool in Mesa, Arizona—bringing both national experience and the daily perspective of a school founder.
Microschool founder · Educator
Lorien runs a virtual microschool. She brings encouragement, practical perspective, and a belief that founders need people to turn to through the highs and the lows.
Microschool founder · Educator
Charaki leads a K–12 school primarily serving neurodiverse students. She understands the work of creating a learning environment where children can belong, and the importance of community for the person leading it.
Team administration · Former microschool founder
Kat has run a microschool herself and now supports the team’s administrative work. She brings a founder’s understanding to the practical details that help a community work.
Everything changed in 2018 when I walked into a microschool for the first time.
It was in someone’s living room. Kids were reading, creating, talking, and moving freely. The energy was different. Alive. Intentional. As a teacher, I could feel that these children wanted to be there. I knew I’d discovered something extraordinary.
Within days, I told Kelly Smith, Prenda’s founder, “I have to work for you.”
I became Prenda’s third full-time employee and personally recruited and helped launch 52 microschools in eight months, helping grow Prenda from 3 schools to 55. I conducted Prenda’s first 100 prospective guide interviews, trained others in founder recruitment, and later led its New Markets team, supporting expansion into Kansas, Louisiana, Colorado, and New Hampshire.
In 2023, I founded Microschool Solutions to help more people turn their dreams of starting a school into reality. I’ve since supported hundreds of aspiring and existing founders, collaborated with national organizations, and worked to expand educational opportunities across multiple states.
Today, I also operate Noble Microschool in Mesa, Arizona, where I experience firsthand both the extraordinary possibilities and everyday challenges of creating a school around the children it serves.
I’m co-authoring The Microschool Difference and developing Microschool OS, an AI-driven platform designed to make starting and sustaining a microschool more accessible.
What drives all of this is a simple belief: There is no one right way to educate a child.
I believe the future of education isn’t one perfect model. It’s thousands of thoughtful, creative, deeply human learning environments built by people who see what’s possible and care enough to make it happen.
If you’re exploring microschooling, educational innovation, or opportunities to collaborate, I’d love to connect.
Connect with Rachelle →
One membership. Support for your stage.
Experienced guidance, a live weekly community, and Microschool OS are included whichever path you’re on.
Give the school you’re imagining a place to begin.
Work through your learning model, families, space, finances, and next decisions with the team and other founders preparing to open.
A regular place to think through the work of leading.
Bring what’s happening in your school: relationships with families, enrollment, the learning environment, your workload, and what comes next.
Ask Rachelle about the current cohort and meeting schedule. Your school’s vision, values, and decisions remain yours.
Get a feel for our community
Meet the people, the experience, and the belief in children behind Microschool Solutions.
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From the founders we’ve walked beside
Every school has its own story. These founders share their experiences with our coaching and earlier programs.
Jasmine’s story
From planning to the first school yearJasmine shares what it was like to have the team beside her while planning her school and navigating her first year.
First-year founder when recorded · April 2024
Read Jasmine’s story55 seconds · With captionsRead the transcript
32 seconds · With captions
Lori Long
Lori shares what the team’s guidance and encouragement meant to her as a microschool founder.
From her story shared September 2023
Read Lori’s story1 minute 9 seconds · With captions
Danita
Danita shares what the team’s lived experience and welcoming group conversations meant to her.
From her story shared September 2023
Read Danita’s story“There was hope that there would be someone to walk alongside me. Someone that has gone this way before, to help me avoid pitfalls.”
Shanda BrownMicroschool founder
“These people really are invested in your success.”
DeborahMicroschool Solutions community
“They were a tremendous help in providing guidance on how to scale our microschools.”
ImanMicroschool Solutions community
The tools support the work
Microschool OS is included in your Mastermind membership, giving your planning and daily work a home. Jumpstart, your Blueprint, and practical school tools help you carry the decisions from your conversations into the school you are building.
Explore the full membershipPodcasts · Speaking · Workshops
Planning a podcast episode, gathering, or workshop about what school can become? Invite Rachelle to share the perspective of a microschool founder who has helped others find their way.
Explore speaking & collaborationA conversation is a good place to start
Spend 30 minutes with Rachelle talking about what you’re imagining or working through. Ask your questions and explore whether the membership fits your next step.
Talk with RachelleYou don’t need a finished plan or a membership to book.