Homeschooling

For many homeschoolers, record keeping and scheduling is vital to the success of the endeavor. Even for those following the John Holt philosophy of unschooling, record keeping may be needed for state requirements or college entrance. 

More and more homeschoolers are accepted into colleges, including Ivy League. As the number of homeschoolers increases, the number of homeschoolers entering college increases -- and they are setting an impressive track record.

Becoming quickly known for their independent study habits, leadership qualities and better than average SATs, homeschooled kids in general areviewed by many colleges in much more of a positive light then in times past when homeschooling was still on the fringe. However, just as with the traditionally educated, college bound students, there are certain requirements to be met.

Depending on the college, admission requirements may be only a good SAT and/or ACT score. There are many decent colleges that require no more of homeschooled students. However other colleges, from average to Ivy League, who admit homeschool students, require a transcript (prepared by the parents or from a cyber school) and/or a portfolio. Some, realizing that transcripts prepared by parents are a bit subjective (what warrants an "A" for a course or an honors course distinction), take a more practical approach, requesting a portfolio in lieu of a transcript. Harvard is one that has taken this approach. 

Even those who unschool can prepare these documents, although they will need to keep more records for their transcripts as they go along so that they can then organize skills learned into traditional subjects. The portfolio, on the other hand, is perfect for any method of homeschooling you use. You may want to start investigating the requirements of various colleges ahead of time to see what they look for in a parent/student prepared portfolio.

Basically, a portfolio should showcase the homeschooled student's best work. Some state homeschooling laws and some colleges also want to see a record of your child's progress (for colleges, the focus will be on high school). Also for college, character references should be included, as well as any references from volunteer work, jobs, teachers of classes taken outside the home, etc.

The type of work that is included in a portfolio will vary with the method of homeschooling used and the requirements of the state or the college.

A traditionally homeschooled student will have materials such as essays

and research papers, while an unschooler is more likely to have real life

work, such as letters to editors and documentation and samples from projects completed for non profits that demonstrate the writer's skills in the areas of research, analytical thinking, ability to support a thesis (the point of a letter written to persuade), clear writing, good grammar, etc.

The type of program the student is looking at will also make a difference; for example, a student wishing to enter a college's art school would also include his best art work (or photographs of such), while one applying to a computer technology college could include samples of high school level (or beyond) computer work accomplished, such as programming done for a Website.

Extra curricular activities should also be included because colleges look for philanthropical and leadership qualities. If any course work is taken at a community college or online, transcripts should also be included.

When it comes to homeschooling records and scheduling, the most important thing to remember is to find out what may be required (whether for state requirements, college entrance or even a job) and plan to start working towards that as your child enters the "high school" years.

Homeschooling (unschooling method) parent Alison McKee and author of From Homeschool to College and Work: Turning Your Homeschooled Experiences into College and Job Portfolios provides suggestions for record keeping at  http://www.homeschool.com/advisors/McKee/default.asp

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