How do I get a home school transcript?
When you apply for colleges you must submit a transcript with your application. For those is traditional schooling, obtaining this transcript is merely a matter of going into the office and asking your guidance counselor for one, but for home schooling it is another matter. Your child's education from kindergarten through high school is shown on a home school transcript. Obtaining the home school transcript is relatively simple.
First though we need to know what a home school transcript is. This is an official report for your student. This report will list the achievements, grades, studies, credits and subjects that your student has completed.
Next, you need to find out what the legal requirements are in your area. This will be the main basis for you to be able to make sure that your child has met the standards for their certificates. So, for example, in a traditional public school each student is required to take a certain number of credits of PE, Science, Math, etc. the same holds true for home school, and will be shown on the transcript.
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This official document is prepared by the home schooling parents, or parent-teachers. This will indicate the courses studied by the students when the student has come to a completion of her studies. There are requirements that must be met before you can fill out a transcript for your student.
There are some options to when you should print these transcripts. Some good times for this are at the end of the school year, or if you are transferring your child from home study to public or private school, or when a child is completed through high school level education.
You as the teacher and parent know what the best level of education is for your child. When this goal has been reached it is your honor and responsibility to complete your student's transcripts. This is important for whatever future they choose for themselves. It is a good idea for both you and them to keep a copy of their transcripts.
Many parents who home school use online tracking programs to record what things have been studied. Many of the online tracking programs available have extension to the programs that provide a simple transcript set up.
The transcript from your home school/ high school is not something that you buy; it is something that you gather all the information and create for your student.
It is very important, especially if they ever plan to continue their education at a college or university for your student to have these transcripts. A diploma is a certificate stating that the student has fulfilled the requirements of the school. It represents the successful completion of your school's course of study.
There are many styles available, and they all carry about the same basic information. Here is a list of the basics that should be on your student's transcripts.
- Student Identification
- School Identification
- Student Academic History, including grades, credits, achievements, certificates etc
- List the GPA or grade point average
- Any additional student information
- You will want to list the academic interests, activities, sports, and achievements
- Any special features of the students education program
- Written comments
- Personal recommendation by yourself, teachers or tutors
- Include your child's test scores (mostly for grades 9-12)
- Any other school information
- Any other schools primary or secondary need to be listed
- List all school officials
- Contact person
Your student's transcripts will be necessary in order for them to progress into many jobs, college or technical schools. Many colleges, schools etc easily accept home school as a viable means of education, however they will request the transcripts.
Help your child see the achievements and success they have accomplished by creating these transcripts and making it a big goal to improve and succeed.
