With things like PE and Occupational Education – which often don’t have a textbook – grading doesn’t usually involve tests or written work. You can ask yourself “How do I evaluate whether they are doing this or not?” That can be as simple as recognizing that they are meeting your expectations, doing what is required, and completing their work. If they do those things, you can feel comfortable giving them an “A” for their work. In public school, these types of classes may be graded in terms of “effort” and I think it’s OK for homeschoolers to do this as well. For more on how to grade without giving a tests, you can read my newsletter article.
If you would like to see for yourself exactly what we did for our PE classes and occupational education, you can purchase my Comprehensive Record Solution. The reason I print that book is for EXACTLY this kinds of questions. Parents just want to see an example of classes like that: what they can include, how you can write a course description, how you can grade it, etc. Here is a sample page from the book using a regular American History Class.
My PE and Occupational Education classes looked vary similar.
I wanted to put a grade for those classes on my transcript, but you don’t have to. You can’t be sure that a college will use non-academic grades that you provide, because some colleges do and some colleges don’t. I just felt like it was my job to provide grades on the classes I taught, and my evaluations had as much credibility as any other school’s evaluations. I put it on the transcript and let the colleges use it or not use it at their discretion.
The Heart of the Matter Virtual Conference is going on now! I will be speaking on Making a Transcript on Friday from 1:45 – 2:45 (PST) and College Preparation on Saturday from 10 – 11 (PST).
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