“Occupational education” is the easiest class you will ever teach! It happens to be one of the subjects required by Washington State law, but I’m convinced it’s the easiest thing to achieve. Here are the simple steps:
- Wait until the child becomes motivated by money
- The child will seek (or be forced to seek) a job
- Count hours on the job
- When you get to 150 hours, call it a credit
- Retroactively write a course description, as necessary
Piece of cake.
Interested in learning what a successful book of course descriptions looks like. Check out my Sample Comprehensive Record here.
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Donna says:
Dear Lee,
The link above for the Sample Comprehensive Record does not work.
Also, can I give credit for volunteer community service that my 16 year old daughter does a couple days a week?
In Christ, Donna
September 14th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Lee says:
Hi Donna,
I was able to get the link to work. Here is the address for the book: http://www.thehomescholar.com/sample-comprehensive-record.php
It’s important to have volunteer hours as well, so i wouldn’t use volunteer community service hours for high school credit unless it was necessary for some reason. It’s valuable enough on its own
Blessings,
Lee
September 14th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Lisa in ME says:
I love it! I’ll keep this in mind – definitely!
September 14th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Julie says:
Great idea, Lee!
Donna, you can track her hours at http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/ (and make sure to use them for the Congressional Award [http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/congressional-award/375/])
September 14th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Diann in NV says:
Thanks, Lee! This just confirmed what I was already going to do this year. I know in our public school they can get a credit for work study so I figured I would count it too.
September 15th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Nicole S says:
Lee -
What happens when your child goes over 150 credit hours per year? Like a total of 416 hours per year? Would you count it as more than one credit and if so what to do with the remaining hours?
Nicole
September 16th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Nicole S says:
Oh gee – I think I answered my own question. I just read your other post on “What should I put on my transcript”. Ack!!
September 16th, 2009 at 10:28 am