http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/washington-state-homeschool-graduation-requirements/1639/ Helping Parents Homeschool High School Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/washington-state-homeschool-graduation-requirements/1639/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 Carolyn Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:26:41 +0000 http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-1599 Lee, While homeschoolers are not expected to meet the public school graduation requirements, they can be used as a meaningful guideline for parents. I disagree with you concerning occupational education. The purpose is to prepare students for an occupation. If they have a job, it is only considered for work experience credit, which can apply to flipping burgers (410 hrs. for 1 credit, as defined in the state law) or something more. For a more meaningful credit, students can explore various occupations (listed as career exploration), serve in an internship or apprenticeship, as well as enrolling in a vocational program. For some students, this may lead to a vocation aside from college. Then there is also accounting, keyboarding, etc. which are also considered occupational education. Lee,
While homeschoolers are not expected to meet the public school graduation requirements, they can be used as a meaningful guideline for parents.
I disagree with you concerning occupational education. The purpose is to prepare students for an occupation. If they have a job, it is only considered for work experience credit, which can apply to flipping burgers (410 hrs. for 1 credit, as defined in the state law) or something more. For a more meaningful credit, students can explore various occupations (listed as career exploration), serve in an internship or apprenticeship, as well as enrolling in a vocational program. For some students, this may lead to a vocation aside from college.
Then there is also accounting, keyboarding, etc. which are also considered occupational education.

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