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Book Club Session
Chapter 7
Transcripts
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YOUR HOMEWORK: NOT COVERED TODAY
WebsiteCalculate Standard GPA
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BookGeneral transcript writing – How to
Calculate Standard & Weighted GPA
Writing course titles
Calculating high school credit
Awarding letter grades
Physical & digital storage
Transcript rescue
Recommended!
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WHERE DO TRANSCRIPTS COME FROM?
• The homeschooling parent of record
• A public school
• A private school
• An umbrella or “cover” school
The one who issues the
diploma is responsible for
creating the transcript.
High school transcript = official record
Diploma = keepsake for framing
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What is a transcript?
A transcript IS✓A legal record
✓Lives after HS graduation (forever)
✓Concise
✓For employment, military, college, insurance, scholarships, etc.
✓Boring!
HSLDA Transcript Template
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What is a transcript?
A transcript is NOT
o A portfolio
o A journal
o A list of curriculum
o A justification / validation
o An expression of creativity
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What is a transcript?
A transcript is NOT
A portfolio
A journal
A list of curriculum
A justification / validation
An expression of creativity
A transcript IS
A legal record
Lives on after HS graduation
Concise – 1 page
For employment, military, college, insurance, scholarships, etc.
Boring!
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Number of HS Transcripts they will review this year
Liberty University
32,000
University Central FL
30,000
Ohio State University
49,000
Harvard University
43,000
Unusual transcripts are time-consuming < 10 minutes
Transcripts 101
Length? 1 page
Course Titles? Keep them simple. Check the right boxes.
Fonts and colors? Resist the urge.
+ and – grades? Only if you like doing extra math.
To weight or not to weight GPA? When in doubt, do it both ways.
Recording college credit. Make good choices.
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1. Carnegie Units (120 hours = 1 credit)Note: Used by teacher’s unions to calculate employment contracts. Homeschools are efficient, thus it feels like 120 hours is “too long” to earn credit.
2. Semester Method (1 semester = 0.5 credit)Note: Aligns well with dual enrollment attendance, but without structure, may not always hit targets.
3. Quarter Method (1 quarter = 0.25 credit)Note: Good for short classes like Driver’s Ed, but requires more math.
4. Mastery Method (mastery = credit)Note: Good fit for self-paced learning classes like Study.com, Sophia, or CLEP. Allows for very fast and very slow students to work at their own pace.
5. Finish the Book Method (book = credit)Note: Common method used with curriculum programs (Algebra 1) harder with freestyle learning.
CALCULATING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FROMHIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUMMETHOD used and AMOUNT given always determined by the parent
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CALCULATING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FROMCOLLEGE CURRICULUMMETHOD used and AMOUNT given still determined by the parent...so make good choices.
College – issued Graded Credit
Example: dual enrollment, college courses,
ASU Earned Admissions
Credit by Exam
Examples: AP, CLEP, DSST, UExcel, TECEP
Self-Paced non-college Courses
Examples: Study.com, Sophia, Straighterline,
Saylor Academy, ALEKS, TEEX,
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CALCULATING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FROMCOLLEGE CURRICULUMMETHOD used and AMOUNT given still determined by the parent...so make good choices.
College – issued Graded Credit
Example: dual enrollment, college courses,
ASU Earned Admissions
Credit by Exam
Examples: AP, CLEP, DSST, UExcel, TECEP
Self-Paced non-college Courses
Examples: Study.com, Sophia, Straighterline,
Saylor Academy, ALEKS, TEEX,
Is “actual” college credit
Is “optional” high school credit
Has a “paper trail”
Disclosure for life
Generates a letter grade / GPA
Credit awarded by semester, trimester, or
quarter
Typically recorded as EXTRA credit 3:1
Intro. Biology, 3 credits → 1 HS credit
Computer Ops, 6 credits → 2 HS credit
Practice reasonable rounding
ABC Class, 1 credit → 0.5 HS credit
XYZ Class, 2 credit → 0.5 or 1.0 HS credit
Biology w/Lab, 4 credit → 1.0 HS credit
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CALCULATING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FROMCOLLEGE CURRICULUMMETHOD used and AMOUNT given still determined by the parent...so make good choices.
College – issued Graded Credit
Example: dual enrollment, college courses,
ASU Earned Admissions
Credit by Exam
Examples: AP, CLEP, DSST, UExcel, TECEP
Self-Paced non-college Courses
Examples: Study.com, Sophia, Straighterline,
Saylor Academy, ALEKS, TEEX,
Is “actual” college credit
Is “optional” high school credit
Has a “paper trail”
Disclosure for life
Generates a letter grade / GPA
Is “potential” college credit for exam
High school credit comes from learning
No “paper trail” or disclosure required
Recommend excluding from grade/ GPA
Recommend excluding brand name!
Credit awarded by semester, trimester, or
quarter
Credit awarded for learning, not from test
results: choice of method can be used
Typically recorded as EXTRA credit 3:1
Intro. Biology, 3 credits → 1 HS credit
Computer Ops, 6 credits → 2 HS credit
Record as regular HS credit
Some parents designate as “honors”
AP designation requires approval
Practice reasonable rounding
ABC Class, 1 credit → 0.5 HS credit
XYZ Class, 2 credit → 0.5 or 1.0 HS credit
Biology w/Lab, 4 credit → 1.0 HS credit
Curriculum teaches, test prep reviews.
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CALCULATING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FROMCOLLEGE CURRICULUMMETHOD used and AMOUNT given still determined by the parent...so make good choices.
College – issued Graded Credit
Example: dual enrollment, college courses,
ASU Earned Admissions
Credit by Exam
Examples: AP, CLEP, DSST, UExcel, TECEP
Self-Paced non-college Courses
Examples: Study.com, Sophia, Straighterline,
Saylor Academy, ALEKS, TEEX,
Is “actual” college credit
Is “optional” high school credit
Has a “paper trail”
Disclosure for life
Generates a letter grade / GPA
Is “potential” college credit for exam
High school credit comes from learning
No “paper trail” or disclosure required
Recommend excluding from grade/ GPA
Recommend excluding brand name!
Is “potential” college credit at partner colleges
High school credit comes from learning
No “paper trail” or disclosure required
“Part of a complete curriculum”
Credit awarded by semester, trimester, or
quarter
Credit awarded for learning, not from test
results: choice of method can be used
Credit awarded for learning
Choice of method
Typically recorded as EXTRA credit 3:1
Intro. Biology, 3 credits → 1 HS credit
Computer Ops, 6 credits → 2 HS credit
Record as regular HS credit
Some parents designate as “honors”
AP designation requires approval
Record as regular HS credit
Some parents designate “honors”
Practice reasonable rounding
ABC Class, 1 credit → 0.5 HS credit
XYZ Class, 2 credit → 0.5 or 1.0 HS credit
Biology w/Lab, 4 credit → 1.0 HS credit
Curriculum teaches, test prep reviews. If “Mastery Method” or “Finish the Book” falls
short, consider combining courses or adding
content to form a full credit. (writing, research,
reading, labs, public speaking, etc.)
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CASE STUDIES
What happened in your homeschool.
What you could record on your transcript.
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• High school biology curriculum with lab
• Took about 1 school year
• Finished most of the book & labs
Biology with Lab, 1 credit
Biology with Lab, 0.5 credit Biology with Lab, 0.5 credit
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• High school biology curriculum with lab
• Took about 1 school year
• Finished most of the book & labs
• Modern States Biology CLEP Course Voucher
• REA CLEP Biology book & Practice Tests
• CLEP Exam PASSED
Honors Biology with Lab, 1 credit
Honors Biology w/Lab, 0.5 credit Honors Biology w/Lab, 0.5 credit
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• High school AP Psychology curriculum
• Took about 1 school year
• Finished most of the book
• Took AP Psychology Exam: passed AP Psychology, 1 credit
AP Psychology, 0.5 credit AP Psychology, 0.5 credit
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• High school AP Psychology curriculum
• Took about 1 school year
• Finished most of the book
• Took AP Psychology Exam: failed
• Recovery suggestion: prepare for and take CLEP
Honors Psychology, 1 credit
Honors Psychology, 0.5 credit Honors Psychology, 0.5 credit
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• Sophia Introduction to Psychology
• ACE evaluated for 3 college credits
• Took 2 weeks / 20 hours
Introduction to Psychology , 0.50 credit
While technically acceptable,
this is a judgement call. I
would bundle such a short
experience with more content
to bring depth and quality to
the experience.
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• Rosetta Stone Spanish I (last year)
• Rosetta Stone Spanish II (this year)
• Modern States Spanish Language CLEP Course
Voucher
• REA CLEP Spanish book & Practice Tests
• CLEP Spanish Language Exam: Failed
• Recovery suggestion: Rosetta Stone Spanish III
next year and second attempt at CLEP exam
*or* dual enrollment
Spanish 1, 1 credit
Spanish 2, 1 credit
Honors Spanish 2, 1 credit
Spanish 1, 0.5 credit Spanish 1, 0.5 credit
Spanish 2, 0.5 credit Spanish 2, 0.5 credit
Hon. Spa 2, 0.5 credit Hon. Spa 2, 0.5 credit
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• Rosetta Stone Spanish I (9th grade)
• Rosetta Stone Spanish II (10th grade)
• Dual Enrollment 1st semester Spanish 101 (11th grade)
• Dual Enrollment 2nd semester Spanish 102 (11th grade)Spanish 101, 1 credit Spanish 102, 1 credit
Spanish 1, 0.5 credit
Spanish 1, 1 credit
Spanish 2, 1 credit
Spanish 1, 0.5 credit
Spanish 2, 0.5 credit Spanish 2, 0.5 credit
ACTUAL college credit in Spanish
thus 3:1 ratio is observed
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What happened in your homeschool What you could write on the transcript
• Assorted classic literature – full works no curriculum
• Average 1 hour most days
• Modern States CLEP Course American Lit & Voucher
• CLEP exam passed
• Modern States CLEP Course English Lit & Voucher
• CLEP exam passed
• Modern States CLEP Course Analyzing Lit & Voucher
• CLEP exam passed
Honors American Literature, 1 credit
Honors English Literature, 1 credit
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9th Grade
2019-2020
10th Grade
2020-2021
Language Arts: 9th Grade English 1.0 B Language Arts: 10th Grade English 1.0
Foreign Language: Spanish I 1.0 B Foreign Language: Spanish II 1.0
Math: Algebra 1 1.0 B Math: Geometry 1.0
Science: Physical Science with Lab 1.0 A Science: Chemistry with Lab 1.0
Industrial Arts I: Intro. Shop Safety 0.5 A Industrial Arts V: Auto Maintenance 0.5
Industrial Arts II: Intro. Blacksmithing 0.5 A Industrial Arts VI: Technical Sketching & Drawing 0.5
Industrial Arts III: Beginning Welding 0.5 A Industrial Arts VII: Math for Welders 0.5
Industrial Arts IV: Glass Blowing 0.5 A Industrial Arts VIII: Adv. Shop Safety OSHA 30 0.5
Men’s Health 0.5 A WLD110 Welding Cutting Processes 0.5
Driver’s Education 0.5 A WLD115 Welding SMAW Stick 1.5
WLD131 Welding GTAW TIG 1.0
TOTAL Credits / GPA 7.0 3.57 TOTAL Credits / GPA 9.0
CUMULATIVE Credits / GPA 7.0 3.57 CUMULATIVE Credits / GPA 16.0
2 college credits
4 college credits
3 college credits
Example: reasonable rounding up and down of college credit
CLOSING COMMENTS ABOUT TITLES
Avoid using curriculum brand titles
Saxon, Teaching Textbooks, Classical Conversations
DO use simple subject name in titles
Algebra 1, 9th Grade English, Latin, Biology
Don’t make the college guess – check their box!
Language Arts = Language Arts
Thank you!
Time for your QUESTIONS