Transcripts Made Easy: The Homeschooler's Guide to High School Paperwork

Transcripts Made Easy: The Homeschooler’s Guide to High School Paperwork shows you how to grade, grant credit, create simple, effective home-school transcripts and high school diplomas, and keep simple records. In print since 2001, Transcripts Made Easy has helped thousands of homeschool families create transcripts they are confident about sharing, and this new edition is better than ever.

In this updated and expanded fourth edition of Transcripts Made Easy, you will learn how to:

• Keep simple, accurate records
• Issue grades fairly even if you don’t use quizzes or tests
• Grant credit for traditional classes, unit studies, work experience, and other activities
• Award extra credit for honors classes, credit by exam, or dual-credit classes
• Calculate a grade point average, with or without weighted grades
• Choose the format that highlight’s your student’s achievements
• Create a professional, credible transcript with exactly what admissions counselors need to see
• Issue a diploma that’s nice enough to frame
  You’ll turn to this straightforward guide again and again!
  In addition, you will find:
• An overview of what your student needs to study in high school
• A new chapter on college alternatives
• Seven tips from Professor Carol Reynolds on what college freshman need to know
• An updated chapter on records and transcripts for special needs students
• Detailed, step-by-step instructions for creating beautiful transcripts using software you already own or can download free
• Reproducibles that make record-keeping easy

  A look at the table of contents will give you an idea of what is included:Part 1Meet the Transcript What is a transcript?Who needs a transcript?Who will see the transcript? What are the parts of the transcript?Overview of the Transcript ProcessWhere to Start in This BookPart 2Plan with the End in MindWhat to Study in High SchoolSample High School RequirementsSkills and Habits to Cultivate in High SchoolScheduling CoursesSample Four-Year Schedule for College-Bound StudentsStandardized Tests to ConsiderSeven Strategies for a Successful First Year at CollegeCollege AlternativesSix Things Your Teen Can Do While Homeschooling High SchoolHigh School Q&A Teaching TeensPart 3Keep Simple RecordsHigh School BinderStudent Work Samples to KeepHow to Use Class Profile SheetsHow to Use Subject WorksheetsNaming ClassesSpecial-Needs Records and Transcripts with Judith MundaySpecial Needs Resource Recommendations from Kathy KuhlPart 4Grades, Credit, and the GPAGrading Realistically and EthicallyUse Simple Credibility ClinchersHow To Grade Written WorkWriting Evaluation RubricGrading for Unschoolers and the Chronically Relaxed Non-Grading Philosophy Retrospective Grading Define a Grading Scale Assign Quality PointsHow to Grant CreditGranting Credit for Honors ClassesGranting Credit for AP, Dual Credit, or College-Equivalent ClassesCalculate a Grade Point AveragePart 5Create the TranscriptHow to Issue an Official Transcript Transcript Formats and ExamplesHorizontal Transcript FormatVertical Transcript Formats Sample: Vertical Transcript Organized by SubjectSample: Vertical Transcript Organized by SemesterSample: Vertical Format with LinesCheck-Off Transcript FormatSample: Check-Off TranscriptHigh School Diploma FormatHow to Create a High School DiplomaText for DiplomaPart 6References, Resources, and ReproduciblesGlossaryResources for Planning and LearningReproducible FormsBlank Transcript Forms

Janice Campbell and her husband Donald homeschooled their four sons from preschool into early college using a lifestyle of learning approach influenced by Charlotte Mason and classical education. A lifelong reader and learner, Janice has been sharing the joy of learning at conferences since the 1990s. She speaks on making time for things that matter, teaching literature and writing, homeschooling through high school, record keeping and transcripts, and entrepreneurship. Janice is the author of the Excellence in Literature curriculum for grades 8-12, Transcripts Made Easy, and other resources, and she writes for various homeschooling magazines, as well as online at EverydayEducation.com, Excellence-in-Literature.com, and DoingWhatMatters.com.