Friday, August 29, 2008

Portfolios and Registration

I live in a state that does not require homeschoolers to register, nor do we have to inform the district of the intent to homeschool, but this year I may. As mentioned, my 1st grader has several special needs that have made him eligible for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Academically, he has always done better in our "school" setting as evidenced by the progress he made here on the days that public school had "no school". I just think that the classroom setting was too overwhelming for him and his speech and comprehension skills made it difficult for him to follow along with instruction in the classroom. He did however do well in PT, OT and speech which I believe had a great deal to do with the 1 to 2 ratio. So while I look forward to having him home with us this year, I don't want him to miss out on helpful special education services. Thus my thoughts on possibly registering with the school district.

Also this year I am keeping student portfolios for the crew. Because our curriculum is on the computer, I have just always kept several back-ups of completed work, attendance and grades on different hard drives. This year I am actually keeping hard-copy records of attendance, curriculum plans and will keep samples of the students writing and other work samples in file folders. Thanks to all of you bloggers who have unknowingly helped me in improving my record keeping.

Peace,
:)De

5 comments:

MOM #1 said...

Definitely take advantage of all services your little one can and should use, you won't regret it.

I use Homeschool Tracker Plus for all my record keeping, but I still keep a hard copy of all of Baby Boy's work and photos of big projects that are too bulky to store in manila envelopes in the garage.

I'm not sure what the "right" process is . . . thankfully I live in a non regulatory state as well.

Sounds like you have a solid plan.

Good Luck!

MARGARETE said...

You are so organized. :0)
I'm also in the process of getting Katie into some therapy. I have to apply for a medical card, tried to do it online, and decided it is best for me to call on Tues. I didn't want to apply for the wrong thing! Anyway, Have a great week.

junglemama said...

Hope your homeschooling goes well this year!

Robin said...

Sounds like you are super organized!

Have a great year!

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