Any time saved for a Homeschool Teacher is time gained to focus on other activities. If you can organize your record keeping, it will free up a great deal of time for you to redirect elsewhere. The three ways to keep records mentioned here can be used by homeschool parents with ease.
Online Services
There are both paid and free services available online which allow you to keep track of the course you are following, the lesson plans you will use, the grades your homeschool students are getting, and more. Services such as Applecore, Homeschool Reporting Online, Homeschool Skedtrack, Homeschool Tracker, and My School Year are some good online services which can aid your record keeping.
Printable Forms
If you are more comfortable with actual physical copies of records, you may like to save time by getting printable forms off the internet. It makes your job a whole lot easier to get blank forms and fill them out rather than wasting time designing those forms to start with. There are sites where forms for homeschool record keeping are offered for free such as at 123 Homeschooling or Donna Young’s website. About dot com’s homeschooling section also has forms that you can use as does the Family Schoolhouse.
Tracking Software
Think it would be nice if you had a calendar that would keep track of your lesson plans, activities and field trips? How about a software that could print report cards, transcripts, and skill assessments? There are different types of tracking software available in the market that make the life of a homeschool teacher much more comfortable once they have been set up. Popular ones include Edu Track Homeschool and Homeschool Minder.
Using any of these methods to maintain your records can work. You could even use a combination of a couple of these ways to keep track of all that you need to note down and work with. Take a look at what you are most comfortable using and employ these record keeping shortcuts to ensure that you are able to stay organised with your records with the minimum amount of fuss.
