Tips for teens: How to Show Human Development on the Transcript.
How to Show Human Development on the Transcript
One of my favorite courses in homeschooling my high schoolers was Human Development. In fact, my adult kids sometimes share life stories of using their Human Development skills in real life (or even videos which they share in our family text chat). Here’s one of those videos they have shared:
Anyway, homeschool high schoolers benefit from learning the ways that people grow and change from womb through senior years!
Recording Human Development on the transcript
There are several things to think about when recording Human Development on the transcript.
Number of electives
Of course, we want to show any course our high schoolers complete on the transcript. Human Development is an elective credit for their homeschool transcript. Every state has differing requirements for the number of electives that teens need for graduation. For families working with an umbrella school, those requirements may differ from state requirements (often requiring more elective credits for graduation).
You can group the types of electives together each year, according to the type of elective:
- Career Exploration and Internships can be grouped together
- Social Science electives can be grouped together
- Life Preparation electives can be grouped together
- Or electives can be randomly listed! (After all, there’s not ONE right way to homeschool high school OR record electives on the transcript!)
Human Development can fit into any of those categories, so choose which one fits your teens goals:
- For teens who are thinking about a career in some kind of Social Science, Education, or simply parenting, you can record Career Exploration, Psychology, Human Development, Early Childhood Education, and related internships in the same section of that year’s columns on the transcript.
- Teens who are concentrating on life preparation skills can include related course in the same section on that year’s columns on the transcript. For instance, list Human Development, Financial Literacy (if an elective for your teen), and Home Maintenance in the same section.
- Or simply list all the electives in random order!
Which year should your teen do a Human Development Course?
This is not a course that needs to be in any sequence, so fit it in whenever is best for your teen. It is a nice introduction to high school academics for ninth graders. Sophomores enjoy it as an introduction to interesting electives. Juniors and seniors often enjoy Human Development as a fun course to relieve some pressure during a year full of heavier upper-level courses like Advanced Math or Chemistry.
How much credit should be recorded for Human Development?
7Sisters Human Development is a very simple course. While it is one-credit because it covers the scope and sequence needed for a Human Development credit, it is presented at an average high school level so that most teens can comfortably read and benefit from what they learn.
We call average high school level: Level 2.
Level 2 is fine for teens who are not college bound or who do not need Human Development on their transcript to prepare them for their chosen college major. They simply need to work through the text, questions, and chapter tests.
Teens who are planning on a Social Sciences major (like Psychology, Sociology, Human Development), should level up the textbook with the suggested enrichment activities in the text and lesson plan guide, AND 7Sisters self-paced, online Human Development course on the Teachable platform.
College-bound teens in any major build sparkle on their transcript with electives like Human Development. Aim for Level 3 (College Prep), Level 4 (Advanced), or Level 5 (Honors). There are instructions in the introduction matter in Human Development from a Christian Worldview on how many enrichment activities teens need for each of these levels.
Here’s a basic syllabus for Human Development. Teens can add in the coordinated lessons from the self-paced, online Human Development course, as well.
Showing Human Development on the transcript
When your record your homeschool high schooler’s Human Development course, remember: there’s not ONE right way, so do what is best for your teen’s goals. Here is how we have recorded with our various teens.
For our teens who were not college bound:
Our teens who were college-bound (community college or non-competitive college) and not working toward a Social Sciences major recorded a Level 2 Human Development:
For our teens who were headed to more competitive colleges or working towards a Social Sciences major (note: in this situation, teens may be able to choose Level 4 or Level 5, according to the competitiveness of the college OR their own personal interests and goals).
Make the Human Development course more interesting for average teens and to level-up for college-bound teens by adding 7Sisters Human Development Self-paced, Online Course to accompany the textbook.
Don’t forget that 7Sisters offers an editable transcript with lots of how-tos.
Got questions? That’s great! We invite you to join 7SistersHomeschool Facebook Group where you can get advice from all the 7th Sisters! (There are six of us 7Sisters- Marilyn, Allison, Sara, Kym, Sabrina, and Vicki- so, who’s the 7th Sister? YOU are!)
