Excelsior! Academy Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 If one were to design a management course for their child, could (should) one give a credit for said course? The course, still in it's planning stages, would include time and personal management, putting together a portfolio, planning for a specific potential future career, and other similar skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I personally would not give credit, since I prefer to give credit for academics only - what you describe, I would consider life skills. YMMV. ETA: when I hear the word "management course", I think of business and economics, not of personal organization. For an actual management course in the business sense, I would give credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 My current plan is to do a .5 credit in personal finance. I'm also toying with the idea of having another .5 -1 credit called Like Skills, which would combine driver's ed, health topics (don't really want to do a separate health credit), career goals & planning, and household management. Right now I'm just keeping track of hours and will decide down the road. The deciding factor may be whether I require any output from these subjects and if we really need the credit. Obviously driver's ed would mean getting his license, however, if I just provide information and discussion on the other stuff, I may leave it off the transcript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 In college when I did an internship, to get credit I also had to write a paper on the theory behind what I was doing/working with in the internship. One thing you could do is add a book or two on the theory of leadership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nscribe Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 What you listed, sounds a lot like what someone in highschool would do either working with a guidance counselor or advisor toward college applications. I guess I would see it like I see test prep, something they do but don't do as a credit course. That said, there is a trend on college campuses and some high schools of doing a sort of Freshman Seminar. I have seen these include everything from time managment skills to composition skills to shared reading/discussion of books to general orientation doings (tours of campus facilities, advisor meetings on specific programs...). Perhaps, something could be constructed on this general idea. Maybe google freshman seminar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I would probably try to find an easy college-level textbook to teach the vocabulary and theories. Especially if the child is considering pursuit of this (business-related) field in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I don't see why not. You could call it "Life Management." There is a book called Life Management for Homeschool Teens that has some very good projects and recommended reading surrounding the areas you mentioned. Along the lines you're talking about, I am doing a 1/2 credit on career exploration that I devised right now. I am also planning on doing a personal finance course, but I haven't gone far enough into it to determine if it would be 1/2 or 1 credit. It really is going to depend on how deeply I decide to delve into investing & banking, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thank you for your responses. I like the idea of adding books on leadership. The freshman seminar idea is great. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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