How do I document CM for a portfolio??

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  • March 29, 2009 at 11:15 am
    mama29
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    I am new and have not even begun, we are still weening off textbooks. I am very inspired about the whole CM education, but a the same time very scared about how to document it for a portfolio for the school district. We live in P.A. and have evaluations and portfolios every year. I know my children will learn and know more — but it won’t “look” good to have a empty portfolio and the evaluator say “What have you done this year” as he opens an empty portfolio. Yet I find this thought process is holding me back. It is very intimadating and confusing.. Keeping me from going forward.

    Kristi

    March 29, 2009 at 12:41 pm
    Gem
    Participant

    Kristi, the reports from the SCM organizer look really good printed out – I don’t know if this is the kind of info you need for your portfolio but if you watch the videos on this site you can see more of what it does/looks like.

    Gem

    March 29, 2009 at 1:03 pm
    Richele Baburina
    Participant

    Hi Kristi,

    We can use a portfolio system as well in MA. When I started, I contacted the head of the local homeschool group to double-check would be expected in a portfolio for our district.

    All that is required here is a page from the beginning and end of each term (quarter/semester/however you teach) in each topic in order to show progress. I type out a few of our son’s oral narrations from each book.

    I hear CM portfolios are a great bit of family history that is fun for the child to go back through later.

    HTH,

    Richele

    April 3, 2009 at 1:02 am
    Richele Baburina
    Participant

    Does anyone have pictures of their portfolios posted to view? Any tips or great ideas for portfolio building? TIA

    August 24, 2009 at 11:51 pm
    Richele Baburina
    Participant

    We just went through our first CM portfolio review.  I have about four posts up about it on my blog if you would like to see photos and what was key for us in evaluating and documenting a CM education.  Hope it helps.

     

    Goals as a tool for evaluation.

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