FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

To home school legally in Texas, you must follow three state law requirements:

 

 

 

• The instruction must be bona fide (i.e., not a sham).
• The curriculum must be in visual form (e.g., books, workbooks, video monitor).
• The curriculum must include the five basic subjects of reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics, and good citizenship.

Other than the above-listed Texas state requirements, the curriculum choices and graduation requirements are at the parent’s discretion. However, the Texas Education Association website can provide you with specific recommendations.  If your child is college bound, it is suggested that you follow these recommendations.

 

 

 

The TEA website is: http://tea.texas.gov/graduation.aspx

 

 

The parent, or person standing in parental authority, might choose to contract with The Training Center for their child to take one or more classes. The Training Center will then provide instruction, daily assignments, labs, testing and/or grading in specific classes. Although TTC may provide instruction in one or more areas of the student’s education, The Training Center does not replace the parent in overseeing the child’s education. The Training Center is a valuable tool to assist parents who have chosen to home school their children at home by providing quality outside classes.

 

 

Students receive instruction, daily assignments, labs, testing and/or grading in their classes. The other days of the week they complete the assignments at home under the supervision of their parents.

 

 

The Training Center provides the grades to the parents. The parents, in turn, are responsible for keeping the grades and producing the transcript. The Training Center does not keep grades or records from year to year and does not send records to schools. There are several templates available online which can be used. (Link to examples of typical transcripts)

 

 

The focus of The Training Center is assist parents by offering various core classes. There will certainly be other courses or electives that the parent may choose to do at home or elsewhere.

 

 

Absolutely. We are here to help you in any area in which you would like outside instruction.

 

 

While there is no actual limit to the number of classes you can take, we strongly encourage you to consider your family schedule, as well as, the hours per class recommendation on the class descriptions before you commit to a class.

 

 

Many classes can span several grade levels because students are at different levels and may be ready for a particular class at different ages. Also some subjects are not specific to a certain grade. For example, you may take American History during any year of high school.

 

 

Many home schooling families have found out that on some subjects such as history and science that you can teach a broader range of ages at the same time. Each student may understand it on a different level, but each student will be able to work on the subject to his own abilities.

 

 

Study hall will be provided for students that have a class before and after the study hall. At this time it is a free service that we are providing for students waiting to take their next class. If there is more than one class period between chosen classes, the student must be picked up. Students must sign up for study hall and put the times of their before and after classes on the form. Please note that study hall is only for students in 7th-12th grades.

 

 

While we love for the students to make friends and socialize, we are not equipped with the space or personnel to supervise students that are just hanging out. Students should not enter building earlier than 10 minutes before class and need to be picked up no later than 10 minutes after their class.

 

 

Yes, please refer to the dress code section of the TTC Handbook

 

 

The student will be asked to call their parent to bring them the proper clothes. The student may not be allowed to attend class until they are in the correct attire.

 

 

Because the classes meet one day a week, there are assignments for each week. Completion of the homework is expected and if a student habitually does not complete their homework, they may not be allowed to continue to take classes at TTC.

 

 

If your student has a class before and after lunch, they may bring a lunch and eat in the designated area. They will need to be responsible to clean their table when they are finished.

 

 

 See the information for registration on the Registration tab.