Four Years of High School for the Student Building a Career
Every homeschool high school resource assumes a college destination.
So the family whose student is heading into a trade gets the message that they are improvising a lesser version of something. They are not. A trade is a first-choice ambition with its own rigorous requirements, its own paperwork, and its own narrow deadlines.
Inside:
- A trade comparison page and fourteen trade profile pages: training path, licensing, physical demands, pay, and what the work is actually like
- Six job shadow pages, written to be filled in the same evening
- Four informational interview pages with real questions
- Hands-on hours logs for shop work, farm work, family business, and side jobs
- A certification tracker: OSHA, first aid, forklift, food handler, CDL permit
- Tools and equipment inventory, because most apprenticeships expect you to arrive with your own
- A math-for-trades checklist and aptitude test preparation
- Four-year plan and academic record
- Apprenticeship and program application tracking, including the narrow annual windows families miss
- References and contacts, work history, and project portfolio pages
- A section on keeping college eligibility intact, because many tradespeople go back for a degree at thirty
What you receive
- A printable PDF, 58 pages including the cover, 8.5 × 11 inches, designed to print clearly in black and white on a home printer.
- A family license: print as many copies as your household needs, for every child, every year.
- Your file is available only from the download page. It is not sent through a link in your order confirmation email, so please download it from the download page.
A first edition, shaped by the families who use it
Written by Gina Steffy. This is a first edition, and we would love your help making the next one better. If a page is unclear, something is missing, or an idea would work better at your table, please tell us. We welcome every suggestion and will build the best of them into future editions.
Every purchase includes free updates. When a new edition is released, you will receive it at no additional cost.
Lisa Nehring and her husband, Dr. David Nehring, a Clinical Psychologist, and Biblical Scholar speak together on a wide variety of topics, including education, classical education, vision, mission, parenting, marriage, and more.
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