Comprehensive Record Solution -- my REVIEW

 Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew

I have been homeschooling my children for almost ten years. As my students got older, I admit that I did freak out a little bit about things like transcripts and other requirements--there are so many things to be thinking about and so many variations on the topic! Even now, having graduated two homeschool kiddos (who are now in college), I still hear from people that they are so nervous about grades, records, and such. Lee Binz, of The HomeScholar, LLC, is ready and waiting to help homeschooling parents out with these questions and many more that you may not have even contemplated yet! 

I was given the opportunity to review a product called Comprehensive Record Solution which contains the answers to many of these questions.

 

The author, Lee Binz, basically teaches classes to parents about how to successfully document your child's education and how to present that to the audience who needs it (college admissions offices, scholarship boards, etc.)

The courses contain video/audio lessons by Lee and accompanying worksheets/booklets that the parent may print and fill out or follow along with as they listen. 

There are lots of great talks and resources in the Comprehensive Record Solution,  which cover so many of homeschooling parent's concerns and worries. In the "bonus" section there are guides for what you should aim for in each grade, beginning in middle school and going up through senior year. She includes important things like when to take standardized tests and when to fill out the FAFSA!

The actual course for parents has four main sections, after an introduction of the author and explanation of the course (nice to have the overview in a quick video!) The different sections of the course teach parents what are the important things to take into account, they provide templates, examples, and success stories, they allow parents to try things out on their own (writing course descriptions and more), and they even allow a bit of personal evaluation!

I'm kind of on the other end of this right now (makes me sound O-L-D, huh?!) and I have already made my own transcript pattern that I've followed for all 3 kiddos. I wish I HAD seen this course years ago--I think it would have saved me a lot of frustration and hardship. I'm sure you can imagine me sitting with my daughter, trying to remember which years exactly it was that she began participating in robotics, or which year she took the winter weekend course about cybersecurity. Or maybe you're envisioning my son and I working for weeks on a list of all of the volunteer things that he had participated in over the past four years--and when exactly they were and how many hours per month they were! Lots of scrap paper and looking back at old calendars, for sure! (In case you're wondering, those were for scholarshi applications, not transcripts!)

In the Comprehensive Record Solution, Lee Binz shares with parents which things they ought to keep track of and how the best ways are to keep track of them. She does not teach a one-size-fits-all plan but acknowledges the variety and variations that exist among students and homeschools and helps parents maximize what they have in their own situation. 

The course is pretty lengthy, and you will want to complete it all! Besides just the four main modules, there are many bonus features, which are another huge amount of material, referencing the big transcript question as well as other writings and presentations that she has done. 

The cost is not bad, especially when you consider that you will have lifetime access and you can use these concepts with all of your children.

I really like listening to Lee Binz speak. She is very down-to-earth and makes you feel like, yes! you can do this! She is not all theory, but there are templates and samples to follow. She makes you feel like she's a buddy sharing her amazing secrets with you. 

Take it from me, on the other end of the high school thing--I wish I had used this program with my own kids instead of stumbling through, being surprised and anxious about different things. 

You should definitely not be afraid of homeschooling your child through high school--and with these tools at your fingertips you will not even dread what sometimes seems like a huge hurdle of record-keeping. So many people seem to worry about this aspect of homeschooling, and the Comprehensive Record Solution will give you the confidence to just do it and not worry about it! I certainl recommend the Comprehensive Record Solution!

Other members of our review crew reviewed this product and others, including the Total Transcript Solution, High School Solution, and College Launch Solution. Be sure to click on the link below to read their thoughts about these programs!