If you listen to this podcast you know that my goal is always to provide valuable and actionable advice for parents of teens. This week’s guest brings a ton of value to the show. Today I’m thrilled to introduce you to Jennifer Cook-DeRosa. Jennifer is the founder and executive director of Homeschooling for College Credit. If you aren’t familiar with it, Homeschooling for College Credit is an online support community that is free to join and run entirely by volunteers. Each year, this social organization helps thousands of homeschooling families learn how to inject college credit into their homeschool programs. If your family is not homeschooling and/or doesn’t have teenagers, stick around anyway because Jennifer shares lots of helpful tips and suggestions for ANYONE who wants to earn college credits through alternative methods. During our conversation we talk about dual enrollment, earning credits through testing, and why transferability is so important. Jennifer also shares her journey through earning her own four-year college degree in just 18 months. Be sure to share this one with every parent of a high schooler that you know. It’s a game-changer for parents of teens.
About Jennifer Cook-DeRosa
Jennifer Cook-DeRosa, M.S. is the founder and executive director of Homeschooling for College Credit. Homeschooling for College Credit is an online support community that is free to join and run entirely by volunteers. Each year, her social organization helps thousands of homeschooling families learn how to inject college credit into their homeschool program.
Through resourceful high school planning, Jennifer teaches parents how to use their time wisely, increase efficiency, bring the goalpost closer, and pay cash for college.
Jennifer’s inspirational teaching style encourages parents to reconsider the wisdom of popular college propaganda. While others are distracting parents with the fear of their kids being able to get into college, Jennifer redirects parents’ focus on the real challenges which are getting their kids out of college with a degree and without debt!
Jennifer brings 25 years of experience as a college administrator and homeschooling parent to Homeschooling for College Credit. She serves on the homeschool advisory boards at several colleges and is the author of the book Homeschooling for College Credit.
Jennifer and her husband have 4 sons, all homeschooled since Day 1. Their sons all began earning college credit in high school, and collectively her family has 11 degrees from 8 different colleges.
Episode Highlights
- Jennifer’s discovery of alternative college credit
- Testing out of an associates degree in just 6 months
- Homeschool For College Credit (HS4CC) group in all 50 states
- Jennifer’s family’s experience with alternative college credits
- In some states, dual enrollment is free for high school students
- College doesn’t have to look the same for everyone
- HS4CC is crowdsourcing information
- HS4CC is not just for homeschoolers and teenagers
- 30 ways to earn college credit
- Transferability is key
- Playing “whack-a-mole” with college credits
- Advice for families just getting started
- There are no disadvantages to earning college credit in high school
Resources
homeschoolingforcollegecredit.com
Homeschooling for College Credit Facebook Page
Also, search Facebook for your state’s HS4CC Facebook Group
Homeschooling for College Credit by Jennifer Cook-DeRosa