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The Homeschool PE Kit
Three printable sheets that make basketball-as-PE airtight: the practice log Florida law expects, a skills checklist so training stays "sequentially progressive," and the one-pager your evaluator will love. Print it, stick it in the gym bag binder.
Sheet 1 · Weekly practice log
Florida's home education statute (s. 1002.41, F.S.) requires "a log of educational activities that is made contemporaneously with the instruction." Translation from coach: write it the same day — a log rebuilt in May doesn't meet the definition. Keep completed sheets for 2 years.
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Weekly total: ______ minutes · Target for reference: 60 min of activity a day (HHS guideline) · FL elementary schools do 150 min/week — homeschoolers have no required minimum.
Sheet 2 · Skills checklist (progression evidence)
"Sequentially progressive instruction" is the legal definition of homeschooling in Florida (s. 1002.01, F.S.). Dating each skill as it's introduced and mastered is exactly the progression evidence an evaluator wants.
Fundamentals (start here, any age)
- Ball handling: stationary dribble both hands · crossover · dribble on the move — intro ____ / solid ____
- Passing: chest · bounce · overhead · off the dribble — intro ____ / solid ____
- Shooting form: B.E.E.F. checkpoints · layups both hands · free throws — intro ____ / solid ____
- Footwork: pivot · jump stop · triple threat · defensive slide — intro ____ / solid ____
Building (middle grades)
- Shooting range: free throws at regulation pace · spot-up mid-range · catch-and-shoot — intro ____ / solid ____
- Game IQ: give-and-go · pick-and-roll basics · help defense — intro ____ / solid ____
- Conditioning: full-court transition drills · jump-rope sets (bone-strengthening) — intro ____ / solid ____
Advancing (high school)
- Skill: three-point range · finishing through contact · reads vs. zone — intro ____ / solid ____
- Strength & recovery: bodyweight strength plan · warm-up/cool-down routine — intro ____ / solid ____
- Competition: league or team play · tracked stats or personal bests — intro ____ / solid ____
Sheet 3 · The portfolio one-pager
Bring this to the annual evaluation (district home-education route). It maps your basketball program to what s. 1002.41 asks for.
- The log — this kit's Sheet 1, filled in as you went (contemporaneous), with reading/materials named by title.
- Work samples — skills checklist with dates, a drill plan your student wrote, photos or short video stills of drills/games, tournament brackets or box scores.
- Progression story — two sentences per season: what was introduced, what got solid. That's "sequentially progressive instruction" in plain sight.
- Evaluation method chosen — most families: a Florida-certified teacher reviews the portfolio and talks with the student (1 of 5 legal options).
- Retention — keep the whole portfolio 2 years; the superintendent may ask to inspect it.
On the PEP scholarship instead?
PEP families don't file a district portfolio — your student takes a nationally norm-referenced test (or statewide assessment) each year and you keep a Student Learning Plan in the EMA portal. Keep this log anyway: it's great evidence for the SLP and for reimbursement records. Details: the funding play.
Paying for training with PEP funds?
Save every invoice — date of service, provider, rate, payment method. The P.E. category of the official purchasing guide covers "sports lessons, including individual training or group training," team fees, and equipment.