Thank you for your interest in becoming an MDHSA Diploma Program Evaluator! It is FREE to become an MDHSA Diploma Program Evaluator! There are no yearly fees! In fact, we have a gift for YOU!
Those who complete the Evaluator registration process will be sent a complimentary PDF version of the Diploma Guide and the MDHSA Annual Summary Form and Transcript for their personal use. Please review the Guide BEFORE beginning evaluations for the Diploma Program. Please allow up to 72 business hours to receive the emailed Diploma Guide.
In order to become an MDHSA Diploma Program Evaluator, you will need to complete the Online Evaluator Registration Form, but there are a few stipulations we ask you to review first:
- By completing the online Evaluator Registration Form, you are acknowledging that you must submit your *credentials to complete the registration process in order to evaluate students pursuing an MDHSA Diploma.Your registration will not be complete or valid until your credentials have been submitted via email to diploma@masondixonhomeschoolers.org. Emailed PDF copies of the credentials are preferred, but mailed copies are also accepted. Mail hardcopies to MDHSA, 32 W. Main St. #5, Waynesboro, PA 17268.
(*Credentials include any of the following: certification copy, evaluator permission from a school district, other evidence of teaching or education, or psychologist credentials, such as letterhead.) - If an Evaluator does not finalize his/her registration (complete the online registration form and submit credentials) with MDHSA, any student he/she evaluates will not receive an MDHSA Diploma.
- MDHSA Diploma Program evaluators must evaluate secondary students per PA Homeschool Law guidelines and award course titles and credits per the criteria outlined in MDHSA’s Diploma Guide.
- Evaluators may not use the requirements from another diploma program when evaluating and assessing an MDHSA Diploma Program student.
- I understand that the MDHSA Annual Summary Form/Transcript is a legal document and when I sign the ASF/TX I am verifying the student’s listed credits and courses have been earned according to the requirements of the PA Homeschool Law and the criteria in the MDHSA Diploma Guide.
- When signing the final Annual Summary Form and Transcript, I understand I will be confirming that all requirements have been met for graduation before signing, as that will signify that I am issuing a recommendation for a MDHSA diploma.
- Evaluators and parents are prohibited from using or distributing the MDHSA Transcript to third-parties (colleges or universities or other institutions of learning, employers, military, etc.). Any transcript sent to a facility must be ordered through the MDHSA office so it can be verified and obtain the MDHSA Administrative signature and seal.
- Failure to comply with the Evaluator Registration policy and/or the criteria, policies, and procedures outlined in the Diploma Guide will result in the student being denied an MDHSA Diploma.
(Click here for a printable list of these stipulations. We recommend that you keep the list of requirements with a copy of the Diploma Guide for easy reference.)