ASVAB and Homeschool High Schoolers with Natalie Mack

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: ASVAB and Homeschool High Schoolers with Natalie Mack.

ASVAB and Homeschool High Schoolers with Natalie Mack

One of the most interesting career-oriented tests for young people is the ASVAB. Our friend and Cousin, Natalie Mack, works with the military to offer the ASVAB to local high schoolers. We asked Natalie to share about ASVAB.

Natalie Mack is a homeschool leader, military homeschool mom, Tedx speaker, HSLDA staff member, and more!

What’s happening these days in Natalie’s world?

Natalie and her husband (a retired Navy chaplain) have five children. The youngest just graduated from homeschooling high school. (Our listeners met Nathaniel Mack when we interviewed him about his inspiring conservation project.) The other four have all finished college.

Natalie is keeping busy with her service to the homeschool community.

• She is offering consultations for homeschoolers through Natalie Mack, LLCI.
• Helping with the nonprofit for military homeschoolers called the Military Homeschoolers Association.
• Speaking at homeschool conferences around the nation, often on behalf of Homeschool Legal Defense Association. (as well as serving as their military outreach coordinator).
• Teaching Model Diplomacy online.
• And MORE!

About the ASVAB

ASVAB is the acronym for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Besides the test itself, ASVAB offers a career exploration program.

There is no cost to the test. Teens can take the test digitally or in the old fashioned, paper and pencil format. The results help teens know what careers in the military might be a good fit for them.

This year, Natalie hosted two ASVABs. Mm-hmm. One with Northern Virginia Community College, the Alexandria Campus (with the help of the Alexandria Recruiting Battalion); the other at Baltimore MEPS.

What to know about ASVAB

It is always going be a free opportunity. Most homeschoolers finish in an hour and a half.

Recruiters cannot administer the test. (This is because parents have been concerned that their teen would be targeted or would be constantly hounded by texts or phone calls from recruiters trying to pull them into the service.) However, that is not the way it works.

The goal is to offer free career assessments! You also get real in-person interpretations of your scores. These scores for your student mean they are likely to be good at these type of careers.

Recruiters will come to the testing in case there are homeschoolers who want more information.

For teens who would like to think about the military

Teens can talk to recruiters at the time they take the ASVAB or drop by a recruiting location in their local area.

Natalie likes to remind homeschooling parents that serving our nation in the military is an honorable career. Those who serve are helping fulfill the promises in the United States Constitution of securing the common defense. An in the military there are many, many kinds of jobs. The ASVAB is useful in helping match service member to the best-fit job.

Also, check out these Homeschool Highschool Podcast episodes on:

• What Military Recruiters are Looking for in Homeschoolers
• Advice for Moms of Military-Bound Homeschoolers with Ticia Messing
• Preparing for Military Careers with Gretchen Mahoney

Connect with Natalie Mack

As Vicki says, Natalie Mack is pervasive. She is involved in so many things around the nation. However, you can find her at:

• Natalie-Mack.com. She has a comprehensive high school checklist there that includes the College Board’s Big Future Program.
• If you are a military homeschooler, visit MilitaryHomeschoolers.org.
• On Facebook: Homeschool Natalie Mack.
• Her Tedx Talk about The Impact of Homeschooling.
• On Instagram: Homeschool Natalie Mack.

Join Vicki and Natalie and learn about ASVAB and your homeschoool high schooler.

And check out our many chats with Natalie Mack about all kinds of homeschooling high school topics:

• Handling Depression in Teens 
• Stress Management for the Holidays
• Emotionally Preparing Teens for College
• Tips for Homeschooling High School

Thanks to Seth Tillman for editing.

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