Parent & School Responsibilities

To ensure an effective Home Education experience, both the parent and the school must communicate, collaborate and take charge of their responsibilities.

Parent Responsibilities 

• Communicating and cooperating with the school 
   
• Notifying the school annually of their intent to home educate their child
   
• Referring to the Home Education Handbook when starting or refining their home education program
   
• Taking the lead in planning, managing, providing, evaluating and supervising their children’s courses of study
   
• Developing a home education program that enables the student to achieve appropriate learning outcomes, and submitting this program plan to the school
   
• Choosing the curricula (which may or may not follow Alberta curricula)
   
• Choosing learning resources, learning activities, instructional strategies, and assessment activities
   
• Meeting at least three times annually with the Home Education Teacher to collaborate and evaluate student progress

School Responsibilities 

• Communicating and cooperating with parents 
   
• Providing a certificated teacher to collaborate and support parents with their Home Education plans
   
• Providing assistance and advice upon request to improve student learning
   
• Meeting with parents to evaluate student progress by reviewing the student's portfolio and making recommendations to help them improve
   
• Collaborating with parents to ensure that each student meets their parent's educational outcomes in accordance with the Home Education Regulation