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