Home Education @ Palliser
students in the Palliser region and others from Alberta are welcome to apply to partner with Palliser to home educate.
Palliser Regional Schools does support a parent's wish to home educate their child as outlined in the School Act in Alberta
Parent-Directed Home Education: Experience the Palliser way! Find your potential with Palliser! Palliser will partner with you to support your child's learning.
Parent-Directed programming (grades 1-12) adheres to the provincial Home Education regulation.
- Parents design their children's learning experience.
- Allows flexibility to choose educational focus for the school year including resource selection, instructional methods and forms of assessment.
- The parent is the primary educator, with Palliser teachers providing support with program planning, resource selection, instructional approaches and methods of assessment.
Please note: High school diplomas are not earned through a Parent-Directed high school program stream.
Parents have four key responsibilities:
- submit a home education plan (HEP) that meets the Home Education Regulation requirements
- submit a mid and a year end written summary of the child’s progress toward the learning outcomes identified in the home education plan
- provide dated samples of the child’s learning in all of the subject areas identified in the home education plan (minimum of 4 core subjects)
- attend student progress review meetings with the child at least twice yearly with the Palliser teacher
Parents and parent-directed students will enjoy the following benefits:
- Optional assistance in developing a Home Education Plan (HEP)
- ability to update the home education plan as a living document
Please refer to the following publications to become familiar with home education programming in Alberta
Inquiries can be addressed to Alison Hancox @ (403) 485-6180.
