There’s no doubt there are many benefits to home-based education, including freedom to follow your child’s interests, quality family time, and a more customized education, just to name a few. Still, even though you have carefully made the choice to homeschool, you might be feeling lost, confused, and overwhelmed about teaching at home – and you are not alone! If you have decided to take on the job – and it truly is a job! – of homeschooling, I’m here to help you get started and stay on track.
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Many parents want their children to learn from home, but due to work, travel or other reasons, do not want to teach. We are lucky to live in Alberta where choice in education is enshrined in the Education Act and parents/caregivers have a lot of education delivery choices for each child in the family.
\nHere is a list of choices for Kindergarten through Grade 12, and a guide to help you choose the best one for your unique learner. Rest assured that a child can receive university and college admissions through all these choices.
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Do you have a child that needs to complete high school courses for their chosen career, but they require flexibility and personalization in their studies? Consider taking a high school program through home education. Children can home educate and receive supervised program funding up until they are 20 years old on September 1 of that year.
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In 2020, 38,000 children (5 percent of the school-aged population) were home educated in Alberta by a parent or another adult. Home education in Alberta is defined as the parent or guardian exercising their right and responsibility to provide their child with an education. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the parent does the teaching. They can procure teaching from sources such as tutors, freelance teachers, co-ops or learning pods, relatives, childcare professionals or non-governmental online course providers.
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