Has anyone ever done home instruction through there public school????

Question

I'm looking into this.. Has anyone ever done it? Do you know what the qualifications are??

Answer 1

Not sure exactly what you're asking. If your public school is organizing it it's usually not really homeschooling; you might call it distance learning. Homeschooling is usually independent. But homeschoolers often take public school or college classes as a part of their self-directed learning.

Answer 2

We have a local high school that is a "homeschooling" school where you pick up work once a week from the school and then just teach yourself. I am on the waiting list for this one. Right now I do the home and hospital instruction like the first poster said. The qualifications depend on where you live and what your school district's qualifications are.

Answer 3

Usually you need to have some sort of illness/condition/other circomstance that prevents you from going to school every day for the full day. I had a friend who did this in Ohio durring the winter because her body couldn't handle the cold, and her wheelchair couldn't get through the snow. People can do it here in Fl too for similar reasons. Psychological circomstances count as well. Usually they will want you to be evaluated by a doctor, psychologist, school specialist, etc before writing out the IEP.

Now HOME SCHOOLING (as apposed to the above hospital/home bound program) is for ANYONE who chooses to be home schooled and who meets whatever requirements are set out by their state for home schoolers. Some have strict requirements, some don't even ask you to register.

Answer 4

I have done this in two different states and under several programs-each school district has it's own set up depending on their stand regarding homeschooling. Some are more progressive than others. In CA they provided us with our curriculum/texbooks and a computer. At other schools we had to provide all of our own supplies. In Utah they have online programs and you can go to school for some subjects and stay home for others. Although going through the public school system may seem like there are too many rules and regulations there are usually ways around them. The benefits for my were 1)my children could reenter the regular school at any time without loss of credits 2)Organized activities with other homeschool parents 3)Free curriculum (which I sometimes used and sometimes didn't) and 4) I felt secure that my children were keeping up with their peers. By the way, I homeschooled 4 of my 5 children and they all started College at 16 years old. I did different things at different times depending on each childs personal needs and desires. No one system is best for each family. E-mail me if you have any more questions. Good luck and Above all have fun.