Home Education Exchange provides home-educated students (K-12) the
means to access Shoreline School District resources under the direction
of their parents and with individual support from the Home Education
Exchange staff to enhance home-based education opportunities. A student
may enroll as full-time or part-time. While on site the students
must be supervised by a parent, guardian, or other designated adult.
Due to staffing limitations and budget constraints the quota for
full and part-time students is limited. Home-based education students
and private school students may enroll in the Home Education Exchange
part-time on a space available basis. Based on the current staffing
of Certified Teachers (ratio of 60:1) the total enrollment is set
at 90 FTE or 100 students.
* The curriculum funds are disbursed evenly
over three trimesters. If a student’s FTE status changes
his/her curriculum fund amount will be adjusted appropriately.
Parents, students and staff will devise and
record student learning plans with specific learning goals, appropriate
assessment methods and an appropriate timeline for the completion
of learning objectives. Assessments may include but are not limited
to rubrics, written tests, demonstrations, and observations. Students
will maintain weekly contact with the staff via face-to-face meeting
or through the use of telephone, e-mail, instant messaging, interactive
video communication, or other means of digital communication. Progress
on the student’s education
plan will be reviewed monthly online using the WINGS online database.
Full-time students will take the District’s standardized assessment
annually.
The Home Education Exchange does not provide stand-alone high school
courses that lead to Shoreline District credits or a diploma. The
program supports learning goals designed to provide the academic
and life skills necessary for access to higher education, qualification
for vocational programs and employment opportunities, and supports
a number of distance learning programs that offer high school credits
and diplomas.
