Homebound Support is for students with medically fragile conditions, whose absence from school is expected to be longer than 10 days. For long-term illnesses, Homebound teachers are hired for a maximum of 4 hours per week. The Homebound teacher carries out the program outlined by a school contact person. The contact person can be the homeroom teacher, the course teacher, counselor, administrator or any teacher designated by the principal. It is the responsibility of the contact person at the school to provide programming and materials needed for the Homebound teacher and to continually monitor progress of the regularly assigned work. A close liaison with the Homebound teacher should be established by the school and continued throughout the duration of the Homebound Support program.
To request approval:
Contact Sean McCartney, 250-475-4194 semccartney@sd61.bc.ca
Homebound teachers are required to forward their name, employee number, phone number, and the name of the student they will be working with to Liza Blumenthal (lblumenthal@sd61.bc.ca). It is the responsibility of the Homebound teacher to email the dates and hours they worked with the student on a weekly basis. This information needs to be received before the end of the day on Thursday in order to meet payroll deadlines.
