To think if you home educate a child, you (the parent) are the educater?

[greytartan]

I have absolutely no issues with Home Ed and in fact see it largely as a positive.

What I am upset about is the fact a student of mine has been withdrawn from the school I teach at to be educated at home. As indicated above, I am supportive of this if the parents feel it is right.

However, I apparently have to set her work, and mark it,

Surely that's not right? As if she is educated at home then - well, as the name suggests!

Or AIBU?

Perhaps she's a criminal.

If she was a criminal would you object, but if she was ill, you'd do it? Is this why you need a reason?

Maybe she is ill...

Oh, there's plenty of that. I don't mind setting the work. But as explained I am not sure it's particularly helpful, and with the best will in the world it is enormously time consuming because obviously I have to 'explain' everything through resources that normally I'd have to explain in class.

It is frustrating - not her fault, but the vagueness and the fact I've never met her unfortunately means I have little idea how best to help her learn.

That isn't lacking in compassion, surely!

Is she still on roll at your school?

Would physical illness garner more sympathy than mental illness? Is there a physical illness sympathy spectrum?

Does it matter?

Can you go out to her house to meet her?

hidden I don't need a 'reason' but it would be helpful to know some things which I'm sure you appreciate.

It is purely the time factor and the fact that I don't feel the work I am providing is very helpful. I have just had yet another email come through to me, despite only sending a load of work home on Thursday, and I suppose I do feel a bit frustrated - obviously not with the girl herself but it just seems to be endless demands from her form tutor for things she can do, but I don't feel she's learning an awful lot.

That's a waste of my time, but more importantly, a waste of hers.

It seems to me that if somebody is educated at home then the responsibility for their education doesn't lie with the school any more.

Thank you for your replies. I hope she is OK, of course!

That's not really how it works hidden.

Thank you.

Who does the responsibility lie with then?

You're lacking in compassion because you're bitching about a child on a public forum!

Is she still on roll at your school?

Gosh, of course I'm not bitching about her! That's a peculiar interpretation.

I am afraid I don't know tethers. I have shared all the information I have - pretty much nothing, in other words!

Ego, unfortunately it's so difficult to give a rough guide when no one is there to explain or to contextualise matters. That's why it's proving quite lengthy!

I suppose I am thinking of it in terms of finding alternative education - so for example if a child left the school to attend another I would not be responsible for organising their learning, and I am thinking of it in those terms, only home ed rather than an alternative school setting of course.

I will continue to set the work, obviously. It's just a bit demanding.

My guess would be she's ill.

If the head has agreed to it, I would assume that there is a solid reason.

Maybe try asking the head again. You could couch it in terms of you are worried about her that she might be ill, rather than that you are feeling put-upon, that might be more likely to get you the answers you are looking for.

YABVVVU

It's not. I worked in schools until having dad and I would never have discussed a particular child's circumstances in the way you're doing and neither would any other person I've ever worked with. It's unethical, you discuss concerns with your colleagues or other agencies but never on a public website.

*dd

I think you are getting a ridiculously hard time! We get this a lot and I don't think people realise - when you are teaching 23 hours a week- what a ball ache it is to have to also set differentiated work for one student! One that you won't see.

Why don't you act like a professional and discuss this with your manager. You are discussing someone's life on the Internet. They or their parents may recognise themselves.