Roles & Responsibility
Roots only accepts home education students, as defined in the Alberta Home Education Regulations (1(e) of the Home Education Regulation 145/2006):
“home education program” means an education program provided by the parent to a student in accordance with this Regulation, but does not include any portion of an education program that is the responsibility of board or an accredited private school to deliver.”
In other words, Roots does not offer blended, fully aligned, virtual or computer-led programs.
Within Roots, the parents take the responsibility for their child’s education. They choose the curriculum, set their own goals for the year, evaluate their child’s progress and have the authority to decide if any testing will occur. Roots will provide Educational Assistants who will complete the two required visits during a school year and they are available to answer questions and give suggestions. Their responsibility is to help you meet your goals, which may or may not correlate with Alberta Education goals.