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POLICY STATEMENT

Students and their parents/guardians may arrange for alternative delivery of instruction with regard to specific prescribed learning outcomes in

• the Health curriculum organizer of Health and Career Education K to 7, Health and Career Education 8 and 9, and Planning 10 Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs).

Note: This policy does not apply to any other prescribed learning outcomes, Health and Career Education K to 7, Health and Career Education 8 and 9, or Planning 10. Nor does it apply to any other British Columbia provincial curriculum.

RATIONALE

The purpose of this policy is to explain how students and their parents/guardians may, in consultation with their school, arrange for alternative delivery of instruction with regard to specific prescribed learning outcomes in the Health curriculum organizer of HCE K to 7, HCE 8 and 9, and Planning 10.

LEGISLATION/ REGULATIONS

Health and Career Education K to 7 is a mandatory part of an educational program offered to all students. See Ministerial Order 295/95, the Required Areas of Study in an Educational Program Order.

Health and Career Education 8 and 9 is a mandatory part of an educational program offered to all students. See Ministerial Order 295/95, the Required Areas of Study in an Educational Program Order.

Planning 10 is a provincially prescribed graduation requirement for students who enter Grade 10 on or after July 1, 2004. See Ministerial Order 302/04, the Graduation Program Order.

POLICY

The Health curriculum organizer of HCE K to 7, HCE 8 and 9, and Planning 10, include prescribed learning outcomes that some students and their parents/guardians may feel more comfortable addressing by means other than instruction by a teacher in a regular classroom setting.

In such instances, students with their parents'/guardians' consent and in consultation with their school, may arrange to address the prescribed learning outcomes by agreed-upon alternative means.

It is expected that students will, in consultation with their school, demonstrate their knowledge of the specific prescribed learning outcome(s) they have arranged to address by alternative means.

This policy applies only to the prescribed learning outcomes in the Health curriculum organizer of Health and Career Education K to 7, Health and Career Education 8 and 9, Planning 10. The policy does not apply to any other prescribed learning outcomes in these IRPs, nor does it apply to any other provincial curriculum/IRP.

PROCEDURES

School boards are expected to have district procedures in place to enable students to address prescribed learning outcomes in the Health curriculum organizer of HCE K to 7, HCE 8 and 9, and Planning 10 in accordance with the Alternative Delivery policy and to ensure that students have met these prescribed learning outcomes.

There are several ways in which Boards of Education can accommodate student and/or parent/guardian preference to address prescribed learning outcomes in the Health curriculum organizer by alternative means. Some examples include:

• home instruction using a school-determined package of materials or other agreed-upon materials
• Distributed Learning (formerly distance education/distance electronic learning)
• self-directed studies
• suggestions for assessment as included in The Classroom Assessment Model component of the IRPs for HCE K to 7, HCE 8 and 9, and Planning 10

Schools boards may also invite parents/guardians to propose means for alternative delivery.