Homebound: What is It that You Do?

As some of you may know, I have recently begun teaching homebound for a local school district. I do field a lot of questions about it though, so I thought I would spend my break explaining my new position.

Homebound teachers provide one on one instruction to students who are unable to attend traditional school for a variety of reasons. Some students have physical or mental conditions that require time at home for the entire year. Some kids just have to be out a few weeks and need to stay up to date on their classes (surgeries, etc).

It is my responsibility to coordinate the instruction with the high school teachers. My students are assigned k classes within the school, and that teacher sends the work to me. The student and I go through the work, I grade assignments as much as possible, and the teacher enters grades into their gradebook.

Here's an example of my day today:

8:55 arrive at scheduled meeting 9-12 with student one. Knock on door, no answer. Call mom, mom calls student, student doesn't answer. I lose 3 hrs of work. Leave to go to library to work on grad school. Schedule meeting at 10:15 with supervisor.

9:10-10:10 drive to library, work on grad school. Download English assignments for student 2.

10:10-11:00 drive to alternative Ed center, meet with supervisor. Pick up textbooks for student 2. Print off English work for student 2. Drive to high school. Get introduced to attendance officers and people on guidance.

11:00-12:00 drive to McDonalds to eat and catch up on email (and Facebook, Twitter, and now the blog). Also helped stranger retrieve a pic someone texted to his iPhone.

12:00-3:00 drive to student 2's house to work on new English and math assignments.

3:00-5:50 leave student 2 and drive to coaching job. Plan and run practice.

5:50-8:30 Leave coaching job, eat packed lunch for supper since I went McDonalds. Drive to local high school to do recruiting for coaching job.

8:30-? Drive home, do laundry, finish grad school unit and attempt to spend time with husband before bed.

And that's just a Tuesday.