Welcome to NIDES! Our parent handbook is designed to give you all the information you will need to find your way around our policies and information that support you the parent and your children. Please take the opportunity to check out all the pages in our handbook and familiarize yourself with the information you find.
share learning interests and preferences with their home facilitator and teacher.
ask for help when needed.
work regularly through their personalized SLP, communicating their learning through weekly portfolio posts.
meet with teacher and provide input to develop the SLP.
establish a consistent home learning environment and routine and actively participate in student’s learning by providing guidance and on-going feedback.
communicate weekly with HLC teacher and ensure evidence of learning is being submitted bi-weekly to the teacher for feedback and assessment.
collaborate with parent/home learning facilitator to create a Student Learning Plan (SLP) that meets the BC curriculum and addresses the learner’s passions and interests.
provide support and guidance to the home facilitator including suggesting and approving the spending of learning resources (SLRF) to support SLP.
provide Summary of Learning reports based on the BC Ministry of Education curriculum guidelines.
offer ongoing teacher and family support and guidance.
ensure that program locations are visited on a regular basis.
communicate with teachers and families regarding school policies and events.