Berlin Central School District

All documents may be accessed online through the portal below or you may contact Home Instruction Services at homeschool@questar.org or (518) 479-6908 for additional information or forms.

Students with Disabilities

  • Students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) written by the Committee on Special Education, should send a copy to Questar III Home Instruction Services for the files.
  • If you would like your student assessed by the Committee on Special Education, contact your local district or Questar III’s Home Instruction Services by e-mail at homeschool@questar.org

 

Step 1: Complete the letter of Intent and Attendance Requirement Statement

Step 2: Complete the IHIP

Step 3: Quarterly Report at the end of each quarter.

Step 4: An Annual Assessment Report must be submitted with the Fourth Quarter Report.

Step 1:

Each student must attend instruction that is:

  • Substantially equivalent to 180 days of instruction per school year (For grades 1-6 this is 900 hours per year, for grades 7-12 this equates to 990 hours per year)
  • Absences are permitted on the same basis as the District’s attendance policy
  • Records of Attendance must be maintained and made available to the District upon request
  • Instruction provided at a location other than the primary residence of the student must be in a building that is in compliance with the local building code for health and safety purposes.

 

Step 2:

 

  • The IHIP must list the syllabi, curriculum materials, textbooks or plan of instructions to be used in each of the required subjects
  • The IHIP must include: How many units you will cover this school year based upon; one unit means 6,480 minutes of instruction per year
  • The IHIP must include: the dates in which you intent on submitting your quarterly reports.
  • The IHIP must identify the name(s) of individual(s) providing instruction.
  • The IHIP must include how you will cover the following topics each year K-12 as stated in the NY State Home School regulations:
  1. Patriotism and Citizenship
  2. Health education regarding alcohol, drug and tobacco misuse
  3. Highway safety and traffic regulations, including bicycle safety
  4. Fire and arson prevention and safety

OR GRADES 1-6, PLEASE PROVIDE INSTRUCTION INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS:

  • Arithmetic
  • Reading
  • Spelling
  • Writing
  • The English Language
  • Geography
  • United States History
  • Science
  • Health Education
  • Music
  • Visual Arts
  • Physical Education

*You must include instruction in bilingual education and/or English as a second language where a need is indicated

FOR GRADES 7 and 8 PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS:

  • English (two units- one for grade 7 and one for grade 8)
  • History and Geography (two units – one for grade 7 and one for grade 8)
  • Science (two units – one for grade 7 and one for grade 8)
  • Mathematics (two units – one for grade 7 and one for grade 8)
  • Physical Education (on a regular basis)
  • Health Education (on a regular basis)
  • Art (one-half unit)
  • Music (one-half unit)
  • Practical Arts (on a regular basis)
  • Library Skills (on a regular basis)

The Units required are cumulative requirements for both seventh and eighth grade

FOR GRADES 9-12  PLEASE PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS:

  • English (four units)
  • Social Studies (four units)- One unit of American History, ½ unit of Participation in Government, ½ unit in Economics
  • Mathematics (two units)
  • Science (two units)
  • Art and/or Music (one unit)
  • Health Education (one-half unit)
  • Physical Education (two units)
  • Electives (three units)

The units required are cumulative for ninth through twelfth grades: For example, ELA  one unit each for grades 9,10,11, and 12. 

Step 3:

You must submit Quarterly Progress Reports to Questar III providing the following information:

  • The total number of hours of instruction received during the quarter;
  • A description of the material covered in each subject listed on the IHIP;
  • Either a grade for the student in each subject, or a narrative evaluating the student’s progress; and
  • If less than 80% of the course material set out in the IHIP was covered in any subject, the report must include a written explanation.

Step 4

An Annual Assessment Report must be submitted with the Fourth Quarter Report.
The Annual Assessment must include one of the following:

Grades 1-3

 

  1. A written narrative prepared by:
  • A New York State Certified Teacher

  • A Home Instruction Peer group review Panel

  • Or other person, who has interviewed the child and reviews a portfolio of the child’s work

or

Commercially published norm-referenced achievement test

Grades 4-8

(Every other year)

  1. A written narrative prepared by:
  • A New York State Certified Teacher

  • A Home Instruction Peer group review Panel

  • Or other person, who has interviewed the child and reviews a portfolio of the child’s work

or

Commercially published norm-referenced achievement test

Grades 9-12

 

Commercially published norm-referenced achievement test

  1. The test shall be selected by the parent from one of the following:
    • The Iowa Test of Basic Skills

    • The California Achievement Test

    • The Stanford Achievement Test

    • The Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills

    • The Metropolitan Achievement Test

    • A State Education Department test

    • Another test approved by the State Education Department

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