Home & Hospital
Contacts
Victoria Roman, EdD
Assistant Director of College and Career Readiness
508-799-3663; Email Victoria
Michael Lyons, Acting Department Head
508-799-3049; Email Michael
Services
Home and Hospital Teachers provide tutoring services for students who must remain at home or in a hospital on a day or overnight basis or any combination of both for medical reasons and for a period not less than fourteen school days in any school year.
Consideration for Home and Hospital Instruction
Home and Hospital instruction is a service of the Worcester Public Schools and is requested by a physician. A state-mandated Physician’s Statement Form (links below) must be completed by the attending physician and must include, at a minimum, the following information:
The date the student was admitted to a hospital or confined to home
The medical reason for the confinement
The expected duration of the confinement
The medical needs of the student that should be considered in planning the home or hospital educational services
State-Mandated Physician Statement Forms
The state-mandated Physician Statement Forms are available on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's website at the links below:
Process
Parents/guardians must notify their child’s school principal, guidance counselor, or school nurse as soon as possible if Home and Hospital instruction is necessary.
The program begins as soon as the physician requests Home and Hospital instruction on the state-mandated Physician’s Statement Form.
Once the Home and Hospital Department receives the completed Physician’s Statement, a teacher will be assigned to instruct the student and the teacher will contact the family to schedule lessons.
For elementary school, the Home and Hospital Teacher will contact the principal or classroom teacher for assignments.
For middle and high schools, the Home and Hospital Teacher will contact the guidance counselor for assignments.
Staffing
Teachers
Home and Hospital Teachers provide high quality instructional experience through creativity, resourcefulness and sound judgment consistent with the curriculum frameworks, standards and the rules and regulations of the Worcester Public Schools. Students are taught compensatory strategies using multi-sensory techniques to enable them to reach their full potential as members of the Worcester Public School community.