home teacher

British  

noun

1. a teacher who educates ill or disabled children in their homes

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Example Sentences

One scowled and said: “Go home, teacher.”

From Seattle Times

Should’ve Left That at Home, Teacher Is Told at Jury Duty Damian Esteban was qualified to teach students at a specialized New York City high school, and had just been deemed reasonable enough to judge a man’s fate in a murder trial.

From New York Times

Lee’s Mormon family’s monthly “home teacher” was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat and fellow Mormon who was a House member at the time.

From BusinessWeek

The Clarks and the Romneys had been close for years — Mr. Clark’s father, Kim, now president of Brigham Young University’s campus in Rexburg, Idaho, was then dean of the Harvard Business School — and Mr. Romney had been the family’s “home teacher.”

From New York Times

The columnist is not even a member of Washington's tight Mormon inner circle, though he attends services regularly and serves as "a home teacher," visiting Mormon families regularly for counseling and prayer.

From Time Magazine Archive