Thank-you for your concerns. We hope this information will
facilitate an understanding of the AHEA position. While there
are many expressions of home-based education in Alberta, and all
of them are valid and effective forms of education, AHEA was
first and foremost started as (and continues to be) a supporter
and promoter of traditional home education where the parent is
the primary educator. Included are definitions of ‘Home
Education’ taken directly from the Alberta Funding Manual: An
educational program consisting of two distinct parts: - A
school-provided program where a teacher employed by a school
board or an accredited funded private school is responsible for
providing the planning, resource selection, instructional
delivery, assessment and evaluation of student progress in
selected courses that follow the Alberta Program of Studies with
the following minimum requirements: Grade 1 – 9 Minimum of 50%
Grade 10 – 12 Minimum of 20% - A Home Education Program that
meets the requirements of the Home Educatio