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HOME EDUCATOR'S NETWORK

A Little History / Introduction to Home Schooling /Sponsors / Links

About Us: Home Educators Network (HEN), is a legal non-profit organization (501 (c) 3) established to provide support and resources to parents for a structured or unstructured home schooling program. We are not a school. We are a consultant and resource center for home schoolers, providing, standard curriculum guides, suggested resources, and numerous helpful web links to make your home school experience well organized and manageable. This program has been developed over a period of several years, and is among the first to attempt and succeed at integrating technology into the curriculum. The program is designed to the needs of the students.; This organization is under the direction of a board of directors, consisting of teachers, compensation analyst, and administrative assistant and an advisory group consisting of retired teachers, curriculum specialist, computer programmers, accountants, and computer technicians.; Our purpose is to:
* Provide guidance in creating their curriculum within the specifications of the core curriculum.
* Provide suggested materials and texts to conduct a progressive home school program.; * Provide parents with state compliance regulations.*; * Assist parent in creating and maintaining a transcript.
: Through supervision Help Parents:
        • Improve student's learning skills and abilities
        • Enhance student's motivation to learn
        • Introduce new teaching techniques
        • Assist parents in developing good teaching skills.
        • Create a safe learning environment
        • Encourage student's learning initiatives
        • Expose students to a wider world of culture, information and expertise
        • Address special-needs and learning difficulties more effectively and,
        • Just make learning fun!; Part of our program, unlike many home schooling programs is not free style but based on and imitates public school curriculum. We help parents follow the guidelines of government and what they tell us a child should know when he completes any given grade level. Yet it allows the parent the flexibility to customize their program to fit the need of their child. The program is good for the following:
A Little History/Background: Since this program was started in 1994, many changes have taken place in both technology and education, and the environments are still changing. We have seen many new beginnings for other home school programs and we have seen many fade away. In 1994 there was very little information available on how to create a home school program, let alone how to integrate technology into the curriculum. This would be the up and coming environment in both public schools, and home school. Many were wondering if it would really work? If it worked, how would it be done? After much research on the feasibility of technology becoming a tool in the curriculum, this program was created.; This program first came on the scene in the bulletin board environment, with one gifted student, one ADA student and two infants. We published several articles relative to this subject. The concept seemed to work then, today, we can say the concept does work.; We knew absolutely nothing about the bulletin board, html, the Internet, etc. but we learned how to use these tools to make this a reality. Putting this together with our teaching experience, computer experience, secretarial and social work skills, The Home Educators Network began to take form and here we are today: Technology in the curriculum. THIS IS IT!; With the establishment of this help program, we can say teaching methods are improved, students can learn at their own pace, students are more motivated to learn, their learning experience is expanded, student's learning skills have improved; and, technology in the curriculum, has brought to the student's desk top a wider world of culture, information and expertise, and . . . . . It's all just a click away.

This section of our web site contains links to other web sites to assist you in making the decision to home school or plan your curriculum on daily basis. There are links that contains lists of colleges and universities who accept home scholars. The suggested links that this web site contains links that meet the needs of the universal curriculum, standards and requirements of for most school districts.* There are other links to give you the requirements for each state. For you Texans, there are two links addressing the Texas laws regarding home schooling, and the Texas Education Agency's Code on Home Schooling.

Our Introduction to Home Schooling

Home Educator's Network, Inc, has compiled two CD ROMs to bring the creation of a home school program to your desktop. This allows the parent to choose a curriculum program that best fits the child's needs, parent values and beliefs, and yet fulfill the requirements and standards of their local school district.; Parents are required to participate in the program. The web site provides suggested materials, books and applicable links. Copies of all grades, special projects, and tests are required. Parents must also have access to a computer with, MSN Messenger and/or Yahoo with voice.
Sponsors:: This section is for companies, corporations or individuals who would like to place a banner on this website, or sponsor a feature of this program. Our rotating banners with links make it possible for up to three companies, corporations or individuals to share the cost of one banner. These banners are placed on this website on a suggested minimum contribution basis. For more information (See Sponsors)

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