SCHEDULE 1 - Standards for App SCHEDULE 1 - Standards for Approved Home Education Programs

Regulation 5

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule –

relevant child means the school-aged child or youth who is, or is to be, provided with home education under an approved home education program.

2.   Diverse learning needs

An approved home education program is to provide for the relevant child to be provided with a rich educational program that meets their individual needs.

3.   Provision of education by suitable person

An approved home education program is to demonstrate that –

(a) the education to be provided has been well researched; and

(b) the aspects of the areas of education to be provided are thoroughly understood by the person providing the program.

4.   Pedagogy

An approved home education program is to specify the learning methodologies that will be used to meet the aims of the program and how those methodologies will be delivered to the relevant child.

5.   Education relating to safety, health and wellbeing

An approved home education program is to provide for the education of the relevant child in matters relating to safety, health and wellbeing.

6.   Providing for the development of interpersonal skills

An approved home education program is to –

(a) ensure that the relevant child is provided with opportunities to form and maintain friendships, respectful relationships and communication with his or her immediate community and other communities for a wide range of purposes; and

(b) specify how those opportunities will occur.