Member's Handbook Last Rev. 8/25/06

The following document outlines the philosophy, goals, and operating procedures for the Home Education Exchange. Philosophy: Home Education Exchange program recognizes that parents have the primary responsibility for their children's education and the State of Washington recognizes that parents have the right to partner with their public schools to receive aid and support while maintaining personal involvement with their children’s learning in a variety of venues including home instruction. Mission Statement: The Shoreline School District and the Home Education Exchange are dedicated to offering quality educational support to family based education. The program is designed to serve families who believe they have the primary responsibility for their children's education and seeks to partner with them by providing resources and staff to help achieve their personal learning goals, and to enable families of lifelong learners to experience the joy of learning while preparing them to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Goals: It is the goal of the Home Education Exchange to: provide home educated students, in grades K-12, the means to access Shoreline School District resources under the direction of their parents with support of Home Education Exchange staff. offer individualized support to the families and enhance the students' educational opportunities help coordinate on site and online classes, workshops, and activities use technology tools to help families in their acquisition of information, skills and communication offer individualized support in assessing student progress and academic improvement continue... -1-