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What is HEA?
HEA is an incorporated association that supports and provides services for Australian home educators. The HEA is run by a committee of home educators that voluntarily come together to provide direction for the association.
HEA has thousands of Australian home educators that form the membership base. We invite all Australian home educators to join with us. We encourage and support all forms of home education. Amongst our membership we have families that use all different types of learning and we encourage and promote the freedom of choice for our members to choose their individual style of home education.
HEA has no affiliation with state education authorities and privacy is a HEA priority.
The broader objectives of the HEA are:
- To uphold the principle that parents are primarily responsible for the education of their children.
- To promote a broader awareness of home education and its benefits throughout Australia.
- To promote and encourage the development of home education networks.
- To provide services and resources to home education networks and individual home educators.
- To endeavour to procure any rights, privileges, concessions or benefits relating to home education for home educators and their families.
- To maintain a respect for the diversity of philosophies and methods used by home educators.
- To use our membership size to obtain discounts and benefits for our members.
- To fund insurance cover for event organisers and work experience students.
- To support home education events and activities
HEA membership fees go towards:
- A website.
- Phone and email answering service.
- Lifting the profile of home education.
- Promotional material.
- Discounts to HEA events and many education service providers, as well as a Printed Resource Directory (free to members).
- Aides for support groups to run introductory evenings in local areas.
- Parent courses.
- Newsletters and magazines for HEA members
- Communication across state borders on issues relevant to all home schoolers. The HEA website lists support groups and contacts by state, and hosts discussion forums.
- News items and articles relevant to home schoolers.
- Insurance was the driving force in setting up the Association. Most groups require insurance to run events and conferences and to be able to hire halls. Broadform liability covers HEA members and their families for legal liability associated with HEA activities. We also have an accident insurance policy for those who organise activities.
- Work experience insurance cover for students undertaking work experience.
- Production of various products and resources.
- Financial sponsoring of home education events and activities.
