Queensland parents’ views on Home Education will be the focus of a new State Government advisory group.
Expressions of Interest are being called for members of the Queensland Home Education Expert Group to advise government on ways to improve outcomes for home-schooled children.
State Education Minister Di Farmer said the group was being established to contribute to the current Review of Queensland’s approach to regulating home education through the Department’s Home Education Unit.
Minister Farmer said the majority of the 12-member group would be parents who currently have a young person registered for home education in Queensland.
She said the group, which would operate until the end of the year, would provide a forum to share and learn from the home educating parent community and better understand their experiences of home education in Queensland.
It would also consider topical issues, such as delivery of a high-quality education in the best interests of the child, broadly consider home education regulation and provide perspectives about supports for home education parents.
“As the numbers of home schooling families have increased, it has become clear that the way the department interacts with these families needs to evolve,” Minister Farmer said.
“This group will make sure the department hears directly from families who are or have home schooled their children.”
She said up to three members of the group would be nominees from established home education sector representative organisations with experience in engaging with the sector and government.
“The group will also comprise up to three relevant departmental or government stakeholders, as observers, to assist promoting broad understanding and greater collective clarity about high-quality home education.”
To find the EOIs and more information visit the State Government website.
