Dubai, UAE: This 4th of March, 2017, The National Homeschooling Association in the UAE brings you the first ever homeschooling conference in the region, “The Middle East Homeschool Conference 2017: The Homeschool Experience – Strategies for Success.”
Well-renowned international homeschool leaders and speakers will be gracing the event as keynote speakers:
Gerald Huebner and wife Beverly:
Gerald, veteran parent of two home educated children, and now grandparent of four home educated grandchildren, is from Manitoba, Canada and has served for over 25 years at the provincial and national level in Canada and is the board chair of the Home School Legal Defense. The pair have spoken on home education in 8 countries and bring a wealth of experience and wisdom in the areas of curriculum choice, learning styles and support groups and will be speaking on, “The Homeschool Journey.”
Eric Mendoza and wife Joy:
Eric serves as President of Homeschool Global an international homeschool services provider with over1,500 students across 22 countries; and founder of the Homeschool Association in Asia. Joy Mendoza is a published author, blogger and mother to five homeschooled children. The duo will discuss the rationale behind home education in their keynote speech, “Why Homeschool.”
Chandra Montgomery Nicol:
Chandra lends her 49 years’ experience to the topic of, “Records, Testing and Accreditation,” in the home education environment.
An expert panel with the likes of Sameera Mohammad, once a banker and now an ardent homeschooling mother from Pakistan; Rebecca Lavallee, a Canadian veteran homeschooler of five children for over ten years, and; Sumaya Saifudding, a homeschool graduate from Saudi Arabia, share over 30 years of their homeschooling expertise and experience to the audience.
Definitely the biggest home education exhibition in the gulf, “The Homeschool Experience – Strategies for Success” will be held at the Dusit Thani, Dubai World Trade Centre. Keynote talks will be held at the Al Wasl Ballrooms while the much-awaited expo will be at the Pre-Function Halls.
A day packed with free events and seminars supported by local and international homeschooling experts and exhibitors, the Homeschooling Conference will showcase relevant products and curriculum. From parents interested in finding out more about homeschooling through to veteran homeschoolers, all are invited to join this conference aimed at building a home education community in the region.
Event Details:
Date: 4th of March, 2017 (Saturday)
Time: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Location: Dusit Thani, Dubai World Trade Centre
DUNEHA (Dubai & Northern Emirates Homeschooling Association)
An association of homeschoolers who home-school for many different reasons, but with a shared goal to fan the spark, the desire to learn, that all children are born with. They seek to provide a nurturing and loving environment to facilitate that learning. Toward this end DUNEHA strives to be open-minded, tolerant, and tactful. The aim is to be aware of and responsive to the needs of others in the group. The desire is to provide a source of support, inspiration, and friendship for members of all homeschooling families in the area.
ADHSA (Abu Dhabi Homeschoolers Association)
ADHSA is a volunteer group of homeschoolers from different nationalities, faiths, cultures and homeschooling backgrounds, with its primary focus being to address the needs of children from grade 1 through high school. The purpose is to encourage, support and inform each other and the homeschooling community in the greater metro area of Abu Dhabi.
GHEC (Global Home Education Conference)
The GHEC is a three-day event that brings together those with an interest in freedom of education, and home education in particular, to provide a stimulating environment to gather the best cross-section of research and to cultivate a commitment to parent-directed education. Home education highlights the most crucial factors in the freedom of education discussion. Who is responsible for education? What role do parents play in the education of their children? To what extent is the state responsible for education of children?
Homeschool Global Middle East
Homeschool Global is an accredited home education services provider, serving over a thousand students across 24 countries, from Pre-School through to High School.
HG Middle East brings these comprehensive services to families in the Arabian Gulf.
Its services are clustered into three Core Programs: Learn, Connect, and Shine. These services help create the best learning environment for your children. HGME follows an open curriculum system giving you the freedom to choose from different curriculum options while still receiving an international and U.S. accredited diploma.
Clonlara School
Pat Montgomery, PhD, and her husband, Jim, founded Clonlara School in 1967. The vision was to create a school where children of all creeds, races and ages would learn and grow in an unhurried, relaxed atmosphere; where enrollment would be a limited number of students so that the children, staff and parents would all get to know one another; and where parents would share intimately in the life of the school and in the education of the children.
iCademy Middle East
iCademy Middle East is an accredited, private online school for students in Kindergarten through to Grade 12 and licensed by the KHDA. All students are fully supported by qualified and committed teachers, counsellors and academic coaches. Its award-winning, online-based programs, real time instruction and hands-on material, offers truly individualized instruction, matched to the students strengths and ability levels. The programs enable each student to achieve his or her true potential.
Mathnasium
Mathnasium is a leading international franchise founded in 2000 and currently is present in 15 countries with over 700 learning centres worldwide dedicated to boosting student’s math skills. Mathnasium is highly specialised — teaches only math and targets pre-K through to 12th grade students. The approach revolves around the assumption that children do not hate math, they simply resent the intimidation that comes with not understanding the subject. In Mathnasium, math is taught in a way that makes sense to children following a proprietary methodology and curriculum (the Mathnasium Method:tm:) developed continuously fine-tuned by Larry Martinek, Mathnasium’s Chief Instructional Officer, a teacher and a math consultant in the Los Angeles area for the past 30+ years.
MetaMindz
Metamindz is a KHDA-approved learning and enrichment center that offers after-school, supplementary learning to students ages 6 and above. Metamindz recently partnered with GEMS schools to offer ASA activities in Math and English. The program begins with an adaptive diagnostic that measures a student’s strengths and gaps in different sub-domains of the given subject. Based on the diagnostic and student’s learning needs, a personalized learning path is designed. Instructional path encompasses two components; face to face with the teacher plus worksheets and computer-based activities. Each session focuses on one area using a multi-media approach. The program used by MetaMindz for Math and English is used by over 3 million students internationally and is a complete K-8 curriculum for instruction and K-12 curriculum for diagnostics. Also on offer are Science, Mobile App Design and 3D printing classes. SAT/ACT prep is also offered at MetaMindz.
Carfax Education
The Carfax Education Group provides tutoring and educational consulting services to families worldwide. With offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Carfax is able to support homeschooling families with curriculum design, tutoring or advice on university placement.
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