Open Enrollment Year-round
WorldWide IDEA is home to two different accredited academies: our Private Academy and our Remote Location Academy. The Remote Location Academy is specifically designed for government-sponsored families living in "remote locations". Both academies support parents educating their children at home. We provide a network of experienced homeschoolers and certified teachers, along with Web-based tools and learning standards to make organizing and tracking your children's education easier and more effective.
This supportive network of people and services helps ensure that your children's home-based education is enriching, customized, comprehensive, and accredited. Plus, we understand that the importance of having the freedom to use your educational materials choices and teach your way.
program overview & benefits
Our teaching parents enjoy freedom in their educational materials choices and teaching methods, while providing solid, standards-driven learning for their students.
Why Standards-driven Education?
Education standards are building blocks for student learning, providing fundamental skills in various subjects. By using these blocks, teaching parents help each student create a foundation for achieving success in the next level of learning. They also provide teaching maps that can prevent gaps in learning. Matched with your curriculum choices — which can include religious materials — your family's educational experience is truly customized and enriching.
Student Activities:
Benefits include:
- Unrestricted choice of educational materials — teaching parents choose what best meets their child's learning style, as well as family beliefs
- Unlimited assistance from Certified Contact Teachers
- Education standards (meets or exceeds state & national standards) and assessment tracking for grades K-12 via our website
- Individual Learning Plan (ILP) that's easy to create, update & access via our website – For a more detailed overview and hands-on trial of the ILP, sign-up for a free Trial Demo.
- High School consultation/planning, accredited transcripts & accredited diploma that validate and support your homeschool student's learning and achievements
- Access to an extensive database of homeschool-friendly educational vendors
- Support from Family Representatives, who are experienced homeschooling parents themselves
- Student enrichment activities — these have included Idita-Read, Meet Our Masters Art Exhibit & our CyberScience Fair
- Online Resources, such as subscription services & links to quality educational sites, worth thousands of dollars in value
- Our families also get access to our Curriculum Swap forum for families who are either looking to swap, purchase, or sell a variety of secular and religious materials. This can really be a money-saver!
- Required standardized testing provided
family duties
Unlike traditional correspondence programs, our parents are pro-active teachers in their
individual "classrooms". Our program best serves homeschooling parents who want to teach their own children and learn more about instructional and assessment strategies to
provide quality, home-based education.
And, because the program is accredited, parents and students are required to:
- Develop and utilize teacher-approved ILPs
- Submit Progress Reports each semester
- Meet Graduation Requirements to receive an accredited diploma
- Complete standardized testing
While many parents are not concerned with test scores, test-taking skills are vital to student learning beyond the homeschool environment. For example, sometimes students must transition out of the homeschool environment. If planning for college, test-taking skills — and an accredited diploma —can boost their chances of acceptance.
In general, parents facilitate a regular schedule, providing consistent instruction and support, observation, continual assessment and formal evaluation.
Because much of the communication between Contact Teachers, Family Reps, and organizing tools are Web-based, enrolled families must also have Internet access and check their e-mail at least once every week.
For further information, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
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