Association of Florida Evaluators
homeschool evaluators and consultants
is a professional organization of
teachers, psychologists, and school psychologists
who are qualified to administer Florida home education evaluations, and who have joined together to exchange information on
education laws and policies to help set standards of professionalism that parents and others can trust.
Our Members Can:
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Find Information on legal requirements and Florida Department of Education policies.
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Discuss concerns and issues with colleagues about doing home education evaluations, helping clients with issues, answering questions from districts or schools, maintaining credentials, etc.
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Share information about updates to Florida education laws or policies, concerns with specific school districts, etc.
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Discuss issues related to evaluations including good practices in evaluating, advertising, documenting, etc.
Our Professional Members Can Also:
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Advertise themselves through the AFE publicly-available list of home education evaluators with credentials, support, knowledge, etc.
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Have their contact information shared with districts and/or parents on a list of professional education evaluators
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Our members agree:
To follow Florida law and Florida Dept of Education policies in regard to evaluations.
Our Members Can:
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Network with other evaluators
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Find and make referrals for clients with specific needs such as evaluators who speak specific languages, perform other types of evaluations, are experienced with specific situations, etc.
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Demonstrate their qualifications and professionalism with approved use of the AFE logo on their stationery, forms, and/or website.
Association of Florida Evaluators
Members
AFE members are qualified to do Florida home education evaluations; they have either Florida professional-level teacher certification at the elementary or secondary levels OR current Florida licenses as psychologists or school pyschologists.
Verify teacher certification
Verify psychology license
AFE members have access to information, forms, training, and discussion on Florida home education evaluations, and opportunities to network with colleagues.
Support
Information
Networking
AFE members can be listed on our public list of members available to do evaluations and have permission to use our logo on their forms and/or website to verify their professionalism and help find new clients.
Advertising
Seal of Approval
Membership Qualifications
Want to join Florida's only professional group for homeschool evaluators, the Association of Florida Evaluators?
Membership is open to both
Teachers with current professional-level Florida teacher certification at the elementary or secondary level
OR
Psychologists with current Florida license as either a psychologist or a school psychologist
who provide proof of credentials and
knowledge of evaluation requirements (through a simple online course)
agree to follow those requirements, and
pay our annual membership dues.
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We offer two levels of membership:
Basic and Professional levels
Check the options to see which is best for you
Both Basic and Professional level memberships allow teachers and psychologists to:
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access private discussion with colleagues
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access to forms and files for evaluators as well as those for parents
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access to pages of information specific to evaluators
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use of group logo on your own forms and website while an active member
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liability insurance coverage for evaluators (once that is set up for the group)
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membership card
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access to trainings
Basic Membership costs $20 a year and is a budget option.
Professional Membership costs $50 a year and gives members the benefits listed above but also provides advertising options:
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your information added to a public list of evaluators
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your information included on a list provided to schools, the Florida Dept. of Education, and scholarship organizations