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CORE Butte
Please visit CORE Butte's website here:
www.coretca.org
Accredited by the Western Association of Schools
and Colleges
Reviewed and Approved by the California
Department of Education (CDE), the Advisory Commission
on Charter Schools (ACCS), and the California State
Board of Education (SBE) for meeting or exceeding state
mandated fiscal accountability requirements.
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Attained Academic Performance Index (API) Growth
Target in 2008-2009
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Increased API school-wide growth score in 2008-2009
by 39 points to 807
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Achieved all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements
under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for 2008-2009
Received 2009 APLUS+ Personalized Learning Pioneer
Award for Academic Excellence
260 Cohasset Road, Suite
#120
Chico, CA. 95926
Jonelle Pena, School Director
Phone: 530-894-3952
Website: http://www.coretca.org/
Butte County Office of Education
CORE Butte serves k-12 students in its sponsoring
county of Butte.
CORE Butte was established
in 2007 as a California public charter school sponsored
by the Butte County Office of Education.
The Personalized Learning method followed by CORE
has its roots in the homeschool movement, where, for
decades, parents have privately tailored learning for
their children according to their individual needs
and preferences.
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Why do we call this method of education Personalized
Learning?
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Secondly, why would someone choose Personalized Learning
for his or her student?
Personalized Learning is an approach
to education that tailors learning according to the
individual needs of each student. The Personalized
Learning approach to education has evolved over the
past decade through the growing public charter school
movement in California, and incorporates many of the
latest educational research results as to how children
learn successfully.
The Personalized Learning system of education followed
by CORE is a unique, blended classroom and non-classroom-based
public educational model that is tailored to the needs
and interests of each individual student. Personalized
Learning is a 21st century, "on the leading edge" approach
to public education that honors and recognizes the
unique gifts, skills, passions, and attributes of each
child. Personalized Learning is dedicated to developing
individualized learning programs for each child with
the intent to engage each child in the learning process
in the most productive and meaningful way to optimize
each child's learning potential and success.
The key attributes that comprise the Personalized
Learning model are based upon a solid foundation of
the latest educational research findings as to how
students learn most successfully, including a strong
emphasis on parental involvement, smaller class sizes,
more one-on-one teacher and student interaction, attention
to differences in learning styles, student-driven participation
in developing the learning process, technology access,
varied learning environments, teacher and parent development
programs, and choices in curriculum programs. No other
educational model offered in today's public education
system has integrated these proven educational research
results in such an in-depth and comprehensive manner
to serve the diverse needs of today's public education
students.
Because education research confirms beyond
any semblance of doubt that not all students are able
to learn successfully at the same pace, with the same
approach, in the same environment, on the same path,
and in the same style and manner. Research confirms
that every individual assimilates information according
to his or her own unique learning style, need, and
interest. Learning styles vary. Some people are visual
learners, others learn by auditory means, others kinesthetically.
Some people learn at a faster pace, others need more
time. Some people are distracted when trying to learn
in a noisy environment with 30+ other kids. Some people
feel intimidated or unsafe in a large classroom environment.
Motivation to learn varies significantly from student
to student as do interests and passions.
CORE recognized that Personalized Learning is a leading, "21st
Century" educational approach that incorporates
the results from the most recent leading education
research studies. In congruence with these research
results, CORE honors every student as an individual,
with a distinct learning style, learning pace, learning
path, and learning aspiration. Research confirms that
children look to their parents as their primary role
models for learning. Parents, in turn, are ultimately
responsible for guiding their child's learning and
education. CORE embraces parent involvement and participation
in their children's education and learning process,
and values ongoing teacher development training. We
support a collaborative relationship between parent,
student, teacher, and school in creating an optimal
learning process. We also support a variety of learning
choices and opportunities, both within and beyond the
classroom, to address each student's individual learning
needs and optimize each student's learning potential.
Parents, students and teachers team
together for success. At the time of enrollment, a
credentialed teacher works with the family to conduct
a pre-enrollment interview and define Independent Study
requirements along with the student's educational goals.
Curriculum options are discussed, including computer-based
or more traditional methods. Graduation requirements
and college or vocational goals are reviewed. A plan
is then established that integrates California State
content standards with the desired methods and approaches
to learning.
Resources are loaned to the student and must be returned
at the end of each school year. CORE also has materials
available in a library to augment the curriculum. Parents
are provided with a budget to provide out side instruction
from local community vendor course instructors (VCI.)
A Vendor Course Instructor (VCI) is a person or facility
that provides tutoring, music lessons, physical education
facilities, etc. and has been approved by the school
to provide services to its students. All VCI's have
gone through the process of fingerprinting as required
by the State of CA and have completed the essential
paperwork to be a provider.
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