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CORE Placer
Please visit CORE Placer's website here: www.coretca.org
225 South
Railroad Street
Colfax, CA 95713
PO Box 353
Colfax, CA 95713
Kathryn Peak, School Director
Phone (530) 346-8340
Fax number:
(530) 346-2446
Email: kathrynpeakcore@gmail.com
Website: http://www.coretca.org/
Colfax Elementary School District
CORE Placer serves k-12 students
in Placer, Nevada, and Sacramento counties
CORE Placer was established in 2009 as a California
public charter school sponsored by the Colfax Elementary
School District.
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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