San Luis Obispo CCC
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San Luis Obispo CCC
Building 1530 Madera Avenue P.O. Box 1380 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Tel: (805) 549-3561
FAX: (805) 549-3583
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Mission
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The young women and men of the Corps work hard protecting and restoring California's environment and responding to disasters, becoming stronger workers, citizens and individuals through their service.
John Muir Charter School at the San Luis Obispo CCC offers corpsmembers an educational program that makes a positive impact in the lives of our students, as well as the community.
CCC MOTTO:
"Hard work, low pay, miserable conditions... and more!"
"Hard work, low pay, miserable conditions... and more!"
John Muir Charter School at the San Luis Obispo CCC offers corpsmembers an educational program that makes a positive impact in the lives of our students, as well as the community.
JMCS San Luis Obispo is located at historic Camp San Luis Obispo,
adjacent to Cuesta College. The school partners with the California
Conservation Corps and students work a 40 hour week performing a wide
variety of natural resource restoration projects while also attending 11
hours of weekly academic instruction in the evenings. Ours is a
residential community of approximately 80 program participants, ages 18
to 25 and hailing from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
JMCS SLO offers students a high quality, individualized, and standards-based high school curriculum. Students are allowed to work at their own pace and to choose the means through which they learn. Each student's strengths, areas for growth, learning style and interests are assessed and help shape the most supportive, engaging and efficient path to graduation. Students receive broad support from school and partner agency staff as they learn vocational, social and leadership skills while working towards their high school graduation.
JMCS San Luis Obispo exposes our students to a positive educational experience by allowing them a say in how their learning takes place and by fostering a safe and respectful environment in which to learn. Many of our students have negative past associations with learning; we've found that changing these perspectives on education can affect their futures in a powerful way.
JMCS SLO offers students a high quality, individualized, and standards-based high school curriculum. Students are allowed to work at their own pace and to choose the means through which they learn. Each student's strengths, areas for growth, learning style and interests are assessed and help shape the most supportive, engaging and efficient path to graduation. Students receive broad support from school and partner agency staff as they learn vocational, social and leadership skills while working towards their high school graduation.
JMCS San Luis Obispo exposes our students to a positive educational experience by allowing them a say in how their learning takes place and by fostering a safe and respectful environment in which to learn. Many of our students have negative past associations with learning; we've found that changing these perspectives on education can affect their futures in a powerful way.
All JMCS SLO students are California Conservation Corps program
participants. Since 1976 the CCC has been helping Californians ages 18
to 25 forge a brighter future by developing work and leadership skills
while also helping to preserve our state's natural resources.
Students engage in CCC projects that include fish habitat restoration, trail construction/maintenance, tree planting, exotic invasive plant species eradication, fuel reduction, threatened species protection, fire/flood emergency response, etc. Project sponsors include CA State Parks, US Forest Service, local municipalities, CalTrans, CalFire, and CA Fish & Game.
Through our system of standards-focused project-based assessment, students incorporate their meaningful work experiences into their high school coursework. They thus achieve a deeper understanding of the environmental service they are providing and academic instruction is made relevant to their everyday lives.
In addition, there is a wide variety of training available to students that includes: paid CalTrans internships, HAZWOPER Certification, Commercial Class B Driver License, Chainsaw certification, Leadership Training, Conservation Awareness training, Career Development training, First Responder CPR, Food Handler's Certificate, Water Safety, Flood Response Training, Fire Emergency Camp Support, and Defensive Driving Certificates.
Students from our program have gone on to employment with: CalTrans, National Forests, The National Park System, CA State Parks, CalFire, and local municipalities.
Students engage in CCC projects that include fish habitat restoration, trail construction/maintenance, tree planting, exotic invasive plant species eradication, fuel reduction, threatened species protection, fire/flood emergency response, etc. Project sponsors include CA State Parks, US Forest Service, local municipalities, CalTrans, CalFire, and CA Fish & Game.
Through our system of standards-focused project-based assessment, students incorporate their meaningful work experiences into their high school coursework. They thus achieve a deeper understanding of the environmental service they are providing and academic instruction is made relevant to their everyday lives.
In addition, there is a wide variety of training available to students that includes: paid CalTrans internships, HAZWOPER Certification, Commercial Class B Driver License, Chainsaw certification, Leadership Training, Conservation Awareness training, Career Development training, First Responder CPR, Food Handler's Certificate, Water Safety, Flood Response Training, Fire Emergency Camp Support, and Defensive Driving Certificates.
Students from our program have gone on to employment with: CalTrans, National Forests, The National Park System, CA State Parks, CalFire, and local municipalities.
