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San Luis Obispo CCC
San Luis Obispo CCC
Building 1530 Madera Avenue
P.O. Box 1380
San Luis Obispo,
CA 93406
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Tel: (805) 549-3719
Fax: (805) 549-3583
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The
California Conservation Corps engages young men and women in meaningful work,
public service and educational activities that assist them in becoming more
responsible citizens, while protecting and enhancing California's environment, human resources
and communities.
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.
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The John Muir Charter School program working with the San Luis Obispo CCC site is located at historic Camp San Luis Obispo.
The San
Luis Obispo CCC center is residential, and thus works with students from all
parts of the state. The John Muir Charter School classroom has an average
enrollment of about twenty students.
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The John Muir Charter School also has a program in cooperation with the Santa Maria CCC site on Betteravia Avenue in south Santa
Maria.
The John Muir Charter School
classroom at Santa Maria has an average enrollment of about ten students. Santa Maria's center is non-residential, and
all John Muir students here are from the immediate area.
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Our program
at our two sites focuses on making a
connection between students' work experiences and their classroom experiences. To make
our students' class work more relevant and effective, our teachers implement a plan to connect student CCC work with their John Muir learning environment. Our teachers:
- visit work sites
- discuss and learn about work
projects with students and their work supervisors
- form curriculum that bridges
the gap between the classroom and the workplace.
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also adopted computer-based curriculum and assessments where appropriate. The PLATO
Web learning network provides our program with computer/internet based
curriculum in all core subject areas. This curriculum provides independent
learning opportunities that are interactive and easy to use and that make for
fluid learning for students. Our sites have also begun using the PLATO-based
simulated California High School Exit Exam to assess students' needs and to
create lessons that address these needs. These and other computer-based
classroom tools/lessons promote computer literacy, which is
important to our students' future success.
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Finally and most importantly, at our
two sites we attempt to expose our students to a positive educational
experience. We do this by giving them a say in how their learning takes place
and by fostering a safe and respectful place for them to learn. Many of our
students have always associated learning with failure, ridicule, boredom and
frustration. Changing these students' perspective on education can affect their
futures in a powerful way.
It is our hope that this program will continue to
grow and improve while giving CCC program participants an opportunity to invest
in their futures.
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Domenic Santangelo
Center Director
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