The John Muir Charter School at the San Francisco Conservation Corps offers courses that focus on GED and high school diploma attainment, career development, job readiness and computer and Internet literacy for young adults ages 18-26. Adult corpsmembers receive academic assessments during an initial orientation period and at three-month intervals thereafter.   
    
Corpsmembers also attend a week of Orientation Class (which includes life skills, conflict resolution, values and personal responsibility), helping them with the transition into the education program. Upon completion of Orientation, corpsmembers enroll in either high school diploma or Career Exploration and Development classes to meet their educational goals.

The Career Exploration and Development Course is structured around the completion of a career development portfolio. The portfolio is designed to assist in career exploration and research, and consists of twenty different components such as a resume and cover letter writing, consumer math, application information, individual skill assessments, and documentation of achievements. Corpsmembers also benefit from mock interviews, field trips and guest speakers. Additionally, Corpsmembers develop job search documents in the Corps-To-Career computer lab. All Corpsmembers develop their computer literacy skills by taking computer courses. Corpsmembers also conduct online labor market research in their particular field of interest, and in so doing, gain fundamental Internet skills.

Qualified instructors and community volunteers combine efforts to provide corpsmembers with individualized attention to their learning needs. The John Muir Charter School staff at the San Francisco Conservation Corps prides itself on delivering as much personal attention to students as possible. The student-to-teacher ratio is never higher than 10 to 1 (with the exception of the computer lab, which is equipped to handle 12 students at one time).