WHAT IS A PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTER®?

PLCs are small, non-traditional high schools geared toward students who are not succeeding in the traditional school setting. They create a business-like environment and emphasize personal support and an intense academic program anchored by an online instructional system and project-based learning. PLCs were funded through the help of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, private foundations and businesses.

The PLC incorporates CIS’ caring philosophy and approach that combines strong personal relationships between staff and students with an intense focus on academic achievement. A Services Coordinator, who is a CIS staff member, helps students with non-academic issues that may affect their ability to learn. The PLC serves high school students who are not succeeding in a traditional school setting and who typically:

Lack interest in a traditional school environment and are seeking another learning option
Experience poor academic achievement
Are chronically late to or absent from school
Are at high risk of dropping out of school

Communities In Schools of New Jersey is launching it's first Performance Learning Center, The Newark Workforce Development Institute Performance Learning Center (NWDI/PLC), in Newark, New Jersey in partnership with Newark Publics Schools and the Nicholson Foundation on September 8, 2008. The PLC is located at 200 Washington Street in downtown Newark.
For more information on the NWDI PLC call (973) 242-0706.

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