Placerville
California
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Charter Community School
Mission
To foster self worth, a love for life-long learning, and a commitment to global responsibility for all members of our educational community; specifically for each student to achieve his/her full potential in these areas:
a. cultivating critical awareness;
b. expanding the ways individuals look at themselves and others;
c. building a repertoire of problem-solving approaches;
d. engendering a global perspective.
Principles
The Charter Community School's foundation is the basic belief that in order to make a difference in the world and to turn ideas into action we must all be pioneers in our field, contributors of knowledge, creators of solutions, explorers of ideas, and risk-takers on behalf of society through our students. In order to accomplish this task, students and staff must possess some very specific skills: they must have strong perceptions of personal capabilities, significance in primary relationships, personal power, inter- and intra-personal skills, the ability to respond to everyday life, and the wisdom to evaluate situations (H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen, Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World, Prima Publishing & Communications, 1992). There are four principles which serve as guideposts in the educational program on our journey toward developing these skills. These four principles apply to all individuals who are involved in the Charter Community School--students, teachers, administrators, and parents.
1. Our school serves society. We expect our learning, teaching, and work to make a difference in the world. To that end, we try to discover what is most important to do, and focus our resources for the greatest, most enduring benefit. In doing this we continually remind ourselves of the inherent worth of all of our students and each other.
2. Our clients deserve our best. We expect our service to our clients to be worthy, vigorous, resourceful, courteous, and reliable. In the pursuit of our mission, we intend to be a healthy, creative organization with the financial and inner resources needed to produce our best work. We require ourselves to abide by the highest professional standards and to look beyond the letter of professional guidelines to their spirit.
3. We strive to make our organization a good place to live, learn and work. To demand the best of ourselves, and to attract, stimulate and provide for our students and our staff, we believe we must create an environment that will support innovation, experimentation, and taking of appropriate risks. As a school we should prize the creative participation of each member of our student clientele and our staff. We should welcome the open exchange of ideas and foster the practice of careful listening. We have a duty to actively encourage the personal well-being and the development of each person who learns or works here. We should, therefore, maximize the personal significance and autonomy of each person so that we can all continue to make even greater contributions.
4. We work with regard for one another--students and teachers alike. We recognize the interdependence of everyone who learns and works here, and we expect ourselves to treat one another with respect, candor, kindness, and a sense of the importance of teamwork. We will foster a spirit of service among students and staff so that we may better serve the world at large.
To foster self worth, a love for life-long learning, and a commitment to global responsibility for all members of our educational community; specifically for each student to achieve his/her full potential in these areas:
a. cultivating critical awareness;
b. expanding the ways individuals look at themselves and others;
c. building a repertoire of problem-solving approaches;
d. engendering a global perspective.
Principles
The Charter Community School's foundation is the basic belief that in order to make a difference in the world and to turn ideas into action we must all be pioneers in our field, contributors of knowledge, creators of solutions, explorers of ideas, and risk-takers on behalf of society through our students. In order to accomplish this task, students and staff must possess some very specific skills: they must have strong perceptions of personal capabilities, significance in primary relationships, personal power, inter- and intra-personal skills, the ability to respond to everyday life, and the wisdom to evaluate situations (H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen, Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World, Prima Publishing & Communications, 1992). There are four principles which serve as guideposts in the educational program on our journey toward developing these skills. These four principles apply to all individuals who are involved in the Charter Community School--students, teachers, administrators, and parents.
1. Our school serves society. We expect our learning, teaching, and work to make a difference in the world. To that end, we try to discover what is most important to do, and focus our resources for the greatest, most enduring benefit. In doing this we continually remind ourselves of the inherent worth of all of our students and each other.
2. Our clients deserve our best. We expect our service to our clients to be worthy, vigorous, resourceful, courteous, and reliable. In the pursuit of our mission, we intend to be a healthy, creative organization with the financial and inner resources needed to produce our best work. We require ourselves to abide by the highest professional standards and to look beyond the letter of professional guidelines to their spirit.
3. We strive to make our organization a good place to live, learn and work. To demand the best of ourselves, and to attract, stimulate and provide for our students and our staff, we believe we must create an environment that will support innovation, experimentation, and taking of appropriate risks. As a school we should prize the creative participation of each member of our student clientele and our staff. We should welcome the open exchange of ideas and foster the practice of careful listening. We have a duty to actively encourage the personal well-being and the development of each person who learns or works here. We should, therefore, maximize the personal significance and autonomy of each person so that we can all continue to make even greater contributions.
4. We work with regard for one another--students and teachers alike. We recognize the interdependence of everyone who learns and works here, and we expect ourselves to treat one another with respect, candor, kindness, and a sense of the importance of teamwork. We will foster a spirit of service among students and staff so that we may better serve the world at large.