CLC Core
Values
Access to
Education
CLC
values access to education for
all
students and their families. We promote individual growth and
community change through lifelong learning.
Mutual
Responsibility
CLC fosters a shared commitment to
learning with an expectation of excellence for both teachers and
students.
Respect
CLC respects the life experience
that learners bring into the classroom. We provide a nurturing
place for learning and sharing, with curricula that are sensitive to
our
students' needs.
Holistic
Approach to Teaching and Learning
CLC meets learners' needs by using
student-centered teaching techniques, with an emphasis on individual
attention. Our holistic approach honors teachers as learners and
learners as teachers.
CLC
Programs
Education
Program
Community Learning Center provides
no-cost instruction in Adult
Basic Education, GED
Preparation, and English
for
Speakers of
Other Languages. Most
of our classes
meet from September to June. The
classes are held at several community locations. In
addition, we offer summer math instruction, and CLC participates in the
state's Move
Up initiative.
We maintain computers at our main
site,
Frankford Avenue and Somerset Street. We encourage CLC students to use
the computers to
complete class lessons involving Internet research and word
processing. Students and other members of the community are invited to
use the computers for job search purposes during CareerLink
hours.
Student
Support Services Department
With the guidance of CLC's social
and case workers,
students explore career
interests and set self-directed goals. Our Student
Support Services Department counsels
students in life and employability skills and in advancing
to job
training, college entrance, or other post-secondary education. The SSSD
endeavors to communicate with former
students
to gauge CLC's impact and to assist those still in
transition.
We counsel our students about issues that may be
obstacles to attendance at CLC
and
the attainment of financial self-sufficiency and other
goals. We inform students of, and link them
with, additional
community resources that can provide further support.
Community
Outreach Center for Pennsylvania CareerLink
CLC serves as a Community Outreach
Center for Pennsylvania
CareerLink.
Adults
seeking help searching for jobs, creating
a resume, assessing skills and interests, and learning about the job
market, training
programs, job fairs, and other events and services are
welcome at
Community Learning Center's main site (located on
the lower floor at 2801 Frankford Avenue) from 12:00 to 5:00
p.m. on
Mondays and from 1:00 to
4:00 p.m. on Fridays.
Literacy
Initiative
Striving to end the debilitating
cycle of low literacy that is
passed from parent to child, CLC advances family literacy by building
home libraries for the youngsters in our students'
homes. Through book
drives and grants from foundations such as First Book, a
national nonprofit organization whose mission is to give children from
low-income families the opportunity to read and own new books,
we acquire and distribute children's literature. We teach caregivers
the importance of
reading to children, and we explain, through book talks and
storytelling, how to
select and read literature to youngsters. By
reading to children, our adult learners improve their own skills, too.
CLC
Goals and Measures
Click
here to read the goals and measures used to assess the
outcomes of CLC’s offerings.
Annual
Report, Fiscal Year 2005-2006
Click
here to
read our Annual Report.
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CLC
students say...
CLC
has given me the
opportunity to get some confidence
back, so I can get on track toward the future.
— Linda
Not having a high school diploma is a hard thing because you
can’t get the job you want.
Therefore, I need my GED. Since
I’ve been coming to CLC, my math and reading have gotten a
lot better. — Christy
I am happy because my teachers
taught me to speak more English.
— Serafin
CLC has helped me keep my head
on straight and has helped me
with math — how to do fractions and more. The people who run
CLC are
concerned about the
educational part of
helping people like me. I
have gained
self-esteem through CLC. — Julia
Community Learning Center
is where I began to
change my life. It was the first time I stuck to something and
completed
it. I started out
five years ago and got
my GED. Since then
I have completed three
years of domestic abuse counseling.
I returned to CLC this year to prepare for
college. I have
completed my ACT
test and will be going to
college. I
have learned a lot of important
things at CLC. I
have
learned that I’m a responsible,
intelligent person. I
have learned that
I’m just as good as anyone else and have the strength to
achieve. I have
also learned that all the daydreams
I’ve had and positive thoughts I believed as a child once
again are
realistic. Thank
you, CLC. — Mary
Community Learning Center
gives me so much self-confidence. Education is so important in my
life. — Hyon
Chu
CLC helped me take charge of my life and move forward. —
Heather
Class helps me to speak, read, and write English more. I also went to
the opera, and I studied for my citizenship. — Maria
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