WHAT ARE PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTERS? ®

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.

Performance Learning Centers work to focus students not just on graduation, but life and education beyond high school. Preparation for college and a career are the standards of success for PLCs. PLC students are encouraged to start actively planning their future and take the steps necessary to make their plans a reality.

There are 22 PLCs in Georgia and they have been expanded to other states in the CIS network.

To contact a PLC team member, e-mail alocklin(at)cisgeorgia.org.

Reginald Beaty, Executive Vice President and COO, participated in a dropout prevention conference in Washington DC with CIS colleagues that was hosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education.  The forum featured the PLC model and how CIS of Georgia implemented it and helped CIS National open PLCs around the country.  The discussion focused on engaging at-risk kids and the PLC partnerships with school districts that help kids succeed in school and prepare for successful futures.  

Materials available include a case study, key pieces of high school legislation, audio, video and more.  Visit http://www.all4ed.org/events/PLCs for more information.