Daily Schedule (11-18 yos)
Middle-High School Ages
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays
with a Thursday, Friday Deep Dive Add-On Option
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Here's what our day looks like at the Creative Learning Center
Independent Study Time (Daily)
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Each attendee collaborates with Cindy and their parents to create an individualized learning plan that they will learn to independently complete on a daily basis. Some may choose to complete it during this time; others may choose to take it home to complete and do corrections during this time.
Group Learning (3 Days/Week)
10:00 - 10:30 a.m., 11:00 - 11:30 a.m., 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
The first time period involves topics that build over time such as vocabulary exposure and foreign language learning. We also work through a format to prepare ourselves to be engaged for the day. The second time period sets the young people up for their self-direction time with a club prompt such as art, building, class government, theater, cooking, etc. Sometimes I use this time to offer pairings*. The last time period is a set class using a variety of experiential or project-based learning principles. For the 2023-24 season, it will be biology, US history, and literature. (*Pairings is a time I pair various young people together, mixing it up consistently for them to do something with new people, where they are assigned to do a board game, cook together, or an outdoor activity.) Group learning is project-based and/or hands-on.
Social, Creative, and Self-Directed Time (Daily)
11:30 p.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:30-2:00 p.m.
As always at the CLC, time is flexible and engagement is the deciding point on how we move from opportunity to opportunity. Social interactions is a high priority at the CLC and this time specifically targets this through various focuses. I also want to encourage self-direction. Young people initiate activities together from their interests (examples are air-soft, animal time, exploring in the woods, boffers,, building with wood, LEGO, or fire-making), outdoor sport skills (examples are four square, marbles, horse jump obstacle course, bocce ball, and gaga ball), and general discussion.
Mentor/Volunteer/Entrepreneur/Field Trip Day (3 days/Month)
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Each attendee will have an opportunity once per month per day attending to expand their understanding of entrepreneurial business options through weekly mentors (examples are learning from an artist, robotics expert, photographer, carpenter), have fun through field trips (examples are Level Up obstacle course training, bowling, putt-putt, Raptor Center), or volunteer in their local community, state, national or world (examples are packing pizzas at a local food bank, recycling, picking up trash, sponsoring a young person from another country).