APLUS+ is an acronym for the Association
of Personalized Learning Schools & Services.
APLUS+
was founded as an association exclusively dedicated to
the Personalized Learning model of education—a
21st century, leading-edge approach to delivering education that has
evolved through the public charter school movement
in California. Personalized Learning is a distinct
educational model designed to meet the more
diverse needs of the 21st Century K-12 student
who seeks or requires a more flexible, tailored,
and individualized approach to learning. Personalized
learning programs have helped tens of thousands
of students in California rediscover hope and
purpose in public education through this more
individualized approach.
The Personalized Learning movement and APLUS+ were founded
by Jeff Rice, who has served as a leading advocate in the California
charter school community for the past eleven years. Rice has worked diligently
to establish and expand the Personalized Learning movement in California, drawing
from a professional background that includes an MBA and more than 20
years experience in Marketing and Public Relations. Click
Here for Bio on Jeff Rice.
Since its’ founding in September 2002, APLUS+ has grown to a membership of more than forty Personalized Learning charter schools, collectively serving more than 35,000 K-12 students who reside in 40+ counties throughout California. The APLUS+ Mission is as follows:
- To be the representative voice to advance Personalized Learning as a distinct and valuable educational model
- To be the vehicle and facilitator for uniting and networking programs that are dedicated to the Personalized Learning model, and to high standards of fiscal and operational accountability and academic excellence
- To advocate, support, and promote the growing benefits and successes of the Personalized Learning model and the many schools that embrace it
APLUS+ is exclusively dedicated both to advancing Personalized Learning as a successful and essential model in public education for the 21st century, and to representing and supporting high quality Personalized Learning schools that are committed to academic excellence and to the highest standards of integrity and accountability. APLUS+ promotes the value and benefits of the Personalized Learning model for the growing number of public education students, who for various reasons, either need or choose a more flexible alternative approach to the traditional, full-time classroom based learning model. APLUS+ has become the recognized voice in California to represent the Personalized Learning movement in public education.
APLUS+ provides a wide variety of consulting, community relations, information, networking,
and promotional services and programs to member schools that embrace
the Personalized Learning educational model. APLUS+' services and programs are designed to support each member school's educational and operational goals in the following areas in order of priority:
- Increase/Improve Academic Achievement
- Increase/Improve Operational Accountability
- Expand Student Learning Choices
- Expand Professional Development Opportunities
- Maintain Fiscal Sustainability
: Working with legislators, media, other state and local officials, and other education advocacy groups on behalf of the Personalized Learning movement and APLUS+ member schools.
: Facilitating opinions and interpretations (non-legal) of critical issues pertaining to Personalized Learning programs.
: Providing regular, ongoing email updates, announcements, media articles, legislative bill interpretations and calls to action Coordinating quarterly regional meetings, an annual statewide meeting and an annual network conference, working with Preferred Partners, facilitating outside expertise, and sharing best practices and resources.
Creating networking partnerships with business services and resource companies that provide member schools with a special APLUS+ member discount
Creating cost-effective and collaborative opportunities for schools to have access to top quality professional development expertise, including through our quarterly regional meetings, annual statewide meeting and conference, our resource lending library, and APLUS+ Network Speakers Bureau..
Creating member school website profiles, compiling testimonials, doing network-wide press releases, newsletter articles, photos, working with the media, and educational leaders on behalf of member schools and the Personalized Learning movement.
Providing member schools with the latest best practices research pertaining to key components of the Personalized Learning model and to education instructional and administrative strategies for success.
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