Diploma Plus seeks to develop, implement, and sustain, in partnership with school districts and communities, innovative educational approaches that provide rigorous and student-centered alternatives for ALL YOUTH, in order to nurture their power as learners and enable them to complete high school college- and career-ready.
RE-ENGAGING LEARNERS
"Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress." -Plato Diploma Plus believes that learning best occurs for ALL students in an environment where their success is nurtured and allowed to develop, their safety and social-emotional needs are met, and where an instructional system is competency-based and adapts to the needs of every student. Students learn HOW to learn by giving them the training to take initiative for their own learning experiences and access higher level thinking skills. |
STRENGTHENING SCHOOLS
"Anything can become a learning experience if there is enough caring involved." -Mary MacCracken Diploma Plus believes in personalized learning as a systematic strategy to creating equitable education conditions, access, and outcomes that enable under-served youth to complete high school college- and career-ready. Through our on site trainings and virtual technologies, Diploma Plus provides educators and youth service providers with resources and strategies that equip them to develop competency-based and standards-aligned curriculum, instruction and assessments that are focused on increasing students’ knowledge, skills and understandings. |
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION
"Seeing your students as highly capable superstars is crucial, but seeing them as part of a historical continuum is indispensable." -Baruti Kafele Through the implementation of our 4 Essentials: Competency-Based learning, Supportive School Culture, Future Focus, and Effective Supports, Diploma Plus is transforming school communities. Developed to support competency-based and personalized learning programs, Diploma Plus’ connected learning environment and learning management system, DPNET, delivers open online course content, tools, and resources; expands youth development; and creates the conditions for anywhere/anytime learning, enabling students, teachers, and families to foster knowledge, skills and dispositions for lifelong learning and productive contributions to today’s changing world. |