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Recognition | Umbrella Program The Recognition Plan, for both distance and local homeschoolers and independent learners, offers validation, transcript services, and our nationally accredited school's high school diploma when the graduation requirements have been met..In this program, The Alger Learning Center/Independence High School acts as an “umbrella school” for home- and unschooling families who are truly capable, confident, independent learners. It is for families who neither need nor want assistance developing curricula, nor with monitoring and evaluating the learning process. Students, with parents, implement their own educational plan. They determine their own learning objectives, design and execute their own learning plan, and perform their own evaluations of the course work. After enrollment, we will provide some guidelines and models for course design, resources, and methods of evaluation, for those who may require such assistance, along with information about Washington State requirements. A contact teacher will occasionally “check in,” but only if necessary; the students (and their family) will essentially take the responsibility for their own education. Students and parents furnish us with documentation for the courses, resources, and method(s) of evaluation, so we can validate the learning that is taking place and justify the credits earned for the purpose of satisfying graduation requirements. They keep their own time records, progress reports, etc., and submit to us the grades and credits earned, enabling us to maintain current transcripts and issue official diplomas. We recommend that parents conform to the laws of their own state, including the signing of an Intent to Homeschool form, usually obtainable from their local school district. Today, this has become a very routine procedure in most areas. Also, if your state allows out-of-state assessments, we can provide your annual assessments for a nominal additional charge. Our contact with student and parent occurs primarily at the times of course selection and course completion. We will be available for brief consultations and advice if occasional questions or problems arise in the interim, but students in this plan will be able to experience learning with unsurpassed freedom, unbridled creativity, and absolute self-direction. The Recognition Plan offers all of the basic necessities for home- and unschooling families: assurance that their independent study program meets accepted criteria, the maintenance of official transcripts, and the opportunity to attain a high school diploma from Independence High School, a nationally accredited private school. In over two decades of experience, we have seen many families who have had gratifying success with a totally independent approach to homeschooling. Through the Recognition Plan, we can acknowledge autodidacts and authenticate their educational accomplishments. This plan might be the ultimate in unschooling high school diploma programs, as it is especially well suited both to the experienced unschooler, and to those who have prepared themselves to begin unschooling for the first time. Registrars of today’s colleges and universities are increasingly receptive to admitting home-schoolers, and frequently these students score significantly higher as a group in SATs and college entrance exams at specific schools than students coming out of the system. Independence High School graduates have successfully applied at the colleges and universities of their choice, locally, nationally, and globally, and have graduated from those institutions. The Recognition Plan offers all of the basic necessities for home- and unschooling families: assurance that their independent study program meets accepted criteria, the maintenance of official transcripts, and the opportunity to attain an official Washington State high school diploma from Independence High School, a Washington State approved and nationally accredited private school. The cost of the Recognition Plan is $800 per year for each student -- a considerable reduction from the tuition for the full service homeschool assistance offered in our regular Distance and Local Learning programs. There is also a one-time enrollment fee of $50, and a graduation fee of $50 for students receiving a diploma. (Note: Families enrolled in the Recognition Plan who subsequently find they need more assistance from our staff may transfer to the appropriate regular program, and receive credit for tuition already paid.) In the Recognition Plan:
We are pleased that we can help independent learners reach their goals and acquire the tools for a lifetime of learning, while providing recognition and validation for their achievements through this program. To enroll today in the Recognition Plan, or for additional information, please call
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