To meet the needs of homeschooling and independent study families for a child-centered home base and community learning hub.
Our learning community has developed a groundbreaking partnership with an accredited independent study program of our local school district. This synergy between our program and the district provides financial accessibility for families to access our program while preserving autonomy. This innovative partnership unlocks a myriad of benefits for all stakeholders involved providing flexibility to explore new educational horizons. We share a campus with Ojai Unified School District's independent study teachers, where Rock Tree Sky learners partake in a daily intention setting advisory and then move out to participate in interest driven programming and relationship building activities of their own choosing. Academic content and skills development is enhanced by the partnership between RTS and OUSD's independent study program, Summit School.
Through our work with Education Reimagined and a generous VELA Next-Step Grant, Rock Tree Sky has been providing consulting and site visits for similarly interested educators and innovators looking to create their own self-directed / child-centered learning centers or else learn how to partner their pre-existing programs with their local district. To this date we have helped over fifteen other programs in their growth and development.
We are committed to supporting more learning communities sprout and grow. We have developed a starter kit and are giving it away to help other learning communities and school districts learn how to build similar innovative partnerships to play a part in redefining the education landscape: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wMXhrxIZk7G4l_HVfTmfKsfjyqVg5Rn8R9k6HqltlfQ/edit?usp=sharing
