TLCI’s Standard Program is designed for families experienced with home and community-based learning or are ready to take on the responsibility of developing and maintaining their own unique educational program for their children, complete with instructional, personal, and interest goals.

TLCI’s level of guidance and support reflects this level of readiness or experience on the part of families enrolled in this program. Additional support packages are available and transfer to the Mentor Program is also a possibility for families requesting or requiring increased support during the period of enrollment.

Program Overview

Each family is assigned a primary consultant, a professional with years of home education experience.  Through scheduled home visits and conferences, the consultant will offer guidance for developing and implementing each child’s Individualized Learning Plan (ILP).   The consultant will discuss resources and curricula, assist your child to assume greater responsibility for the success of his or her learning program, and be readily accessible throughout the year to provide support when requested.

The goal of a customized ILP is to facilitate the learner’s interests and motivation to learn at his or her pace and can be modified at any time to address the changing interests, needs, or goals of the learner.  Our program has clear K-8, High School and enrollment requirements designed to ensure program integrity and success.  

Enrollment also includes additional basic services and materials to support your home and community based learning program, including special events, professional seminars, Performing and Arts Fair, Science & Math Fair, Learning Fair, designated e-groups, and more.

Individualized Learning Plan and Service

The Standard Program offers a sufficient degree of guidance and support for families prepared to assume the responsibility for educating their children. The objective of the initial home visit is two-fold. The first task of the consultant is to continue the enrollment intake process and, upon completion, to determine whether enrollment in the Standard Program is an appropriate placement for family success.

Assuming placement is appropriate, the consultant will then assist the parent and learner to organize an Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) that meets or exceeds all legal and program criteria, goal setting, finding resources that meet your child’s needs and learning style, answer questions, and proper record keeping.

Depending on the child, the ILP of one learner may be driven primarily by his or her interests and consist of trips to local museums and other public sites, numerous hands-on activities such as kitchen sink experiments or helping to renovate a house, while the bulk of the program’s academic resources come from the shelves of the local library.  The ILP of another learner may have a more academic focus with the bulk of the program of study derived from textbooks, special classes, or our new curriculum.

In addition to assisting the family to devise a customized program, the consultant will also assist your child to assume greater responsibility for the success of his or her learning program. The program goals and schedule of a customized ILP is to facilitate the learner’s interests and motivation to learn at his or her pace, enjoying the journey along the way.

Through consistent contact and guidance by your consultant throughout the year, services are tailored to your family and can be modified at any time to address the changing interests, needs, or goals of the learner

K-12 Curriculum & Other Options

A critical component of a successful Individualized Learning Plan, especially in the beginning, is access to academic resources that act as an anchor, preventing the learner from losing focus and helping maintain momentum. One such tool is the e-Tap on-line curriculum that includes thousands of streaming videos that enrolled families can purchase at a significant savings.  This learner-driven curriculum for the entire family can form the core of any ILP, supporting a wide range of learning styles, interests, and needs.

Additional Services and Value

The Standard Program includes up to two home visits and at least three conference calls from your own professional consultant, development of an Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) for each enrolled child, email contact as needed, as well as additional basic services along with a number of optional services and products to support your home and community based learning program.

Enrollment also includes TLCI’s annual Learning Fair, Science and Math Fair, and Performing and Arts Fair. Other special events such as our Professional Seminars and other workshops are offered at a modest fee to cover costs.

TLCI also supports our families with e-groups, various e-bulletins and communications, and aiding parents to organize trips and social events for their children.

Accreditation

The Learning Community International is accredited by the Commission for International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA). CITA is the largest accrediting authority in the United States and is responsible for evaluating and accrediting over 36,000 schools in 100 countries. TLCI is also co-accredited by the Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools (MSCEC) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Unmatched Service & Support

TLCI has a twenty-five year history of delivering quality enrollment services of rising value and integrity by the most experienced, professional consultants in the field of home and community based learning. No other program provides this degree of guidance, flexibility, personalized service, security, and curriculum support tailored to the needs of your family.

Our graduates have been admitted to Ivy League colleges, technical and arts schools, all state universities, every military academy as well as universities outside the U.S. TLCI is also an Intel Semi-Finalist school.

TLCI is about learning, not schooling.

Enrollment Process

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