Learner-Centered Resource Collaborative

Mission Statement

To provide support for student success by promoting learner-centered practices 

Implementation

• The LCRC supports student success by promoting learner-centered practices in schools through professional development, professional preparation, and dissemination of research on best practices at conferences and in JPACTe, its online journal.
• Professional development for individuals and groups involved in education is available through the Constructivist Design Conference, in-service activities to enhance school district long- range plans, comprehensive school reform projects, teacher preparation programs, and the like.

Membership

Membership in the LCRC is open to any educational organization.  The Coordinating Council for the LCRC includes representatives from St. Lawrence University's Department of Education, Niagara University's College of Education, the Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES, and the Institute for Learning Centered Education.

Join the LCRC

Attend the 2011 Constructivist Design Conference

The 2011 Conference will be held at in the Sullivan Student Center at St. Lawrence University throughout the week of July 18-22.  School districts, colleges, and other educational organizations may utilize the conference to complete individually-designed task of benefit to their own organization.  The Conference has been cited as one of New York State's outstanding professional development opportunities for teachers, administrators, and other participants.

Read the Journal for the Practical Application of Constructivist Theory in Education (JPACTe)

For more information about the Learner-Centered Resource Collaborative, contact Dr. Jim Shuman at St. Lawrence University's Department of Education.