Partners for Learning Across Cultures

Partners for Learning Across Cultures (PLAC) encourages Christian communities, parents, churches, and schools around the world to establish partnerships in learning.

These partnerships encourage teachers, administrators, church leaders, and students to engage one another in the learning process across cultural boundaries.

People in learning communities learn from one each other and contribute to the discovery of knowledge, new learning methods, and environments.

Under such partnership arrangements, partners discover and define their educational task within the context of caretaking God's world.  This helps every learner realize that they belong to him.

Guiding Principles:

• Uphold the dignity of each participant
• Foster independent learning
• Foster excellence in academic achievement and skill acquisition
• Experience God's dynamic interaction with his creation
• Practice obedience in restoring God's creation
• Celebrate inherent cultural differences

Levels of Partnering:

• Getting started
• Getting to know one another
• Getting to know one another better
• Commitment of staff to foster and enhance communication between partners
• Preparing for exchange visits