Community Learning Center Blog

“How to Sell Anything!” seminar on Apr. 26th!

April 21, 2014 Kristen Harper Uncategorized

Please join us this Saturday, April 26th from 10am – 2pm for Patrick Valtin’s seminar on

“How to Sell Anything!”

Join Patrick for an intense training with invaluable tips on how to:

• Beat aggressive competitors and make sure your sales strategy is spot on
• Turn tough buyers into your most loyal customers by learning WHY they buy
• Master the Golden Rules of negotiation by knowing the KEY buying factors!

The seminar will be held at the Community Learning Center located at 1411 N Fort Harrison Avenue in Clearwater, FL 33755. Tickets are $75 or you can come for FREE if you are a $50 or more monthly sponsor of the CLC.

Please call Kristen at the Center at (727) 441-4444 ext. 1007 if you are interested in attending this fun and informative training!

Interesting article about psychology in our schools

April 7, 2014 Kristen Harper Educational

How Psychology Made Its Way into Our Schools

Written by Sharon Hillestad, Director of Tutoring

William James

William James, 20th century philosopher, wrote, “The teachers of this country have its future in their hands.” Assuming William James is correct, we should be concerned not only about what our teachers are teaching, but also what they are being taught. Since college professors are the teachers of teachers, any examination of teachers should start with them.

William James had a mighty impact on American public education. He advocated professional training for teachers based on the then new “science” of psychology. He, along with John Dewey, forwarded “Progressive Education.”

Normal schools for teachers were established in 1835 and training to become a teacher only lasted a few weeks. By 1859, these training centers were mostly controlled by those followers of John Dewey who were indoctrinated in German psychological theories. Training teachers became a longer affair. It stretched to two years.

I attended one of the last Normal Schools in Wisconsin. I was certified to teach all eight grades and all subjects when I graduated after two years. Since I was aware that teachers would have to have a college degree soon, I decided to continue training at a state university. I earned a four year degree in 1966; I was certified to teach grades one to four! Two more years of education and I was certified to teach half as many grades.

Joy Gendusa seminar on Mar. 29th!

March 26, 2014 Kristen Harper Seminars

“Marketing for Master Response

(Without Breaking the Bank)”

Saturday, March 29^th 10am – 2pm

Joy Gendusa, founder and CEO of PostcardMania (an Inc. 500 company), will be on-hand to personally share the strategies she used to build her business organically from nothing, just a phone and computer, into a $22 million industry leader employing 196 staff locally and nationwide.

How can I generate quality leads week after week?
Why didn’t Google marketing work for me?
How can I leverage social media for better ROI?
How do I start (and succeed) with public relations?
Why isn’t my website producing more leads and sales?

WHEN: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10 am – 2 pm

WHERE: Community Learning Center 1411 N Fort Harrison Ave, Clearwater, FL

COST: $75 or you may attend for FREE if you are a $50 or more monthly sponsor of the Community Learning Center! (As a monthly sponsor you can attend ALL of our seminars for free) All proceeds go to CLC

For questions, directions or to purchase tickets to this seminar, please call Kristen at the CLC at (727) 441-4444 ext. 1007.

Books for Kids event a success!

March 11, 2014 Kristen Harper Books For Kids Events, Volunteer

Neal Fox reads It’s Weird to Grow a Beard

Author Neal Fox attended our March Free Books and Art for Kids event to do a book reading for our families. His book, It’s Weird to Grow a Beard, is a collection of 17 funny and inspiring poems for kids of all ages.

Each child who attended the event was able to pick out five gently-used books to take home. They also enjoyed doing art, listening to music, playing Musical Chairs for prizes and eating baked goods donated by Frida’s Cafe and Bakery.

Finance Seminar with Drew Johnston

February 19, 2014 Kristen Harper Uncategorized

“Money Mastery”

with Drew Johnston

Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 10am – 2pm at the Community Learning Center at 1411 N Fort Harrison Avenue in Clearwater, FL

Join Drew for a fabulous and in-depth finance training on how to:

Make more money with less effort
Become the master of your financial destiny
Use the basics to improve your finances

Individual tickets are priced at $75. You may attend for FREE if you are a $50 or more monthly sponsor of the Community Learning Center. To purchase tickets, please call us at the Center at (727) 441-4444.

Night at the Opera

February 5, 2014 Kristen Harper Uncategorized

Please join us on Saturday, February 22, 2014 for a

Night at the Opera!

Enjoy a night filled with opera from the fabulous Susanne Epple and delicious cuisine prepared by our French Board Member, Catherine Chavanne.

We will also have beautiful artwork by Leni Bates featured at the Center for the first time that evening. Proceeds from art sales to benefit the CLC.

Where: Community Learning Center

1411 N Fort Harrison Ave.

Clearwater, FL 33755

When: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014

Doors open at 7:30pm

Event starts at 8:00pm

To purchase tickets for this event for only $25 each, contact the Community Learning Center at (727) 441-4444.

Worldwide Telethon a success!

January 28, 2014 Kristen Harper Uncategorized

Our Worldwide Telethon weekend was filled to the brim with amazing volunteers, tremendous talent and generous donations! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED! We had a fantastic event and we were able to get the word out about the Community Learning Center to thousands of people! We had entertainment from so many talented artists including Chill E.B., Rob Meister, Jim Meskimen, Princess Joy Villa, Diego Verdaguer, the Jam Band, the Jive Aces, David Pomeranz and the amazing Kenny Rogers!

If you weren’t around to see this event, you can go to the Telethon page (using the tabs at the top) or by going to www.clctutoring.com/telethon and you have 30 more days you may watch it on LiveStream. Check out the thermometer on the right side of the page… great results!

Free Books and Art for Kids event on Saturday!

January 9, 2014 Kristen Harper Uncategorized

CLC has books, art, face painting and fun!

Fun at the Books for Kids event!

Please join us on Saturday, January 11th from 11am – 1pm for our FREE Books and Art for Kids event right here at our Community Learning Center! We are located at 1411 N Fort Harrison Avenue in Clearwater, FL.

Each month, we hold this free event so that we may distribute hundreds of gently used books to local children in order to encourage them to read. These books are donated by families and organizations. We provide snacks, arts and crafts activities, face painting and we will have an author attend to do a book reading for the kids. Every child may take home up to five gently-used books. This event is open to the public!

Holiday Party at Winter Wonderland!

December 19, 2013 Kristen Harper Uncategorized

Please join the Community Learning Center tonight – Thursday, December 19, 2013 from 6pm – 9pm for our annual Holiday Party at Winter Wonderland! It is located on the northwest corner of Drew Street and N Fort Harrison Avenue in Clearwater, FL. All CLC kids get free admission to the event!

Happy Holidays and hope to see you there!

Parent Tip – Algebra

November 27, 2013 Kristen Harper Uncategorized

Algebra is fun!

But it is not fun if you think that Algebra is just mathematical alphabet soup. To help you clarify for yourself and your child exactly what algebra is, we are sharing this definition and WONDERFUL examples provided by one of our wonderful tutors, Jancis Dienes.

Algebra is the study of mathematical statements which are generally true.

In algebra, the statements we study form a pattern which is true no matter what number we put in that pattern.

For example:

(4+2) = (2+4)

(6+8) = (8+6)

(9+3) = (3+9)

So we can say:

(a+b) = (b+a)