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Our school has over 60
Years of Educational Experience.
Our mission is to
help families with the educational journey of their
children.
Pam Owens,
Principal
A retired educator,
Pam has 30 years of experience in direct instruction education. A mother
of 5, Pam was directly involved with 2 of her children's education
all the way through to college.
Her expertise is in educating children with learning disabilities,
giving teenagers a chance to start over educationally
and using the Boy Scouting and Personal Progress programs to create
an individualized high school curriculum, that prepares a student for
college.
Formerly, she was a facilitator
for an umbrella school in Ventura County, CA. and
took the concept to a small public school district, creating a
charter program that offers educational materials and classes for
the students who needed an alternative to the traditonal classroom
education.
She retired in June 2005 when she moved to
Monmouth Oregon to be closer to her children and
grandchildren. Pam is the Principal of our school
and a Learning
Advisor.
Ann Agent,
Director
An advocate for literacy, Ann is
passionate in facilitating educational opportunities for learners. She was President of a Pre-school
Co-op in Chicago coordinating its parent workshops, fund-raising, advertising
and business management as well as supervising
classroom teachers.
She has been running an educational forum since 2003 helping teachers
network, arranging field trips and organizing their annual
conference.
She
has mentored youth in the printing industry, having formely worked for
15 years in graphic production with various companies such as working as
a graphic designer for a manufacturing firm or
as an Art Director/Production Manager for a weekly trade publication in Chicago. Having
learned to read at age 3, Ann finds her
greatest learning memories were those weekly bike rides
to the library returning home with her baskets
full of books. She handles our administrative needs, website
and is also a Learning Advisor.
Dr Larry Arnoldsen,
Advisor
Dr. Arnoldsen has been a public school and junior college
teacher, a university professor (BYU 1969-98), and an educational
advisor to public and private schools. He has done extensive
research on the history of education from ancient times to the
present, including the rise of home schooling today.
His doctorate is on
the history, philosophy and administration of
colleges and universities.
He has written numerous articles for various professional educational publications, home school newsletters,
and has spoken at a variety of
educational conferences. He taught courses considered the first in
the nation to teach on on home schooling at the University
level.
Dr Arnoldsen's materials have inspired students and parents
in promoting the individualized, learner-driven process of education
that Freedom Academy is
supporting.
Our mission is to help families with the educational journey of their children.
Pam Owens, Principal
A retired educator, Pam has 30 years of experience in direct instruction education. A mother of 5, Pam was directly involved with 2 of her children's education all the way through to college. Her expertise is in educating children with learning disabilities, giving teenagers a chance to start over educationally and using the Boy Scouting and Personal Progress programs to create an individualized high school curriculum, that prepares a student for college.
Formerly, she was a facilitator
for an umbrella school in Ventura County, CA. and
took the concept to a small public school district, creating a
charter program that offers educational materials and classes for
the students who needed an alternative to the traditonal classroom
education.
She retired in June 2005 when she moved to
Monmouth Oregon to be closer to her children and
grandchildren. Pam is the Principal of our school
and a Learning
Advisor.
Ann Agent,
Director
An advocate for literacy, Ann is passionate in facilitating educational opportunities for learners. She was President of a Pre-school Co-op in Chicago coordinating its parent workshops, fund-raising, advertising and business management as well as supervising classroom teachers. She has been running an educational forum since 2003 helping teachers network, arranging field trips and organizing their annual conference.
She
has mentored youth in the printing industry, having formely worked for
15 years in graphic production with various companies such as working as
a graphic designer for a manufacturing firm or
as an Art Director/Production Manager for a weekly trade publication in Chicago. Having
learned to read at age 3, Ann finds her
greatest learning memories were those weekly bike rides
to the library returning home with her baskets
full of books. She handles our administrative needs, website
and is also a Learning Advisor.
Dr Larry Arnoldsen, Advisor
Dr. Arnoldsen has been a public school and junior college teacher, a university professor (BYU 1969-98), and an educational advisor to public and private schools. He has done extensive research on the history of education from ancient times to the present, including the rise of home schooling today.
His doctorate is on the history, philosophy and administration of colleges and universities. He has written numerous articles for various professional educational publications, home school newsletters, and has spoken at a variety of educational conferences. He taught courses considered the first in the nation to teach on on home schooling at the University level.
Dr Arnoldsen's materials have inspired students and parents
in promoting the individualized, learner-driven process of education
that Freedom Academy is
supporting.
Every child is different,
therefore the educational work they do must meet
their own
developmental individuality rather than limiting them to standardized
norms.
