Results from Three Years of Common Planning

Grass Lake Community Schools 899 S. Union Street, Grass Lake, Michigan 49240 Dena A. Dardzinski, Superintendent (517) 522-8491

Professional Development Activities

Study and application of the NINE COMMON PRINCIPLES (Coalition of Essential Schools)
Development of Grade Level Guides
Course Syllabus
North Central Accreditation
School Improvement
Grant Writing
Guidelines for professional conference attendance/reporting back to colleagues
Adoption of the CORE PLUS Integrated Math program
Expansion of team teaching and inclusion practices
Socratic Seminars
Movement from junior high concept to middle school format
Student Planners in grades 6-12
Integrated activities student store
PRIDE
Pioneer School Days - lengthy multi-grade/multi-subject project
Multicultural all-school project
Service Learning
Block Scheduling
American Studies Block (American Lit/History)
Senior Exhibitions
Multiple Intelligence
Continuous Learning classrooms
Weekly Elementary "Celebration of Learning" assemblies
March Madness - integrated subject unity using the NCAA playoff format
Foxfire
Violence Prevention
Discipline issues
Writing Across the Curriculum
Michigan Educational Assessment Program/High School Proficiency Tests
Critical Friends Network (CES)
Discussions based on professional articles/books
District-wide curriculum studies
Grade level work
Team teaching work
District Student Expectations
Portfolio Guidelines
Etc. - the above items are just a sampling of many benefits of Common Planning