Personal Education Plans (PEP)
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Personal Education Plans OverviewGo to top
Personal Education Plans are a unique and integral part of the educational experience at GBCS. They reflect our school’s mission and vision to support individual learning and to encourage all of our students to become independent and self-directed learners. Each child at GBCS has a Personal Education Plan (PEP) that lists their interests and learning styles. It also lists individual goals and strategies for success as developed by the student, teacher and parent/guardian.
Students may work on their PEP goals during class time, centers, FLEX time, Genius Hour, and Enrichment Clusters.
We began to implement Positive Discipline in 2001 and have followed its principles ever since. Our students begin using conflict resolution and class meetings in kindergarten. Positive Discipline uses solution focused discipline to build a powerful learning community that models mutual respect and supports academic excellence. It is kind and firm; rooted in social-emotional learning and restorative justice.
We began to implement Positive Discipline in 2001 and have followed its principles ever since. Our students begin using conflict resolution and class meetings in kindergarten. Positive Discipline uses solution focused discipline to build a powerful learning community that models mutual respect and supports academic excellence. It is kind and firm; rooted in social-emotional learning and restorative justice.
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What Each Child's PEP ContainsGo to top
Each child's Personal Education Plan contains:
- an assessment of the child's individual learning styles – Multiple Intelligence Inventory
- the child's interests, Interest Survey and Interest Inventory
- 1-3 goals - Teachers and students have the flexibility to encourage students to choose from 1 to 3 goals (this could vary by student or by trimester).
- suggestions related to learning strategies that will work with the child's style;
- final product and/or assessment for each goal
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PEP & ConferencesGo to top
During the autumn conferences in English World (5th Grade) and Spanish World (2nd Grade), the teacher, student and parent develop the child’s academic and intellectual goals for the trimester. The completed PEP then becomes the blueprint for the individual education that GBCS provides. The completed PEP outlines the student’s individual goals which are then a focus for learning for each student.
The Personal Education Plan is reviewed and updated, as needed, minimally at the two annual parent/guardian-student-teacher conferences and in three Progress Summaries.
Fall PEP Conferences: October 19-23, 2026
Spring PEP Conferences: April 12-16, 2027
