Instructional Pillars
Great goals need great plans. This pillar is about organization, time management, and strategy — skills that will help you balance your responsibilities in high school, succeed in college, and manage your future with clarity and focus.
What is Strategic Planning & Management?
Bring a notebook, your Fin. Lit. take home folders, and writing utensil, to class daily. (highlighters will be provided)
What is Be Organized?
Entering/Leaving the Room, Homework Policy, Late Work, Make-Up Work, Retake Test Policy, Office Hours, Academic Policy, PowerSchool, Food/Drink and Electronic Policy.
What are the Classroom Rules & Procedures?
How can developing financial knowledge and decision-making skills empower us to confidently navigate money matters now and in college, while shaping the future we want to build for ourselves?
What is the Course Essential Question?
Families can expect to receive communication from your teacher via call. Text will only be used to communicate with parents if it is preferred.
All families are encouraged to reach out to their teachers via call, email, or the class google website. Please send your teacher an email if you’d like to be added to the google classroom as a guardian.
All calls and emails are returned within 48 business hours.
What is the Mode of Communication from Teacher to Home?
College — and life — requires teamwork. Here, you’ll work with classmates to solve challenges, exchange ideas, and build solutions together. Collaboration will sharpen your ability to listen, lead, and learn from others.
What is Collaborative Problem Solving?
Choose to be excellent everyday! It’s an expectation in all GCCP classrooms (both virtual and in person). Strive to be great critical thinkers, ask questions, and most of all participate! Let's make learning fun!
What is Do Everything to the Best of Your Ability?
Bank Hunt
Budget Bosses
Credit Climber Simulation
College & Career Monopoly
Claw Tank
Investment Portfolio Simulation
Consumer Advocate Case Study
Adulting Simulation
Final Portfolio & Reflection – Showcase financial growth and college/career readiness.
What are Project Based Learning Assignments & Experiences?
Navigate inquiry-based financial units using tools and resources acquired through content knowledge and real-world application.
Draw conclusions about the processes and mechanisms of financial systems, including banking, credit, and investing.
Analyze financial texts, contracts, and case studies through both annotation and discussion.
Identify, explain, and discuss key financial principles such as budgeting, saving, credit, and debt management.
Apply financial knowledge across disciplines such as math (percentages, interest rates), reading (contracts, policies), and writing (financial reflections and proposals).
Make cultural and relevant connections between money, equity, systemic barriers, and opportunities in diverse communities.
Construct financial arguments and visual displays (e.g., budgets, charts, presentations) that demonstrate content knowledge.
Unpack and present financial concepts based on real-world scenarios, models, and inquiry-driven projects.
Synthesize evidence-based reasoning to support financial decisions and long-term planning.
Conduct thorough financial research to compare options, evaluate risks, and identify opportunities.
Critically analyze financial data, statistics, and informational texts to make informed choices that align with future goals, including college success.
What are the Learning Objectives?
GCCP College Prep does not tolerate cheating & plagiarism. Students will be graded according to their own ability to complete work. If a student copies the ideas, words, or opinions of someone else it will be considered cheating and/or plagiarism. This dishonesty will not be tolerated & will result in a zero for the assignment + an automatic detention, and/or more severe penalties for repeated offenses.
What is the Academic Policy?
This pillar is about knowing yourself and trusting your abilities. You’ll be encouraged to embrace your individuality, build self-confidence, and take ownership of your learning. Agency means stepping into the driver’s seat of your future — making informed choices and believing you have the power to shape your own path.
What is Confidence, Individuality & Agency?
Advocate for both yourself and your classmates when you are in need of support. These accommodations can range from additional support around learning, class materials, or a non-physical accommodation.
What is Be An Advocate?
Friday, August 29th, 2025
What is when the signature page is due?
The 10th Grade College Seminar in Financial Literacy equips students with the knowledge and skills to confidently manage personal finances in high school, college, and adulthood. Through projects, collaboration, case studies, and reflective writing, students will explore budgeting, saving, credit, investing, and financial planning in real-world contexts. Lessons are designed to mirror the independence and responsibility required in college while cultivating agency, strategic thinking, and informed decision-making that prepare students to thrive in higher education and in their future financial lives.
What is the Course Vision?
Consists of 9 Units and 9 Unit Titles.
What is the Course Scope & Sequence?
You’ll learn how to use your voice to express ideas clearly, stand up for what you believe, and advocate for yourself and others. This pillar is about becoming confident in sharing your perspective and making an impact.
What is Voice & Advocacy?
Classroom relationships are built on respecting the rights of everyone and everything in the room (both virtual and in person). In class, we are respectful to everyone and everything in our learning space, 100% of the time.
What is Be Respectful?
Do-Nows
Classwork
Participation
Discussions
Notes
Skills Checks
What are College Readiness Assignments?
Explain core financial principles including saving, credit, debt, and investing, with an emphasis on applying them to real-life college scenarios.
Analyze ideas, concepts, and inequities in financial systems and their impact on communities, especially as they relate to access and opportunity in higher education.
Identify and apply mathematical formulas to calculate interest, loan payments, and investment growth, including those tied to student loans or college-related expenses.
Create visual and written representations of personal and household financial plans that support independence during college.
Design models of financial processes such as budgeting, credit management, or retirement planning, rooted in skills needed for responsible college living.
What are the Course Goals?
Formatives (Exit Tickets, Quizzes, Inquiry-Based Assignments
Exit Tickets
Quizzes
College & Career Planning Tasks
What are Postsecondary Success Assignments?
Leadership isn’t just about titles — it’s about inspiring others and making choices that move a group forward. You’ll have opportunities to step into leadership roles, practice decision-making, and grow as someone who influences with integrity.
What is Leadership & Influence?
a. Submit work on time! Turn in all work by the due date, unless otherwise instructed by Ms. Allen.
b. Take responsibility for your actions, work, and attitude. Be both proud and humble when you do well, embrace and learn from your areas of growth.
What is Be Accountable?
Classwork & Participation: 20%
Homework/Practice Assignments: 15%
Quizzes/Checkpoints: 15%
Projects (End-of-Unit): 30%
Assessments (Unit/Final): 20%
What is the Grading Scale?
Catamounts can expect the following from me in this course...
Class lessons will be engaging and interactive for students
All graded work will be returned within 1 week of submission with necessary feedback attached.
There will be a weekly opportunity to review class assessment data and mastery performance as a whole group.
At least 1 week’s notice before all quizzes, 2 weeks notice for exams, and 1 month’s notice prior to finals
What are the Teacher Expectations & Responsibilities?
krboyd@garycomercollegeprep.org
dbaker@garycomercollegeprep.org
What are the Teachers' emails?