ABOUT
The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI) is expanding K–12 classrooms and improving communities across Michigan. It was established in November 2007 by the Great Lakes Fishery Trust with the support of the Wege Foundation.
The GLSI features three components:
- community-based learning (sometimes known as place-based education),
- sustained professional development for teachers, and
- school-community partnerships.
Teaching and learning that happen through the GLSI are aligned with the Michigan Merit Curriculum, Grade Level Content Expectations, and High School Content Expectations (available for download at: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753---,00.html).
The GLSI awards grants to regional hubs. Hubs provide leadership, expertise, support for teachers, and material and financial resources for the collaborative, local work of students and community organizations. To see the location of funded hubs in Michigan, click here.
The GLSI is served by an Advisory Group and a Funders’ Collaborative. Members of each group lend expertise and resources that advance the GLSI in schools and communities and among key stakeholders and policymakers in Michigan.
Three national consultants work closely with GLSI’s staff and participants:
- David Sobel, Center for Place-based Education at Antioch New England Institute
- Doris Terry Williams, Rural School and Community Trust
- Jon Yoder, Salem-Kaiser School District and the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources
Would you like to learn more? View a PowerPoint presentation, read the Overview of the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, or contact us for more information.
