Stakeholders take a Myer-Briggs test to determine talents, strengths and interests, and to which committee they should be assigned. A logo is designed for the project in order to give all participants a visual symbol of the joint planning process and a collective visual image that represents group goals. Treasure cards are distributed to find out what the community assets are. These cards are questionnaires in both English and Spanish about local resources which can be filled out and returned to the school as a reference of community mentors, services, supplies, and businesses. Study groups are formed to investigate communications, socioeconomic factors, government, educational criteria, and facilities infrastructure.
Groups draw, dream, and articulate preferences and findings throughout the process.
A draft of the recommendations is made and reviewed. During and after a master plan is in place, School Zone continues to provide architecture and design workshops for adults and children in which learners investigate the built, natural, and cultural environment in order to fully appreciate the community in which they live. The context for learning includes not only the school and school grounds or the site to be developed, but extends into the community and beyond. Content Content is defined as what is to be learned, and is expressed in terms of integrated subject matter concepts, across disciplines. The importance of concepts is that they are universal and represent in ideational form the material world and our surroundings.