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From!Collaboration!to!Careers:!Profession"Based!Learning!for!the!21st CenturySteven!R.!Turckes,!AIA,!REFP,!LEED!APPrincipalPerkins+Will

Gary!Nevius,!AIA,!LEED!APPrincipalNSP!Architects

Donna!DeedsExecutive!Director,!CAPSBlue!Valley!Schools

The Act of Invention

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EDS commercial

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Background

2006Charge to

Superintendent

2007Feasibility

Study

2008January

Search for Exec Director

2008/2009

Pre

2010/2011

Full“provide

unique student learning

opportunities that currently do not exist in

the school district”

Presented the idea of a

“Center Based Program”

(CBP)

Exec. Director starts (Donna Deeds starts

April 1)

FebruaryProgramming

workshops commence

Pre-engineering in

all High Schools while

designing balance of

CAPS strands

Full immersion into business

Full implementation

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“ investigate innovative

programs that would aid in

student achievement”

to bus ess

Educational Task Force

1. High school reform research (in particular the desire to support 21st

century skills, provide authentic experiences, remove artificial dividing lines between curricular areas, and personalize learning

2 25 parent foc s gro ps 16 st dent foc s gro ps2. 25 parent focus groups, 16 student focus groups

“Feedback from various focus groups indicates that students want more relevance in their education as well as authentic and challenging work. They believe they are being adequately prepared for college, but maybe not for life. Some feel disengaged from their studies. Parents want positive connections for their students and the best preparation possible to enhance their students’ opportunities to

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be successful.”

3. Visited or researched other programs around the country

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Educational Task Force

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Four Strands

Engineering Human Services

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Business Bioscience

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Tapestry of Integrated Skills

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Program Goals from Feasibility Study

1. Increase the rigor, relevance and relationships of each student in the CBP.

2. Provide authentic “hands-on” learning experiences for all students.

3. Integrate 21st Century learning skills into the curricula.

4. Challenge each student in a way which requires him to evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of disciplines to solve a problem.

5. Provide authentic, educational internships and mentoring within the community.

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6. Promote enthusiasm for lifelong learning through student interests.

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• CAPS Report

• CAPS Planning

• Industry Presentations

• Final Draft Program Presentation and Edits

• Review Building Diagram Options

• User Group Meetings to discuss detailed room requirements

Planning Process - SynopsisFebruary 29, 2008 April 4, 2008 April 18, 2006 TBD

• Draft Conceptual Program

• Program Review & Diagrams

Presentations

• Facility Trends

• Large and Small Group Discussions

• Strand Discussions

Diagram Options

• Site Diagrams


Meeting 1 Meeting 2 Meeting 3

• Site Analysis and Options


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District Desires

! A place that draws students to the excitement of the learning environment

! A flexible environment that is able to grow with the program

! An environment that allows for different types of interactions

! A place where industry professionals can co-teach or work with students

! An environment that allows for tight connections between the classroom and the real world of work

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! An environment that reflects the corporate world

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“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of y gthinking we used when we created them.”

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Albert Einstein

20th Century! 1900 – Life expectancy 47 yrs.! 1945 U.N. – 51 countries! Early 20th – Agrarian Economy

21st Century! Today - Life expectancy 77 yrs.! 2006 U.N. – 192 countries! Information Economy

Change – what’s different

Early 20 Agrarian Economy! 1900: 40% households farming! Mid 20th – Industrial Economy! Employment – low or semi skilled! Prepare students for agricultural

and then industrial jobs! Work was local, isolated! Disconnected! Low-tech

Information Economy! 2000: <2% households farming! Conceptual Age Economy! Employment – highly skilled! Prepare students to

innovate and create! Work is global, collaborative! Connected! High-tech

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! Onslaught of Baby Boom! United States as preeminent

industrial power

! Boomers retiring 8000/day! Emergence of China and India! NCLB

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[In China] . . . educators are shifting away fromlecturing an exam-based grades – just as theU.S. is embracing more standardized metrics.In China, education czars are putting less

Education in China

C a, educat o c a s a e putt g essemphasis on tests and more on in-classexperiments and discussions. “Students cramand recite,” says Shen Baiyu, director ofcurriculum development at the EducationMinistry of Beijing. “They remember, but theydon’t understand.” The lack of creativity, saysShen, is “a fatal disadvantage of Chinesee d u c a t i o n . ”

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Source: Einhorn, Bruce “No Peasant Left Behind.” Business Week22/29 August 2005:

Richard Jones/SINPIX

Standardized Tests and 21st Century Skills

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Blue Valley % StudentsMeeting Math andReading Standards

% StudentsWith Measured

21st Century Skills

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! International assessment:

American secondary school

students’ performance varies

7 Survival Skills:• critical thinking and problem solving• collaboration across networks and leading

from mediocre to poor.*

! Graduation rate is 18th among

23 industrialized countries*

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by influence• agility and adaptability• initiative and entrepreneurship• effective oral and written communication• accessing and analyzing information• curiosity and imagination

! New skills are needed for an

economy based on innovation

*Source: Alliance for Excellent Education 2009Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Sustainability

We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors,we have only borrowed it from our children.

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e a e o y bo o ed t o ou c d e

-Kenyan Proverb

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Blythewood High School

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Concordia International School – Shanghai

! dining

! assemblies

! performances

! fundraisers

! banquets

! pre-function space

! conferences

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! large groups

! break-out area

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! dining

! assemblies

! performances

! fundraisers

! banquets


! conferences

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! large groups

! break-out area


! dining

! assemblies

! performances

! fundraisers

! banquets


! conferences

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! large groups

! break-out area

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! dining

! assemblies

! performances

! fundraisers

! banquets


! conferences

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! large groups

! break-out area


! dining

! assemblies

! performances

! fundraisers

! banquets


! conferences

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! large groups

! break-out area

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Northwestern UniversityFord Motor Company Engineering Design Center by Davis Brody Bond LLP

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Powell Focht Bioengineering BuildingUniversity of California, San Diego

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Carl Wunsche Sr High School by SHW Group

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Academy of Irving by Powell/PSP Architects

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Courtroom

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Small Group Discussions Comments! Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility! A “do” environment! 24/7/365 (flexible schedule, global, longer projects,

individual access, etc.)! Highly personalized collaborative environment! Highly personalized, collaborative environment! Need for students to communicate what they are doing

and their product! Working relationships (students, staff, business people)! College, Post-Secondary credit! Fluid faculty (a lot of coming and going), office space for

teachers, business partners, “hoteling”?! Teachers should think outside the box, look at how

businesses are organized to work

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! Multiple informal and community uses! “Image”: Inviting, ease of use, community oriented,

engaging, exciting, exudes energy, transparency, open, flexible, modular, different sized spaces, professional look, interactive…….

Workshop 2 HomeworkBring to the session an image or object that best describes the concepts listed below and be prepared to explain why you selected each item.

Culture! What is the culture we are trying to create within the new CAPS

school? ! How does this differ from other school cultures?! What will make this culture unique?

Experience! Who are your “clients”?! What experience do you want them to have in this environment?! How do we craft an experience along the entire range of contact

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points?

Future Vision! What does success look like?! What do we want to have accomplished 5 years from now?! What will our achievements be?

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Workshop 2 Recap – Culture/Experience/Brand

! CAPS will have its own culture of 5 schools coming together, strands coming together

! Clients are the kids, capture different kinds of learners, attainable by everyone

! Students can personalize their learning

! One of the most innovative schools, creative, out-of the-box

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! Relevant learning through professional experiences

! Multiple-uses, flexibility

! Spirit of innovation and discovery

! Interdisciplinary

! Collaborati e personali ed

Workshop 2 Recap – Culture/Experience/Brand

! Collaborative, personalized

! The experience and how it is delivered will make it unique

! Prepare students for a global society

! Professional

! Symbol for the future

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Symbol for the future

! Community/professional involvement

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Workshop 2 Recap – Visual Listening

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! Presentation space

! Reception area

! Outdoor learning space


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! Organic, sensory experience

! Transparency – outside inside

! Electronic media display

! Height/openness

! Cyber café/technology

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! Collaboration

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! Symbol of strand

! Meeting space/resource area

! Flexibility


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! Transparency

! Non-traditional

! Inspirational

! Warm, intimate

! Collaboration

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! Fun!

! Team-building

! Unique

! Open ceiling - expose building systems, teaching tool, flexibility

! Transparency

C f h l i h i i


! Comfort helps with creativity

! Multi-level, unexpected

! Color, light, bright

! Different types of furniture

! Lighting defines spaces

! Place to relax

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! A place where creativity happens

! Openness

! Outdoor seating, outdoor space

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Innovative Professional Environments

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Innovative Professional Environments - IDEO

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Tribune Interactive Chicago, Illinois

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American Red Cross

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Temple Hoyne Buell HallUniversity of Illniois, Champaign

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Perkins+Will Office Chicago, Illinois

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Diamond Cluster InternationalChicago, Illinois

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Innovative Professional Environments – Resultech

Architecture as communication tool

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Engineering Bioscience

Small Group Strand Diagrams

WholeBuilding

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Human Services Business

District High Schools

1. 22,000 Pre-K thru 12 students district

2. 5 High Schools

3. CAPS - District-wide Juniors and Seniors

4. 250 students for 2 ½ hours each day, morning or afternoon

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5. Construction budget = $12.5M

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Site

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Site Plan

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Building Diagram

Flexible Teaching Spaces

STRAND

LearningFacilitators

Atrium/Core/Café

Innovation Area

Innovation Area

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STRAND

Flexible Teaching SpacesLearningFacilitators

First Floor Plan

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View Looking Northeast

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!Stormwater Mgmt.!Rainwater collection

used for irrigation!Reduced Heat Island!Water-efficient

LandscapingR i G d

Sunscreen

Photovoltaic Array

Rainwater Collection

Sustainability

!Rain Gardens!Optimized Energy

Performance!Recycled, Locally-

sourced Materials!Underfloor Air - IAQ

Performance!CO2 Monitoring!Low Emitting Materials!Thermal Comfort!Daylighting and Views

Rain Gardens

Wind Turbin

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!Daylighting and Views!Photovoltaic Array!Wind Turbin!School as Teaching Tool

Goal: LEED Gold

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Fly-through

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Business Partners

! Curriculum design and review

! Guest speakers and instructorsp

! Mentors and internships

! Site tours

! Classroom space, data/phone lines and furniture

! Financial investment

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! Equipment/other resources (new and/or decommissioned)

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Questions

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Steven Turckes, AIA, REFP, LEED APPrincipal, Perkins+Will 330 N. Wabash Avenue, #3600Chicago, IL [email protected]

Steven Turckes AIA REFP LEED®AP is the national director of the K 12 Educational Facilities GroupSteven Turckes, AIA, REFP, LEED®AP is the national director of the K-12 Educational Facilities Group for Perkins+Will, an international award-winning architectural firm specializing in the research-based planning and design of innovative and sustainable educational facilities. In Mr. Turckes’ 23-year career his work has focused on the programming, master planning and implementation of numerous K-12 projects across the nation and abroad.

An avid reader and strategic thinker about the evolving nature of our global society and economy, Mr. Turckes often assists schools navigate change to create flexible environments that support critical learning and skill acquisition objectives; helping to prepare students for success now and in the future.

Mr. Turckes firmly believes in a strong collaborative process and his work exhibits an ability to successfully translate client goals into innovative and thoughtful school environments that are uniquely

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successfully translate client goals into innovative and thoughtful school environments that are uniquely suited to each school’s specific needs. Mr. Turckes’ experience and understanding of the key issues surrounding K-12 facilities have led to numerous presentations at regional and national educational conferences on a broad range of topics from planning 21st century schools to safety and security to green architecture and its use in school facilities. His projects have been recognized with numerous awards and honors from both the architectural and educational communities.

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