The Architectural Response to Educational Reform

CEFPI 84th Annual International Conference

Sunday, October 7, 2007

PANELISTSLaura Knauss, AIA, LEED, REFPPrincipal, Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

Kathleen Moore, Director School Facilities Planning Division, CDE

Dr. Susan Wolff, Chief Academic OfficerColumbia Gorge Community College

Matt Perry, PrincipalArthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School, Sacramento City USD

“If I could do only one thing…”

REFORM

• Relevance

• Rigor

• Relationships

RELEVANCE

• Project-based learning

• High performance

• Technology rich

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

• Use and user-determined spaces

– Flexible and adaptable

• Learning studios

– Collaboration

– Incubator

• Interconnected spaces

• Glue spaces

• Pause spaces

If I could do only one thing…

I’d create OPEN, COLLABORATIVE SPACES with soft furnishings and whiteboards

If I could do only one thing…

I’d make the LEARNING SPACE more like the WORKPLACE

If I could do only one thing…

I’d remove TRADITIONAL BOUNDRIES

HIGH PERFORMANCE

• Environmental stewardship

• Student performance

• Energy savings

• Buildings that teach

DID YOU KNOW?

Based on 2004 data from LAUSD, an average school could earn an additional $94,000 - $188,000 from the state by increasing ADA through green school practices (indoor air quality) which are projected to significantly reduce the number of student sick days.

If I could do only one thing…

Alder Creek Middle SchoolTahoe Truckee Unified School District Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

I’d take advantage of daylighting to ENHANCE student performance

Foresthill High SchoolPlacer Union High School District Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

If I could do only one thing…

I’d use the BUILDING for show and tell

TECHNOLOGY RICH

• Wireless and integrated

• The evolution from library to student union and from cafeteria to internet cafe

Technology RichIf I could do only one thing…

Nineteen Library Media CentersRio Linda Union School District Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

I’d go WIRELESS

If I could do only one thing…

Alder Creek Middle SchoolTahoe Truckee Unified School District Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

I’d make a cozy READING PLACE

Kimball High SchoolTracy Unified School District Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

If I could do only one thing…

I’d REDEFINE the cafeteria

RIGOR

“We know—because research tells us—that successful schools adhere to our rigorous standards, and build a culture around data-driven decision making.”

– Jack O’Connell Superintendent of Public Instruction California

RIGOR

• Healthy Children

• New Century Vision for Middle Grades

• P-16 Councils

• Career and Technical Education

• School Choice

HEALTHY CHILDREN• Nutritional guidelines and choices

– Facilities affected by more meals served

– Food courts and other choices

– Partnerships

• PE guidelines

– Requirements affect facilities

Reference: CEFPI Workshophere Sunday 3:15pm.

DID YOU KNOW?

Nearly 15% of our children and teenagers are overweight—about 8 million kids.

If I could do only one thing…

I’d PLANT a garden

If I could do only one thing…

I’d SPICE UP the cafeteriaArroyo Valley High SchoolSan Bernardino, CaliforniaUniversal Seating Company, Food Court Design Group

NEW CENTURY VISION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS• 12 recommendations by California Middle

Grade Alliance

• Facilities impact:

– Variety of instructional spaces

– Professional collaboration spaces

– Specialized spaces

– Specialized equipment

– Gathering spaces

If I could do only one thing…

Foresthill High SchoolPlacer Union High School District Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

I’d CONNECT the insideto the outside

P-16 COUNCILS

• Addressing the achievement gap

• Facilities implications

DID YOU KNOW?

There is a 5-17% difference in achievement between students in poor buildings and those in standard buildings.(Earthman, 2002)

If I could do only one thing…

Hagginwood Elementary SchoolNorth Sacramento School DistrictLionakis Beaumont Design Group

I’d CHANGE the face

SCHOOL CHOICE

• Alternative grade levels

• Charter schools

• Online education

• Distance learning

• Themed, magnet, academies

Alternative Grade Levels• K-8 Model

North K8 SchoolTracy Unified School DistrictLionakis Beaumont Design Group

If I could do only one thing…

I’d REJUVENATE a neighborhood school by going K8

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

• New standards and framework

– 15 industry sectors

– 56 pathways

• Proposition 1D funding: $500 million

• Facility impact

– Rehabilitation

– New construction choices

– Interdisciplinary

DID YOU KNOW?

Sixty-five% of career and technical education students have a GPA of 2.5 or higher, and 95% graduate from high school.

If I could do only one thing…

I’d INVITE higher education and industry partners in

Lincoln Career and Tech SchoolLincoln Unified School District Lionakis Beaumont Design Group

RELATIONSHIPS

• Small is big!

• Community

• Partnerships

SMALL IS BIG!

• Small schools—the SCUSD example

• Small learning communities

• Identity

DID YOU KNOW?

On average, the 47 small schools in the New York City School District reported 73% of their students graduating in June 2007, compared with the City’s calculations of an overall 60% graduation rate in 2006.

Source: NY Times

PARTNERSHIPS• Businesses

– Mentorship

– Internships

– Financial support

• Higher education– Sequencing into higher education; workforce

development

– Dual enrollments

– Guided study tours

– Job shadows

– Collegiate mentors

– Faculty team members

• Student-to-student

COMMUNITY

• Engagement

– Responsiveness

– Rejuvenation

• Center of community

– Social services

– Child care/pre-school

DID YOU KNOW?

Children who attend preschool are 20% more likely to graduate from high school than children who do not.

If I could do only one thing…

I’d INVITE the community in

“If I could do only one thing…”