Lessons Learned – Track A
The "lessons learned" track draws from the presenters' unique experiences – some good, some bad. Attendees will explore lessons and best practices that may be applied as they encounter similar circumstances. |
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The ABCs of Facilities Studies: It's More Than Just Numbers |
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Carol Cash, EdD, Virginia Tech; Travis Twiford, EdD, John Davis & Associates
As facilities are asked to support broader and more complex educational activities and offerings our assessment of their effectiveness must evolve to keep pace. Come learn about the qualitative aspects – the ABCs – of facilities assessments that accompany more traditional, quantifiable measures of places and spaces and capacity counts. ABC's including considerations for the 21st century learner and skills sets will be addressed along with others.
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Leveraging Community Engagement to Foster Systemic Change |
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Brad Johnson, Isaac Dickson Elementary School; Jesse Emry, Isaac Dickson Elementary School; Bae-Won Koh, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Innovative Design
Isaac Dickson Elementary School is a magnet school in Asheville, NC, committed to hands-on learning. Their old facility did not support this approach nor did it meet their growth projections so plans were made for a new school. An integrated planning and design process involving students, teachers, staff, parents, community members, school district officials, and members of the local board of education included 65 meetings and over 1,160 stakeholders. Come hear about the process and resulting facility that supports a new model of instruction featuring unique indoor and outdoor learning environments including community eco-gardens and edible schoolyards, a sound garden, educational greenhouse, outdoor amphitheater, educational courtyards, interpretive trails and signs, a sundial, and a Hadrosaur fossil wall. Hear about their constructed wetlands, daylighting strategies, rainwater catchment and reuse, solar water heating, photovoltaic systems, water conservation, recycling, green monitoring efforts aimed at energy efficiency and a low eco-footprint.
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Up or Out: The Economics of Multiple-Story Facilities vs. One-Story |
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Scott Horan, Stafford County Public Schools; William G. Downey, Downey and Scott, LLC; John Hill, AIA, REFP, Grimm + Parker Architects
With the competition for land and funds, choosing whether to go up or go out can have significant impacts. Among other things, the choice can impact decisions surrounding land acquisition, initial construction costs, utility costs, maintenance costs, school and community amenities, and environmental considerations including storm water management. Come hear a panel of experts present to data gathered on single-story versus multi-story scenarios. See drawings, plans, and hard number calculations and learn which issues might be most important to your system or community.
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High Performing Schools: What We've Learned So Far |
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Jonathan Aldis, AIA, Stantec Architecture; Marty Sims, AIA, Stantec Architecture
Take a field trip through four of the most non-traditional education programs in the country and walk away with ideas that will change the way you think about education. In this virtual tour you will meet the principals, hear from students, see the schools, and explore the educational programs that are better engaging students and resulting in higher attendance, test scores, community engagement, and graduation rates. See how they are also reducing discipline referrals, teacher turnover, and teacher/student absenteeism. Come hear what some of the most innovative programs in the country are doing and how it's having a significant impact on students. Discover 6 powerful underlying principles that can be applied to the work you're doing in your district, too. Learn what learners value in educational environments and how those environments are empowering them and building their confidence.
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