Lander County School District Educational Planning Buildings Grounds

Lander County School District Educational Planning Buildings Grounds Facilities

Austin. Historical Elem – Built 1928 MSB – Built Changes. EPin– Built Education 1950 1960 BMJH – Built 1961 1640 -1900 -1940 1950 -1960 Reading Writing Arithmetic Core American Values Assimilate European immigrants Social engineering Nutrition Immunization Health Vocational education Practical arts Physical education School lunch program Driver’s education Safety education Foreign language Sex education Consumer Education Career Education Horace Mann & Common School Movement Maria Montessori Waldorf Dewey/Progressive Movement Carnegie Units

– Built in Austin HS – Historical. BMHS Changes Education 1981 1970 Special education Drug & alcohol abuse Parent education Community education Guidance counseling Individually-based learning Middle school philosophy Open Schools Community Learning Centers Magnet Schools Alternative Learning Centers Built 1989 1980 1990 Keyboarding & Computers Multicultural, gender-fair Ed Cognitive disabled Emotionally disabled English as second language Bilingual education Early childhood education Full-day kindergarten Pre-school programs After-school programs Gifted & talented program HIV/AIDS education Gang education ADA Distance learning Internet technologies Back-to-basics movement House Plans Standards-based Education Movement

Historical Changes in Education 2000 2020 Interdisciplinary Instruction Integrated curriculum Community of learners Authentic learning & assessment Self-directed, project-based & problembased learning Virtual schools Learning communities Choice/vouchers movement Home-schooling Studio learning model Self-directed learning environments Life-long learning facilities Networks of learning settings Distance learning centers

History: CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES 20 TH CENTURY • Teaching efficiency • Math/linguistic skills • Teach to the class • Student sharing is cheating • Teaching takes place in classroom • Talk teaching • Tracking by “ability” levels • Departmental organization EMERGING • Effective learning • Multiple intelligences • Students engaged in multiple activities • Cooperative learning • Breakout groups • Community-based learning • Project learning • Heterogeneous groupings • Houses, academies

History: CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES 20 TH CENTURY • Uniform school paradigms • Hierarchical authority structure • School in relative isolation • Prep for “unknown” future • Grade levels taught separately • Rote learning • Breadth not depth • Wide choices in courses, electives, and activities • Parent contact sporadic & crisis driven • Circumstantial school size EMERGING • Multiple school paradigms • Collective decision-making • High community participation • Prep for “unknown” future • Multi-grade learning • Critical thinking skills • Deep learning • Focused schools, fewer choices • Parent contact regular and positive • Intentional school size

History: CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PLANNING 20 TH CENTURY OVERALL PLANNING • Spaces optimized • Functions work in relative isolation • Few strategic relationships • Single function elements CLASSROOMS • Isolated classrooms • Anonymous on corridor • Repeated sizes/shapes • Hard walls • Low Sq. Ft/student • Tablet arm chairs EMERGING OVERALL PLANNING • Spaces flexible • Functions relate to each other • Many strategic relationships • Multi-functioning elements CLASSROOMS • Combinable classrooms • Classrooms clustered • Variety room sizes/shapes • Permeable edges • Higher Sq. Ft/student • Student workstations

History: CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PLANNING 20 TH CENTURY SPECIAL LEARNING AREAS • Few specialized areas • No Sp. Ed or separate Sp. Ed • Isolated “Vocational” spaces TEACHERS • Classroom is home base • Little access to outside world LEARNING SUPPORT SPACES • Central administration • No/central guidance CIRCULATION • Corridors • Movement only EMERGING SPECIAL LEARNING AREAS • Many varied support spaces • Special Education in classrooms • Integrated “Career-Tech” TEACHERS • Planning centers are home base • Phones, internet everywhere LEARNING SUPPORT SPACES • Distributed leadership • Distributed, proactive guidance CIRCULATION • Commons, break-out spaces • Social/learning experiences

Problems & Opportunities Societal Forces Impacting Education Demographics Economy Technology Social/Cultural Diverse learners and increased community use New standards, changes in curriculum, longer school year, partnerships More computers, self-directed learning Extended-day, daycare latchkey, safety issues, alternative & magnet schools, choice & vouchers

Problems & Opportunities Impact of Educational Trends on Facilities More flexibility for alternate & future uses Variety of learning settings beyond traditional self-contained classrooms New arrangements from traditional Strategies for shared community use More complex infrastructure for technology & environmental controls

Problems & Opportunities Why facilities drive education Flexibility limited by existing space Traditional self-contained classrooms the accepted norm New arrangements hard to create Limited community use possible Facilities not accommodating new technology well

Problems & Opportunities Range of Possible Actions do nothing renovate existing for deferred maintenance alterations and additions to existing to address educational issues build new facilities create shared community-based & virtual learning facilities

Levels of Facility Modification Modernization existing facility updated structurally, educationally and environmentally, future-oriented curriculum-based factors Remodeling changes that might improve educational effectiveness ambient environmental factors Rehabilitation deferred maintenance, to restore to same condition health & safety factors

Modernize or Replace? Advantages/Disadvantages of modernization over replacement. . . Advantages [+] Loyalty to building, history, symbol of community [+] Assumes economy since reusing what you already have [+] Can sell to taxpayers, economically thrifty, replacement value Disadvantages [-] Building functional obsolete with respect to educational program [-] Educational obsolescence not perceived by citizens [-] Often places economy above educational values

Process Vision Education Fit Analysis + + - Plan Architecture

Vision Education Analysis Architecture Plan VISIONING PROCESS Conduct school/community workshops - Conduct an organizational scan: identify internal and external opportunities and threats, document expectations - Develop a shared educational vision

Vision EXTERNAL TRENDS SOCIAL/CULTURAL POLITICAL ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC PLANNING STRATEGIC EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FISCAL/RESOURCE INTERNAL LIMITATIONS PHYSICAL SOCIAL/CULTURAL POLITICAL ECONOMIC

Education Vision Education Analysis Architecture Plan EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY Conduct an educational needs assessment (1) Critical review of educational programs past, present, future (2) Develop an idealized educational environment model

Educational Adequacy: Critical review of educational programs past, present, future Learning Process • Standards & accountability • Program & curriculum • Assessment Learning Organization • Time • Learning groups • Social groups • Staff • Partnerships Learning Environment • Settings • Technology • Resources • Staff Development

Educational Adequacy: Develop an idealized educational model Learning Process • Standards & accountability • Program & curriculum • Assessment Learning Organization • Time • Learning groups • Social groups • Staff • Partnerships Learning Environment • Settings • Technology • Resources • Staff Development

Educational Adequacy: Case Study The Learning Studio Concept Design Objectives Instructional Alcove Teacher Planning Shared Resource Area Instructional Alcove This design model, by. . . - decentralizing & sharing resources & space - providing a variety of flexible spaces - allowing for smaller & multiple learner groupings. . . Supports & encourages… - interdisciplinary teaching - team teaching - thematic teaching & learning - cooperative group behaviors - self-directed learning behaviors as well as. . . - support social developmental goals of early adolescents

Architecture Vision Education Analysis Architecture Plan FACILITY CONDITION Conduct technical building survey - Building systems performance - Environmental quality analysis - Functional use patterns analysis

Architecture FACILITY CONDITION Building systems performance - Mechanical - Lighting - Electrical/Power - Life-cycle costing

Architecture FACILITY CONDITION Environmental quality - Asbestos analysis - Air quality - Light quality

Architecture FACILITY CONDITION Functional use patterns analysis - Class size - configuration - use patterns - circulation - bus traffic

Modernization Analysis Vision + + - Education Analysis Architecture Plan EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY/ FACILITY CONDITION Assess the fit between educational model and existing buildings - Educational Adequacy - Facility Condition - Economic Feasibility

Modernization Analysis Improvements for Educational Adequacy - New wiring, spatial reconfiguration for new teaching practices compromises due to existing structure Improvements of Facility Condition - Healthfulness improvements: Lighting, heating, air conditioning, ventilation, renovating surfaces, window treatments, asbestos remediation - Safety improvements: ADA, site improvements, structural repairs, fireproofing, loose plaster Economic Feasibility - Long term investment value, rate initial cost depreciates over time, not initial cost - Comparable analysis of replacement versus modernization cost

Plan for Implementation Vision Education Analysis Architecture Plan MODERNIZATION PLAN Develop plan for implementation - modernization phasing options - financing plan - community relations plan