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Black Diamond Elementary School · How Schools Kill Creativity – Sir Ken Robinson . Title:...
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Today’s Agenda
+ Why are we here?
+ Schedule
+ Help us get to know you
+ Calisthenics for Creativity
+ Thinking about Architecture for Education
+ Set Goals
+ Homework
What we ask of You
+ Be engaged
+ Be positive (there are no bad ideas)
+ Think Long Term and Big Picture
+ Think outside the box
+ Speak-up
+ Have fun
L a k e W a s h i n g t o n S c h o o l D i s t r i c t
What do Architect’s do?
+ We explore a lot of ideas
+ We reject a lot of ideas
+ We bring the better ideas forward for you
+ We modify and revise ideas
Project Schedule
Input / Preliminary Planning
Develop conceptual design / layout
Bond
Schematic Design
Design Development
Technical Design / Permit
Bid
Construct new Building / Move in
L a k e W a s h i n g t o n S c h o o l D i s t r i c t
Dec 2014 – Jan 2015
Feb 2015 - March 2015
April 2015
April 2015- May 2015
June 2015 – Aug 2015
Sept 2015 - Jan 2016
Feb 2016
June 2016 - Aug 2017
Pre-design Schedule
Workshop 1 – Ed specs, Vision & Goals
Touring Schools
Workshop 2 – Building Requirements
Community Meeting(s)
User Group Meetings - Space Needs
Workshop 3 – Design Options
Workshop 4 – Refined Design Options
Workshop 5 – Preferred Option Chosen
Community Meeting(s)
L a k e W a s h i n g t o n S c h o o l D i s t r i c t
December 15, 2014
January 5, 2015
January 15, 2015
Week of January 15th, 2015
January 19-23, 2015
January 26, 2015
February 9, 2015
February 26, 2015
Week of March 9, 2015
Building Program
L a k e W a s h i n g t o n S c h o o l D i s t r i c t
+ 500 Students
+ 53,000 Square Feet (SF)
+ $23 million Project Cost
+ 7.5 acre site in multiple parcels
+ City Park adjacencies
+ Drop-off issues
+ District Standards:
Building systems
Technology
Classroom size
District Mission
The mission of the Enumclaw School District is to provide an education that supports all students achieving at high levels!
Head: Academic Excellence -To provide staff and students
rigorous and relevant learning opportunities
Heart: People - To support learning through honest and caring
communication
Hands: System Development - To align resources to support
student, staff, community and organizational learning
Habits: Culture -To recognize and honor the similarities and
differences within the total school learning community
District Vision
District Values
Learning - We will focus our work around the four key Professional Learning Community questions.
Results - We will work to evaluate our work based on results rather than activities and intentions.
Contributions - We will invite and welcome the contributions of every member and listen to each other.
Decision-Making - We recognize that in a collaborative culture, various decisions are best made at the different levels of leadership within our district and buildings according to the specific context and circumstance of the issue.
Communication - We operate in a collegial and friendly atmosphere.
Collaboration - We work in a high-trust, yet demanding culture. We view disagreement as a normal part of change and are able to value and work through differences.
Tell us about the property and setting
+ History, Cultural Significance
+ Frontage, edges, best places
+ Community use
+ The Neighborhood
Tell us about your School
+ Mission: Black Diamond Elementary School is a thinking
and sharing community that inspires learning.
+ Vision:
+ Values:
Tell us about your School
+ School’s unique character
+ Special Programs
+ Events
+ History
+ Tradition
The Talk of the Town
+ The Flipped Classroom
+ The Third Teacher
+ Deeper Learning
+ Personalized Assessment / Feedback
+ the 3 C’s – Creativity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking
Thinking about Education
+ How has education changed?
+ How does the current school serve the program?
+ How might education change in the future?
+ How could the new school serve future programs ?
Sustainable Architecture
+ Environmentally Responsible
+ Energy Efficiency
+ Integrate Sustainability with Learning
+ Provide Balanced Natural Daylight
What Goals should we have for the new
Black Diamond Elementary School?
+ Educational
+ Cultural
+ Environmental
+ From Student Perspective
+ From Community Perspective
+ From Staff Perspective
What design elements or features would
you like to see in the new Black Diamond
Elementary School?
Homework The Third Teacher
Reading: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/CBS_ThirdTeacher.pdf
Video (7 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYdtGxJfqQk
Ron Berger: Creating an Ethic of Excellence
http://vimeo.com/21983525 (35 minutes, at least start from minute 25)
Randy Nelson (Pixar): Living & Working in the Collaborative Age
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhXJe8ANws8 (9 mins)
Trillium Creek Elementary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut7AZMNxReA&feature=youtu.be
Just for fun:
How Schools Kill Creativity – Sir Ken Robinson http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en