Making Educational Facilities Purposeful

1. Making Educational Facilities Purposeful Presented by: Julie Barrett Exceeding Client’s Expectations

2. The Learning Community Integrating Standards Into Educational Facilities Planning Creating “Form Follows Function” Facilities

3. Purpose of the presentation Passion behind the purpose Presentation materials Process of the presentation Perception of expectations Participation Introduction

4. Implementing a Purpose-Driven School Defining the “Learning Community” Physical environment impacts the learning process Multiple Intelligences key to architectural planning & design Designing with the brain in mind Overview

5. Parents Teachers Students Local Media School and District Staff Local/Business Community Adults Community Share Holders

6. Schools use brain-compatible learning methods Students are SUCCESSFUL! Consistently lower drop-out rate Defining “Learning Communities”

7. Students enjoy school, willing to take risks, intrinsically motivated Students UNDERSTAND how they learn and love to do it! School transforms into a learning organization Defining “Learning Communities”

8. Teaching Finesse!

9. At least seven different ways of learning Makes no unfair comparisons with progress of others Assures positive reinforcement Provides curriculum, instruction and assessment procedures that reflect learning styles of all students Keys to Successful Learning Multiple Intelligences

10. The TIMI Test The Measure Tool in Testing... How Are You Smart! Test Time!

11. M. I. Resources

12. Hemispheric dominance Modalities of learning Seating arrangements Color preferences Aromas Music Environmental conditions Brain-Compatible Learning

13. Color and the Brain

14. Color and the Brain

15. Color and the Brain

16. Color and the Brain

17. Three Zones of Learning Connecting Color to Learning

18. Seven distinct ways of learning Multiple perspectives Colors of the rainbow equate to learning Memory system Ordinary facts Emotionally charged ones Rainbows of Intelligence Connecting Color to Learning

19. Learning Needs to be Inclusive

20. Elements to consider State standards Achieving success with limited resources Work groups Creating an M. I. School

21. Architectural & Engineering design enhances / supports school’s mission and vision statements A place of space for all students Turning curriculum into classrooms Physical Environments Impacts on Learning

22. Incorporating learning throughout the physical environment Enhancing the learning process outside the classroom Physical Environments Impacts on Learning

23. Conditions = Consequences Adaptive Psychological Processes Environmental Conditions Behavioral Consequences Physical Environments

24. Rome Free Academy  Rome, New York Learning Environments

25. Cardinal Ritter Prep School  St. Louis, MO Learning Environments

26. Prairie Winds Elementary School  Monument, CO Learning Environments

27. Emmanuel Christian Academy  Springfield, OH Learning Environments

28. S.C.O.R.E. Learning Centers • Influences behavior • Stimulates the intellect • Can aid or impede • Provides for private/social development Design Promotes Learning

29. Thematic Designs……... Heritage Oak Elementary School Dry Creek Elementary School District Stafford King Weise Architects Design Promotes Learning

30. Theme is a teaching tool…. Design Promotes Learning

31. Communitysupport…. Design Promotes Learning

32. Designed For Learning... From The Inside Out Silverado Middle School Dry Creek Elementary School District Perkins & Will Architects Design Promotes Learning

33. Celebrate the rich mining history of the area Integrate mining into the school’s curriculum Give students a middle school “identity” Local history……... Design Promotes Learning

34. The details…. Courtyard dedications created by student GATE program. Design Promotes Learning

35. Geomorphic wall Exposed elevator shaft Design Promotes Learning

36. Concrete map of the “Mother Lode” Design Promotes Learning

37. Learning Creates Desire…Desire Inspires Passion…Dare to Desire

38. You have to have the Planning the Process the Vision Passion is the fuel for life-long learning…dare to make life happen! Conclusion

39. Thank You For Your Time! Check out the “Thematic School” section at the end of your booklet! Start NOW to make our schools Purpose Driven!

40. Complete the following sequences: 2, 4, 6, 8, _______ Fun/run, rat/cat, speak/peak, show/_____ 3, 7, 15, 31, _____ Purple, blue, green, yellow, ______ Star, light, space, time, _______ Add only one straight line to make the following true: 5 + 5 + 5 = 550 Creative Thinking

41. He’s / Himself ___________ T O W N Creative Thinking Cycle Cycle Cycle _____ Knee Light ______ R ROAD A D ______ Wear Long ______ ECNALG _______

42. Recognizing The Genius Within and Around You • How Are You Smart?! • Not…How Smart Are You? • Genius Is Polylingual • Eight Ways To Working Happier and More Purposefully You Don’t Have to Have Einstein’s I.Q. to be a Genius!

43. Developmental Stages Of Readiness LANGUAGE • Birth to 12 months: Sounds/accents of native language • One to ten years: Learn generic vocabulary & emotional phrasing…best time for foreign language • 10 + years: Best time for complex patterns, grammar, spelling, specialized vocabularies We Are Born With the Structures for Grammar

44. Developmental Stages Of Readiness MATH & LOGIC • Birth to 3 years: We learn the physical properties of the world • 3 to 10 years: We learn the vocabulary, the simple and the fine motor movements • 10 + years: Best time for more complex patterns We Are Born With the Basic Knowledge of Counting & Physics

45. The use of black and white as a color scheme may lower IQ or make children more “dull”? The careful use of bold colors such as red or orange may increase IQ by as much as 12 points? Color hues such as blue are relaxing. Blue windows and walls are often used to soothe metal patients who are delirious? Green is associated with fertility, including “fertile thinking,” as in creativity? COLOR THAT WORKS! DID YOU KNOW…..

46. The international “ranking of color preference” is blue, red, green, violet, orange, yellow? The international ranking holds true across cultures, but a few ethnic groups placed red and orange closer to the front largely in response to ancient traditions and customs? COLOR THAT WORKS! DID YOU KNOW…..

47. DEFINE THE FUTURE… USING MI PERSPECTIVE! Color Outside the Lines… Think Outside the Box… Create Beyond Borders… Work Towards Purposeful Possibilities!

48. USING THE MIND-BODY LIBRARY OF KNOWLEDGE • Learning is not just a mental process. • Learning can be stored in our bodies. • Different libraries of knowledge that are “state dependent.” • Workers who prepare for assignments in a relaxed, low-key state will under-perform at presentation time if they feel the assignment is stressful and vice-versa. • We do best when the learned states match the recalling or performance states.