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• Identify strategies from case study examples for building resilience into spaces with spatial characteristics that both school districts and AEC firms can utilize.
• Learn best practices for adapting positively to disruption from real-world case study catalysts and results, and a dynamic discussion between subject matter educator experts.
• Define examples of future-ready design from the three diverse types of case studies presented (K-8, high school, distance learning, renovation, new construction on an existing campus, and a newly built A4LE award-winning STEAM school).
Olivia Graf Doyle, Partner, Design Principal, Architecture for Education (A4E)
Olivia is a Partner and the Design Principal for A4E, a women-owned design firm that specializes in education architecture. Balancing aesthetics and curriculum-based innovations, she leads outstanding projects that begin with a clear concept rooted in storytelling. Olivia frequently speaks at education-focused conferences and serves on the Leadership Group of the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on Architecture for Education, with recent research on spatial well-being in Learning by Design’s 2020 Fall Issue.
Freddy Arteaga, Principal, Fernando R. Ledesma High School
Freddy, Principal of Fernando R. Ledesma High School (FRLHS) in El Monte Union High School District (EMUHSD), has
had the honor of serving the high school for the last twenty years as teacher, counselor, and now principal. Freddy has been pivotal to developing the school’s mission to provide students with a personalized alternative education program in a safe, caring environment that focuses on state and district instructional standards, enabling students to develop into successful, productive citizens. Under Freddy’s leadership, FRLHS is celebrating Model School status for the third time.
Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Community School Models: A Path Forward for Education
1 LU
COVID-19 has resurfaced long-standing problems in our country, including socioeconomic disenfranchisement and the dangerous effects of climate change. Both of these crises have had tremendous impacts on students to date, including the loss of extra-educational resources. Not only did students lose in-person teaching but many, along with their families, lost access to food, shelter, healthcare, and essential mental and behavioral services. We believe that K-12 schools that adopt community school models, “community schools”, will be at the heart of the solution going forward. A community school is “both a place and a set of partnerships between the school and other community resources” that we believe can serve as anchors to make our communities more resilient toward future disruptions. Perkins Eastman, in partnership with Drexel University’s School of Education, is studying how to design “community schools” to maximize their impact not only student performance and well- being, but community resiliency and wellness as a whole. Expanding our initial ideas of “success” in education, community schools rework a rigid emphasis on academic performance and grades. With an “integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development” they “lead to improved student learning, stronger families, and healthier communities.” Building upon a series of interviews with school administrators, teachers, community school coordinators, parents and district leadership, research, surveys, and roundtables with leading educators, our presentation will share our findings and design ideas for helping schools and educators further advance the concept of community schooling. These guidelines will be discussed within a broader context of the positive changes these schools can help make on education and communities in the present, and the factors that make them resilient for the future.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the success and needs of current community schools.
• Understand the impact of community schools on the health and well-being of students, staff, parents.