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that makes it memorable and interesting.” Middle School Student
“We’re not static, we’re not stuck, we can be whatever we want to be.” Global Education Leader
“I think we need to redefine what’s the purpose of public education. Yes, to escape poverty or is it to end poverty?” School Superintendent
Learning Objectives:
• Review the research predicting changes to education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Identify how these changes might manifest on a typical school campus.
• Synthesize the research data into opportunities on current and future projects.
• Integrate the five stickiest changes to identify synergies and overlaps between them.
Anna Harrison, ALEP, LEED AP, ASID, Director of Educational Planning, Aedis Architects
An award winning designer, educator, planner, and strategist, with over 25 years of experience, Anna is a recognized leader in biophilic design, flexible learning environments, and outdoor learning. Teaching and facilitating workshops locally and globally, Anna engages diverse stakeholder groups in interactive workshops to envision and define guiding principles that connect educational design to long term strategic transformation.
Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Raising the Bar on High Needs Specialized Education
1 LU / HSW
How do you change Specialized Education, especially for students with high needs - well, by listening to them! Through engaging the students, the design literally changed course when the architects and educators heard what these students had to say. This session will show the techniques used to solicit input from this unique student group and the resulting changes to the design of their “college experience” Transition Program facility. An examination of the unique learning needs that drove the design of the facility will be presented. The team will also present the art installations the students and graphic designers collaborated on to inspire current and future student generations.
Learning Objectives:
• Explore the unique solutions employed to enable and inspire high needs mentally and physically disabled learners.
• Compare strategies for learning environments for high need learners to “traditional” learners.
• Explore a unique educational and student engagement approaches utilized to create success for high needs learners to be
healthy, productive members of society.
• Understand the innovative lighting, ventilation, security, and learning environment design features with extremely
heightened HSW needs students.
Cleve Reeves, AIA, Principal, BVH Architecture
Cleve has considerable experience in all phases of design from pre-bond engagements, programming, and master planning through construction. His skills in formulating client centered concepts and ideas help bring teams together in a collaborative process. Cleve leads BVH’s future-focused learning space design initiatives, shaping BVH’s practice and projects to deeper levels of achievement. With his calm inquisitive approach, project challenges are ushered through the inherently complex layers to successful resolution.