Black Diamond Elementary School

Educat ional Specif icat ion Workshop 1 December 15, 2014

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

Introductions

+ What is an Ed Spec?

+ What is Conceptual Design?

+ And what are we doing?

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

Calisthenics for Creativity

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 ?

Personal computers around for 3 decades…

but Classrooms look largely the same

21st Century Learning

Northern Beaches K-8 Australia

Kaisa Nuikken, Helsinki

Snohomish, Washington

Sustainable Architecture

+ Environmentally Responsible

+ Energy Efficiency

+ Integrate Sustainability with Learning

+ Provide Balanced Natural Daylight

Sustainable Architecture

Average energy use at a new school

Integrate the Environment with Learning

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