APRIL 13-16, 2016 Education Specifications Workshop · APRIL 13-16, 2016 Education Specifications...

APRIL 13-16, 2016

Education Specifications WorkshopFAC 10: Room 105 – Thursday, April 14, 2016, 8:00 am-9:00 am

THESE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY WLC Architects Inc. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY STATE CASBO FOR APPROVAL, SO THEREFORE ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF CASBO

a p r e s e n t a t i o n for:

2016 CASBO ANNUAL CONFERENCE & CALFORNIA SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPO 2

O v e r v i e w

Setting the Stage about Education Specifications

Case Studies

• Hawthorne High School

• Pasadena Unified School District


P r e s e n t e r s Presider : Keith D. Crafton, Business Advisory Services

at Los Angeles Office of Education

Speaker : Tom Silva, Retired San Diego County Office of Education (School Facilities Planning Coordinator)

Speaker : Bob Hensley, Principal Architect, WLC Architects Inc.


“Why Do We Have to Do This Anyway?”


F o r m F o l l o w s F u n c t i o n "Whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight, or the open apple-blossom, the toiling work-horse, the blithe swan, the branching oak, the winding stream at its base, the drifting clouds, over all the coursing sun, form ever follows function, and this is the law. Where function does not change, form does not change. The granite rocks, the ever-brooding hills, remain for ages; the lightning lives, comes into shape, and dies, in a twinkling.It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things superhuman, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, that form ever follows function. This is the law”

Sullivan, Louis H. (1896). "The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered". Lippincott's Magazine(March 1896): 403–409.

http://www.archive.org/details/tallofficebuildi00sull


“Why Do We Have to Do This Anyway?” We prepare education specifications because it is required by law

• California Code of Regulations, Title 5 14001 (a) an 14030(a).

Board Policy requires it:• CSBA Board Policy 7100

“The Superintendent of each LEA “Oversees the preparation of (school construction and modernization) plans from the developed education specifications”.

Because it makes good sense• The design, construction and reconstruction of schools is difficult

enough and the educational specifications serve as a district standard which can be given to design professionals.

It helps you qualify for state school facility funding when site conditions require deviation from CDE school construction guidelines.


What Is an Education Specification?It is….

A policy document adopted by the board of trustees

An articulation of the District’s education program

An important tool that can be used to provide educationalparity

The bridge between the curriculum and the functionalutility of the facility


It is Not

A static document• it should be periodically reviewed and updated to

reflect curriculum trends

An architectural document• It should not provide architectural solutions• Prototypes and bubble diagrams are appropriate

A document prepared after the design is complete

What An Education Specification is Not


Where it Fits in the Grand Scheme of Things

The Planning Process Circle

Source: Education Specifications – Linking Design of School Facilities to Educational Program


California Department of Education’s Role Education Specifications are required if you are doing a

new construction project

Education Specifications are required if you are doing a substantial reconstruction project

CDE uses the Education Specification to confirm that plans submitted conform to the district’s educational program


California Department of Education’s Role


Sources for More Information on Ed Specs• California Department of Education School Facilities Staff

• County Office of Education

• California Department of Education Web Site• http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/

• Education Specifications – Linking Design of School Facilities to Educational Program • http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/sf/documents/edspecs.pdf

• FCMAT Facilities List Serve

• Your District Architect or other School Architects

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/sf/documents/edspecs.pdf


C a s e S t u d i e s :

district-wide transformation summit, october 9, 2009

identifiable school front entry that welcomes the community and provides security for the campus

main student-centered campus with smaller courtyards for outdoor learning classrooms and personalized small learning environment

21st century learning environment with spaces that are flexible and collaborative

sustainable strategies: daylighting, natural ventilation, xeriscape

Hawthorne High School


C a s e S t u d i e s : Hawthorne High School

vision statement guiding principles


hawthorne high school campus site committee


counseling and student services

media center

science center

school of engineering


you tube link: https://youtu.be/Bi0G9dgK8mA

https://youtu.be/Bi0G9dgK8mA



The Ed Specs Process…



Counseling and Student Services



Media Center



Science Center



School of Engineering


C a s e S t u d i e sstudent services & counseling centerapprox. 11,000 sf placed in front for public access counseling attendance student store health services

media centerapprox. 16,000 sf placed in front for public access circulation desk multipurpose flexible space

serves as lecture hall, study lounge area, assembly area

computer lab outdoor reading area career center

school of engineeringapprox. 40,000 sf student gallery – 2-story volume,

collaborative space, heart of complex

professional development center

academy classrooms metal and wood shop with

material storage and exterior work yard

robotics lab thematic gear courtyard

science centerapprox. 30,000 sf biology labs physics labs chemistry labs workrooms professional development center thematic organic courtyard


C a s e S t u d i e s : Pasadena USD5-Year Educational Master Plan


The World Has Changed

Ways We Educate Children

Technology as a Game-Changer

We Live in the Innovation Age

Current PUSD Challenges • Declining student enrollment• Students unprepared for a bright future• Underperforming and low enrollment schools • Need to build community “good will” Systemic/sustainable plan of • action• Construction to support instruction Robust educational master plan

Executive Summary

• Industrial Information Innovation Age• Will PUSD students be prepared?


Current Opportunities

Bright Lights

The Process

Executive Summary

• Work plan informed by community engagement and research• Equitable instruction explored and supported (RFP Process/Tiered Support)• Leadership engaged to make informed and courageous decisions• Facilities to foster synergies Program|Building|Community|School• Timeline on track to complete Educational Master Plan (EMP) by

June 2016• Comprehensive Facilities Master Plan to follow (EMP) Must be flexible!• Pursuing early wins now will garner community support going forward

• Strategic Plan• Graduate Profile (4 Cs)• Master Plan Priority• Design for Success (3Ps)

• Energetic Leadership• Promising Programs• Community Assets• Master Plan Teams


Survey Methodology

Community Engagement

Community and Educational Outreach

Data to Reference

Survey Results

Study Tours

• Qualitative (Focus Groups) and Quantitative

• Goodwin Simon research in early March• 2016 Kahlenberg Report in late April

• Learn from high-achieving models• Gather ideas for state-of-the-art facilities• Capacity-building and inquiry-based learning for adults

• Surveys | RFP Process | Communication• Upcoming Kahlenberg Research and Report

• Davis Demographics/School Capacity Studies• Enrollment and school performance analyses• Community insights

• Goodwin Simon Research in early March• 2016 Kahlenberg Report in late April


Build Upon Existing Successful Programs

Educational Program Improvements

• Arts Academies• DLIP (Dual Language Immersion Programs)• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) • IB (International Baccalaureate)• College and Career Pathways• Others …

RFP Process

Design Advisory Team

• Solicit and approve proposals• Develop timeline • Support implementation

• Mine and analyze data• Identify attributes of robust school programs• Review and update Educational Specifications• Help define the Roadmap for Success• Queue up the Facilities Master Plan and build community goodwill


Targeted Recommendations To Be Determined With the Executive Leadership TeamEducational Recommendations

Dream no small dreams, for they have no power to move (our) hearts . -- Goethe


Elementary Schools

K-8 Schools

Middle Schools

Secondary Schools

High Schools

Alternative Schools

Educational Specifications

“The ‘smartest’ girl has crazy ideas and crazy ideas change the world!”


Several points of data will help PUSD leaders determine next steps

Potential feeder patterns and choice programs will be explored

Promising partnerships will be cultivated

Robust programming will be identified Followed by elegant execution

Educational Roadmap Design for Success


questions / answers

designing schools, building futures!

APRIL 13-16, 2016 Education Specifications Workshop · APRIL 13-16, 2016 Education Specifications...

Documents

Transcript of APRIL 13-16, 2016 Education Specifications Workshop · APRIL 13-16, 2016 Education Specifications...