2. !?
WE ARE HERE.
DISCOVERY ACTIVATION STRATEGY OCTOBER
ONWARD
DESIGN
STRATEGY
10/10
WORKSHOP 2
DRAFT VISION AND
DRIVERS
AUGUST 10/15
RESEARCH CSO/CANNON NOVEMBER- WK 1
INTERVIEWS CHARRETTE CSO/CANNON
SURVEY DRAFT ARCH CHARRETTE
9/11 PROGRAM/ OPTIONS AND COST
8/13-14
WORKSHOP 1 CONCEPTS ESTIMATING
PROTOTYPE
DESIGN 9/20 10/18
LAB BOARD BOARD NOVEMBER DECEMBER
MEETING MEETING WK 2-3 1028 HEARING
8/21 COMMUNITY
& &
EDUCATION FORUM REFERENDUM
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
ROUNDTABLE PRESENT SUPPORT
FORUM FORUM
ARCH CONCEPT CONCEPTS
8/8 EDUCATOR
CORE WORKSHOP
LEADERSHIP
MEETING
AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2013
3. GOALS FOR TODAY
Share progress on process and what
we’re finding.
Present drivers & spatial concepts from
findings and receive feedback.
Explore the experience of the learning &
life commons.
4. GOALS FOR TODAY
Share progress on process and what
we’re finding.
Present drivers & spatial concepts from
findings and receive feedback.
Explore the experience of the learning &
life commons.
5. WHAT WE’RE ASKING OURSELVES AS A
DISTRICT, COMMUNITY, AND DESIGN TEAM:
What will the Academies accomplish for
the Hamilton Southeastern district?
What defines the Academy experience?
How can we best empower the full
potential of our students?
8. “The academies will no doubt
force us to look at high school
differently,
which is certainly healthy. And force us
to look at instruction differently, which is
also healthy. And for the whole
community to consider new post-
secondary options.”
JASON URBAN
PRINCIPAL, FISHERS HS
9. DISCOVERY EDUCATOR SURVEY
District’s CURRENT top commitments to the STUDENT
experience
College Preparedness
Collaboration
Use of Emerging Technologies
Student-Led Initiatives
Community Service Experiences
Weakest: Internships
10. DISCOVERY EDUCATOR SURVEY
District’s CURRENT top commitments to the TEACHER
experience
Professional Development
Best Practices Research
Use of Emerging Technologies
Relationships with Community
Peer Collaboration
Weakest: Department Planning Time
11. DISCOVERY EDUCATOR SURVEY
What should be the TOP PRIORITIES for NEW
academies:
College preparation
Use of emerging technologies
Project experiences
Solving complex problems
Offering college credit
Lowest: Testing
12. DISCOVERY EDUCATOR SURVEY
Pick three descriptions of the NEW Academy
13. What are emerging spatial barriers for
students?
• Social time, social space
• Courtyards are off limits
• No ownership over open space
• Academic clubs need a home and celebration
• No place to communicate culture
• Hoops to jump through to have ownership
• Large, disorienting campuses
• Closed campus
14. GOALS FOR TODAY
Share progress on process and what
we’re finding.
Present drivers & spatial concepts from
findings and receive feedback.
Explore the experience of the learning &
life commons.
15. CONTEXT:
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT
5
Prepare students and families for the
4 steps after high school
#1 - 4.52/5.00 in COMMUNITY SURVEY
3 Help each student hit their stride and
determine their future
2 #2 - 4.15/5.00 in COMMUNITY SURVEY
1 Introduce new approaches to teaching
and learning
#3 - 4.07/5.00 in COMMUNITY SURVEY
16. GROW FROM STRONG ROOTS
The academy should identify, connect, and
empower
the best, promising, and emerging learning
experiences that already exist
in and outside of the classroom.
17. DESIGN DRIVERS
introduce students to learning
PREVIEW experiences beyond high school
guide students toward a spectrum of
NAVIGATE opportunity and next steps
equip for a cycle of
reINVENT self-discovery
empower student leadership and self
LAUNCH direction
create a symbiotic relationship
BRIDGE between academies, their high
schools, and the world
18. introduce students to learning
PREVIEW experiences beyond high school
“Education becomes meaningful when I am able to
produce results, beyond that which is on a piece
of paper.”
STUDENT SURVEY
“Right now, 'college' is just a slightly scary word
representing an abstract idea that is my future.”
STUDENT SURVEY
“Students need to be put out of their comfort
range.”
STUDENT SURVEY
19. guide students toward a
NAVIGATE spectrum of opportunity and next
steps
“Our school thinks success looks just one way....
We’re diverse. Success should be diverse”
STUDENT HANG OUT
“There are so many opportunities. [We need more
help] finding them & pursuring them... It’s by chance”
STUDENT HANG OUT
“Instead of asking: ‘do you know what you would
choose?’
We should ask: ‘do you know how you would choose?’”
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
20. reINVENT equip for a cycle of self-discovery
“To prosper beyond high school, we as students
need to develop our entire person”
STUDENT SURVEY
“Teach how to pursue a passion and see all the
places it can lead”
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
“I just had to reinvent myself [as an adult]... High
school only prepared me for a one track...
Preparing for constant change is more important.”
PARENT - COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
21. empower student leadership and
LAUNCH self direction
“It’s time for them to go and write their own story”
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
“[Through my student groups], I have learned how to
initiate activities and develop my ideas into action.”
STUDENT SURVEY
COMMUNITY
4%
SURVEY pave the way
“It is essential to integrate not just
academics but other activities...In high
school, we are often just generalized
as students. 85%
STUDENT SURVEY define your
own future
22. create a symbiotic relationship
BRIDGE between academies, their high
schools, and the world
“We have the opportunity to create a vibrant,
central area that defines the school”
STUDENT HANG OUT
Student report their main threshold is between
sophomore and junior year:
• Start AP/Advanced classes • Take on more leadership and responsibility
• Lead clubs and practices • Think about future
STUDENT HANG OUT
“We are preparing for the next steps, but we still want to
enjoy high school. How can the academies do both?”
STUDENT DESIGN LAB
23. THE DESIGN DRIVERS WILL...
Empower Innovative
Learning Catalyze Student Life
engage teachers and celebrate and expand
learners around new student leadership and
& best tools, style, self-initiative in the
and methodologies. school and beyond
Reinvent Guidance
empower students
discover their whole
selves and navigate
opportunity.
25. GOALS FOR TODAY
Share progress on process and what
we’re finding.
Present drivers & spatial concepts from
findings and receive feedback.
Explore the experience of the learning &
life commons.
27. CATALYZE STUDENT LIFE
REINVENT GUIDANCE
EMPOWER INNOVATIVE LEARNING
CREATE A
COMMONS
28. Learning Commons Scenario
• Discover & Explore: List the people, organizations, and resources
involved in this scenario. Brainstorm ways in which they might interact.
29. Learning Commons Scenario
• Discover & Explore: List the people, organizations, and resources
involved in this scenario. Brainstorm ways in which they might interact.
• Bring it to life: Building on the above, what might happen in the
commons before school, morning, lunch, afternoon, after school,
evening, weekend, summer, break?
30. Learning Commons Scenario
• Discover & Explore: List the people, organizations, and resources
involved in this scenario. Brainstorm ways in which they might interact.
• Bring it to life: Building on the above, what might happen in the
commons before school, morning, lunch, afternoon, after school,
evening, weekend, summer, break?
• Define & Design: Brainstorm a list of the types of places and resources
that might be needed to empower your scenario experiences and
people.
Create 2-3 defining places in the Student Life & Learning Commons.
What do these places do?
31. Learning Commons Scenario
• Discover & Explore: List the people, organizations, and resources
involved in this scenario. Brainstorm ways in which they might interact.
• Bring it to life: Building on the above, what might happen in the
commons before school, morning, lunch, afternoon, after school,
evening, weekend, summer, break?
• Define & Design: Brainstorm a list of the types of places and resources
that might be needed to empower your scenario experiences and
people.
Create 2-3 defining places in the Student Life & Learning Commons.
What do these places do?
• Goals & Vision: Share 2-4 key goals and principles that should define
the commons.