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OVERVIEW
A critical link exists between supportive school
facilities and positive student outcomes. As part
of its work on small schools, New Visions designs
strategies, working in collaboration with the Department
of Education and the School Construction Authority,
for creating high-quality learning environments that
meet the instructional and extra-curricular needs
of students, teachers, administrators, and the greater
community.
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Facilities that support a school’s
specific educational program and successful teaching
and learning are essential for sustaining positive
student outcomes. The goals of this work are:
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To develop
models of excellence that link school facilities
design to effective pedagogy |
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To ensure a school
facility development process incorporates input
from educators and the community. |
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To further establish
school buildings as centers within the community,
with a set of assets that benefit both students
and the community. |
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As
small schools grow by a grade each year, and more
new schools are created, emerging questions require
solutions:
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How will
the existing large campus buildings that currently
house small schools manage their growth and adapt
to their new function as shared buildings? |
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Where will additional
new schools be located? |
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How can schools innovatively
evolve and be better designed to leverage community
engagement and extend learning and development
beyond school hours? |
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To answer these questions, New Visions explores the
following areas related to school facilities and campus
operations:
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A
RealVideo 10 file
Steven
Tennen, Executive Director of ArtsConnection, tells
the audience about the importance of collaboration
between schools and CBOs at the Morris campus ribbon
cutting ceremony November 2005.
A
RealVideo 10 file
Listen
to Principal Zaharakis of New Explorers High School,
a New
Century school, address the crowd at a
ribbon cutting ceremony last year at the South Bronx
campus regarding
branding and school identity.
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