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Design Workshop on Sat., Oct 30!
October 27, 2010
CALLING ALL PARENTS, TEACHERS, and COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Come for a morning of design and discovery and stay for the Fall Friendraiser!
Saturday October 30, 2010, 9:00 – 11:30 am
Independence Charter School
Light breakfast provided
Space is limited; workshop is for adults only
Please RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by Thursday, October 28 (215-238-8000, x2500)
CREATING EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS
A School Building Assessment Workshop with Henry Sanoff
You are invited to attend a free “hands on” workshop that will engage school administrators, teachers and architects in a collaborative effort to explore how school facilities can help to create effective learning environments.
Workshop participants will use a variety of school and classroom assessment techniques to evaluate the instructional environment of the school. These same assessments can be employed on any new or existing school facility. The workshop will also provide those responsible for school design with a system capable of responding to the evolving needs of teachers and students in a changing educational environment.
Henry Sanoff
Henry Sanoff AIA is a distinguished professor of Architecture and Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University in the College of Design arriving in 1966. He is widely known for research in the areas of social housing, children’s environments, community arts, aging populations and community participation in the design process. Sanoff has been a visiting lecturer at more than 85 institutions in the USA and abroad. Sanoff is the USA editor of the Journal of Design Studies, a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architecture and Planning Research and one of the founders of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). He is a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers, and an award winner as Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor. Professor Sanoff has written many books including Creating Environments for Young Children; School Design: Planning with People: Integrating Programming Evaluation and Participation in Design; Visual Research Methods in Design; Participatory Design: Theory and Technique; Designing with Community Participation, and Methods of Architectural Programming. He has served as an architectural consultant in the programming and design of many children’s centers and schools.
