The Essential Guide to School Facility Planning
The Essential Guide to School Facility Planning

Author: Denny Hill

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08-24

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780692762387

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Like any other smoothly-run operation, school districts must operate under a strategic plan - a foundation upon which to build - and one that provides a way to prepare for inevitable changes. Over the last 30 years, author Denny Hill has lived and breathed school district planning, first in the hot seat as a staff member of one of the fastest growing school districts in the nation, and then as a consultant to districts throughout Colorado and neighboring states. School districts have worked with Hill for decades because of his thorough understanding of large and small districts with expanding and contracting enrollment concerns.This book is a compilation of lessons learned over those many years, culminating in a concise strategic planning methodology called The Capital Facility Planning Process(tm). It takes both the new and seasoned planner through the seven concise steps of planning, from the situation audit through managing and monitoring the plan. Hill's thoughtfully-developed, step-by-step process is illustrated through actual examples of good decisions as well as wrong turns to avoid. The Essential Guide to School Facility Planning shows school boards, superintendents and CFOs how to use a strategic process to save time and money. It is filled with informative charts and graphs, case studies, examples of specific tools a planner can use in the process, things to consider along the way, and sage advice. This is truly a school district planner's go-to guide for continuous planning.Denny Hill, self-proclaimed "Schoolonomist", has spent over 30 years fine-tuning a proven approach to strategic and facility master planning. His comprehensive Capital Facility Planning Process(tm) balances immediate needs and future challenges for school districts, with an eye on the optimal long-term solutions. Denny has been responsible for projects involving local government services, growth management, socioeconomic impact analysis and fiscal impact assessment, to name a few. He continues to work as Advising Consultant, helping school boards, superintendents, CFOs and other key personnel navigate school districts through big picture facility and site planning issues.

Planning Educational Facilities
Planning Educational Facilities

Author: Glen I. Earthman

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2013-08-22

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1475801890

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Planning Educational Facilities: What Educators Need to Know is a book about planning and the responsibilities educators have in the process of planning for educational facilities. The book covers every aspect of planning that needs to be done to complete any capital improvement project from the assessment of need to the evaluation of the product and process. The text is the most comprehensive book on planning educational facilities on the market. Each planning process is described in detail explaining the role of the superintendent and school personnel. Descriptions of the various means of contracting with a firm for the construction of a building of the completion of a capital improvement project is provided with a discussion of the benefits and problems involved. The book also contains a chapter devoted to problem-based learning activities which were derived from practical situations. These activities provide a very practical experience of solving typical problems in the planning process. This text can be used by the practitioner as a guide to follow in planning educational facilities. It can also be used as a text in a school planning course.

Educational Facilities
Educational Facilities

Author: Richard Bauscher

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-04-20

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1475869266

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This book is envisioned as a broad-based guide for a wide array of school officials, school boards of education, school administrators, school maintenance personnel, educational consultants, students of school administration, facilities directors and school architects. The text is organized so that readers may refer to the sections that are of high interest to them. Part of this book deals with curriculum development - principles of learning applicable to the planning of school facilities that promise innovations in educational methodology. Another part concentrates on the process and activities related to the identification of educational needs for the foreseeable future. A third focus of this publication is on the actual planning of a specific type of school facility that has been recommended by the School Board. Such a recommendation by school officials may involve the construction of a new facility or the modernization of an existing school building. A fourth section deals with the strategies of getting a levy committee organized and set up to pass a school bond referendum. A new chapter (6) was added in this sixth edition on the 10 Year Long Range Facility Plan [LRFP] that will assist the readers with advance planning for enhanced success on the passing of school bond/referendums. This text includes many resources for the maintenance & operation of a school building and various techniques for saving energy.

School District Master Planning
School District Master Planning

Author: Kelley D. Carey

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2011-09-16

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1610485300

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What is school district master planning? This book explains how this planning is done, using a proven process, not theories. The process helps you avoid cost overruns, public outrage, repeated redistricting, and classrooms built in wrong places that all represent poor planning. Planning tools, steps and process check lists are discussed in rich detail, using actual case studies and the planning triangle of programs, demographics and facilities. Process roles are explained for district staff, consultants,and the public at each step. Steps are clearly explained for acquiring, analyzing, and applying critical data to drive planning to redistrict, build, close, renovate or expand schools. Steps are carefully explained for developing the comprehensive masterplan and getting it implemented on time and within budget. This book pulls no punches as to what usually goes wrong and why, along with what must be done, step by step, to avoid such mistakes. It is a guide to developing a district master plan that will work out for the long term and promote public support for public education.

The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy
The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy

Author: Jon Cree

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 1000335763

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This book is a complete guide to Forest School provision and Nature Pedagogy and it examines the models, methods, worldviews and values that underpin teaching in nature. Cree and Robb show how a robust Nature Pedagogy can support learning, behaviour, and physical and emotional wellbeing, and, importantly, a deeper relationship with the natural world. They offer an overview of what a Forest School programme could look like through the year. The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy provides ‘real-life’ examples from a variety of contexts, sample session plans and detailed guidance on using language, crafting and working with the natural world. This accessible resource guides readers along the Forest School path, covering topics such as: the history of nature education; our sensory system in nature; Forest School ethos and worldview and playing and crafting in the natural world. Guiding practitioners through planning for a programme, including taking care of a woodland site and preparing all the essential policies and procedures for working with groups and nature, this book is written by dedicated Forest School and nature education experts and is essential reading for settings, schools, youth groups, families and anyone working with children and young people.