Tapping the Source- Students Shape 21 st Century Environments

1. Tapping the Source- Students Shape 21st Century Environments Hoffman LLC: Catherine Cruickshank & Mike Borski Lewicki Education Consulting: James Lewicki Appleton Career Academy: Renee Ulman, Carli Holso & Whitney Shapiro

2. Valley New School

3. Demographics • Grades 7-12 • 64 students are enrolled • Located in the Appleton City Center on the second floor • Try to create a learning community that empowers individuals to become purposeful, independent adults

4. Pedagogy • Online/ textbook traditional style education for math and some science • Excluding math and science, students do not • take traditional classes • Project based education is the basis of the curriculum

5. Pedagogy • Students set up project proposals • Meetings with advisors • Proposals cont- • inue throughout • project • Final projects • presented to • advisors

6. Pedagogy • Independent instruction • Student motivation • Credits attained by looking at subject of interest in different ways

7. Classical Charter School

8. Demographics • Grades K-8 • 460 students enrolled • Located on Durkee Street across from Einstein Middle School • Promotes a content-centered education, cultural literacy and the values of a democratic society

9. Pedagogy • Students receive common knowledge base of: • American and World History • Geography • Science • Physical Education • Fine Arts

10. Pedagogy • Students skill grouped for math and reading • Math instruction delivered through Saxon Math program • Spanish instruction provided daily • kindergarten – 8th grade

11. Pedagogy • Traditional way of learning • Direct instruction • Core Knowledge Series

12. Fox River Academy

13. Demographics • Grades 1-8 • 76 students are enrolled • Located inside of Jefferson Elementary School in Appleton, Wisconsin • Will instill passion, proficiency, strategic learning, and curiosity within students through an integrated, multiage curriculum.

14. Pedagogy • Classes intertwined with environmental theme • Mainly focused on the Fox River • Help students understand their place in the community and the Fox River Valley

15. Pedagogy • Integrated, multiage classrooms • Use of environment as a stage for classes • Adjust students to group work as well as individual to simulate real world experience

16. Pedagogy • Professors and scientists help students with experiments • Work with businesses and schools in community that share their view on the environment • Hands-on approach

17. Renaissance School for the Arts

18. Demographics • Grades 9-12 • 161 students enrolled • Located within Appleton West High School • School for student artists which engages them in an integrated art curriculum

19. Pedagogy • Offer a variety of classes such as: • Dance • Theater • Visual Arts • Music (vocal & instrumental) • Media Art • Play and Screen Writing • Poetry • Academics (communication arts and social studies) • Classes offered change each term

20. Pedagogy • Integrated Courses • Dance with History, • Screen Writing with • Communication Arts • College Setup • Offer A.P. classes • Room setup for • discussion

21. Pedagogy • Classes are modular • Have credit values ranging from 1/8 to 1/2 credit • Afternoon divided into two blocks • 75 minutes each

22. Pedagogy • Teachers lecture • Students utilize online learning • Independent learning • Students create final presentation

23. Pedagogy

24. TESLA

25. Demographics • Grades 9-12 • 108 students are enrolled • Located inside of Appleton East High School in Appleton, Wisconsin • Aim to supply a broad exposure to engineering and technology to prepare students to pursue post- secondary education in engineering

26. Pedagogy • Offer technology, science, and math such as: • Introduction to Engineering Design | Material Fabrication • Geometry | Principles of Engineering • Digital Electronics | Engineering Design & Development I • Computer Integrated Manufacturing | Engineering Design & Development II | • Civil Engineering & Architecture

27. Pedagogy • Large discussion/ work areas • Computers surrounding classroom • Teacher lecture space

28. Pedagogy • STEM Education • Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics based curriculum • Hands on, project based engineering courses • Project Lead the Way • Leading provider of rigorous STEM education • Develop critical reasoning and problem solving skills to make them productive in the world

29. Students’ Point of View

30. Students’ Point of View • ARCHITECTURAL RECORD: Schools of the 21st Century • “...in collaboration to redesign the school house. THE GOAL: to create buildings that will engage students, welcome the community, and adapt to the inevitable shifts in population and pedagogy.”

31. Students’ Point of View • Things we have realized need work to help the existing facilities facilitate to charter’s needs • Storage • Color • Lighting • Aesthetics

32. Students’ Point of View • Create a college ready environment • Large Discussion areas • Silent study • areas • Resource • computers

33. Students’ Point of View • Design in the forefront of planning • ONE EXAMPLE: Valley New School (VNS) • Design must be specialized for school’s pedagogy • Renaissance School of the Arts vsVNS