This document summarizes the kick-off meeting for developing design guidelines for 21st century classrooms in the Oakland Unified School District. It outlines the goals of defining classroom requirements that support new teaching approaches and technologies. Key principles are that facilities should align with curriculum changes and enable evolving technology uses. Examples from other schools demonstrate design principles like facilitating student engagement and collaboration. Next steps include creating a website for updates and holding individual meetings to gather input for draft guidelines.

1. OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
DESIGN GUIDELINES
21st Century Classrooms Design Guidelines Kick-Off
10/30/12

2. Kick-Off Meeting
21st Century Classroom Design Guidelines
Working Group Introduction
Design Guidelines + Ed Specs
Guiding Principles and Boundaries
Example: A Philosophical Approach - Georgia Institute of
Technology’s Five Basic Principles of Classroom Design
Analysis: La Escuelita, Room A-139
Visioning Exercise
Next Steps
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3. Design Guidelines + Ed Specs
Full Service Community District
Define the key facility requirements 21st
Feedback and adjustments
Century
for classrooms that support evolving Class-
pedagogies and technologies. Rooms
Educators,
Design Administrators
Ensure that STEM facilities support Guidelines and Parents
STEM
hands-on project based learning.
•Topic based
Support new vision for food and •Graphical
Facilities gardens to support teaching and
Kitchens +
Gardens •Easy-to-
learning understand
Master
Plan Enable school sites to effectively share
facilities between community partners (e.g. Shared
State of
Use
health clinics) or multiple schools. California
Address the specific requirements of Ed Specs
High
high school programs, including Schools
Career Tech, Linked Learning, etc... •Grade-level
based
Quantify and evaluate the impacts of •Technical
Trans-
various site transformations to inform formations •Meets CA Architects,
decision making at the district level.
requirements Landscape
Architects,
Planners
Baseline Ed Specs
Material
Standards
Facilities, Buildings + Grounds, •Material type- Contractors
Custodial Services, and SGI based and Builders
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4. Guiding Principles and Boundaries
21st Century Classrooms
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Classroom updates support teaching and learning
Facilities align with curricular and pedagogical development
(Common Core)
Capability to support evolving uses of technology
BOUNDARIES
Focus on general-purpose classrooms
Unit of analysis is the classroom
Goal of this group is not to figure out how to implement
programs, but to prepare facilities to enable them
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5. GIT’s 5 Basic Principles of Classroom Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
1. Classrooms should facilitate student engagement
2. Classrooms should facilitate student collaboration
3. Classrooms should facilitate connections between teachers & students
4. Classrooms should incorporate appropriate technology
5. Classrooms should have flexible physical arrangement
Thanks to Caleb Cheung, Science Manager OUSD
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6. GIT’s 5 Basic Principles of Classroom Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
1. Classrooms should facilitate student engagement
Node Chair by Steelcase
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7. GIT’s 5 Basic Principles of Classroom Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
2. Classrooms should facilitate student collaboration
Harbor City School
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8. GIT’s 5 Basic Principles of Classroom Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
3. Classrooms should facilitate connections between teachers & students
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9. GIT’s 5 Basic Principles of Classroom Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
4. Classrooms should incorporate appropriate technology
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10. GIT’s 5 Basic Principles of Classroom Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
5. Classrooms should have flexible physical arrangement
Flexible Classroom - University of Dayton
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11. La Escuelita Elementary School
Analysis
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12. La Escuelita Elementary School
Analysis
Does this classroom fit GIT’s 5 Principles of Classroom Design?
Yes. How so? No. Why not? Other
1. Facilitate Student
Engagement
2. Facilitate Student
Collaboration
3. Facilitate Connections
between Teachers and
Students
4. Incorporate Appropriate
Technology
5. Flexible Physical
Arrangement
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13. Visioning Exercise
Successes in 2017
Actions in 2015
First Steps in 2012
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14. Next Steps
21st Century Classrooms
Website
Stay tuned: we will be creating a website for updates and
resources on the 21st Century Classroom working group, as
well as the other working groups
One-on-one Meetings
MKThink will conduct one-on-one meetings with members of this
group, as well as other interested members of the OUSD community
Next Working Group Meeting - 12/4/12
Tuesday, 12/4/12
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Location TBD
Presentation of Draft Design Guidelines
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