4 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before You Renovate Your Classroom

4 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before You Renovate Your Classroom Childcare Renovation

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Optimizing the perimeter of the room

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Student feedback

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School’s overall principles of design

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Tell the story

1. How are you optimizing the perimeter of the Attention and engagement are high-value room? items in classrooms, and too often, the walls of our classrooms aren’t optimized to support students. Visual noise can be a distraction for all students, and most don’t even recognize the negative cognitive impact of walls filled with items that don’t support learning.

2. In what ways are the classroom changes in line with the school’s overall principles of design?

Some schools will develop a set of learning space design principles that are applied to all learning spaces throughout the building. This can also be done by teams or grade levels, but either way allows everyone to work together to implement research-based ideas that will support students.

3. How often do you use student feedback to guide your learning space design changes?

Educators value student’s voice, and we often work to make sure that it is a part of the instruction and assessment process. However, it’s not often a regular practice to consider student voice when evaluating our learning space design.

4. In what ways do you plan to tell the story of your redesigned space?

As you begin planning your classroom’s renovation, think ahead about how you want to tell the story of your new space. It isn’t about decorating, and it certainly isn’t about experimenting on kids. The work you are preparing to do is about improving student joy and engagement, which can lead to greater academic success.

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