CEFPI is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems (AIA/CES). Credit(s) earned on completion of this program will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

This program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

Questions related to specific materials, methods, and services will be addressed at the conclusion of each presentation.

Learning Objectives

Tour of Gonzaga University and WA State University Spokane Facilities

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Analyze the strategies used for campus development, maintaining

environmental sensitivity to habitat.

2. Explore the use of LEED design in publicly funded higher ed projects.

3. Understand how educational programs have been integrated into the physical

environment through the use of master planning.

4. Explore the environmental impact of distance learning and other technological

resources.

Learning ObjectivesA streamside view of project based learning and the impact on

educational facilitiesAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Know how to use the Buck Institute framework for developing meaningful

project based learning exercises and identify key roles for learners.

2. Understand Project Based Learning and the influence on learner

engagement.

3. Understand Project Based Learning and the influence on community

engagement.

4. Understand the impact of Project Based Learning on Educational Facility

Design.

1. Know how to use the Buck Institute framework for developing meaningful

project based learning exercises and identify key roles for learners.

2. Understand Project Based Learning and the influence on learner

engagement.

3. Understand Project Based Learning and the influence on community

engagement.

4. Understand the impact of Project Based Learning on Educational Facility

Design.

Learning ObjectivesTomorrow’s Fresh New Environment

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Learn about the role of the school building in communities and opportunities

for partnership.

2. Look at the relationship between curriculum and facilities.

3. Review current educational theory and look toward the future of school

buildings.

4. Learn how to balance flexibility in school design with variety in space types to

accommodate a range of programs without sacrificing function. 

Learning ObjectivesCreating Environments to Support Innovation

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Understand how facilities can support curriculum.

2. Design facilities that encourage collaboration.

3. Understand the importance of flexibility to accommodate different curricula.

4. Understand the importance of obtaining community support for a successful

outcome.

Learning ObjectivesLessons from STEM: Building a 21st Century School Using Modular

ConstructionAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the reasons that made Lake Washington SD opt for modular units

for its new curriculum.

2. Understand how aesthetic standards can be met with modular units.

3. Understand the time and cost savings achieved by using modular units.

4. Review the lessons learned from the implementation of this program.

Learning ObjectivesWAMOA Seminar: Bridging the Gap

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Examine the positive results gained through the engagement of students,

staff and community in creating an effective facility for the needs of new

education.

2. Understand how the creation of flexible spaces can meet the needs of

students and the community.

3. Understand how architecture can become an effective learning tool for

students and community.

4. Understand how collaborative design can produce surprising solutions.

Learning ObjectivesHow to Design a Safe School

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Examine how to make door openings secure.

2. Examine the different types of door hardware for improved security.

3. Examine external safety factors such as proper lighting and shrubbery.

4. Examine ADA and Fire codes and recommendations for CCTV.

Learning ObjectivesOPR: The Missing Link of Integrated Design and Project Delivery

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Understand he multidisciplinary integration of project management, design,

delivery and operations and the role of that OPR.

2. Examine best management practices.

3. Understand the importance of asset managers’ need to detail the specific and

measurable performance requirements.

4. Understand the importance of integrated design and project delivery.

Learning ObjectivesEarly Childhood Education – A Model for 21st Century Secondary

EducationAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Explore the new ideologies on early education.

2. Explore current educational and energy performance facility requirements.

3. Understand educational delivery for early childhood and the physical space

required.

4. Develop strategies on how to re-structure secondary education in the 21st

century.

Learning ObjectivesA Practical Guide to Alternative Contracting GC/CM & Design Built

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the process for alternative contracting for Washington State school

facilities.

2. Explore lessons learned from varying projects with alternative contracting

methods.

3. Review when and how alternative contracting methods are appropriate for a

particular project.

4. Learn what legislation is likely to follow the current regulations on alternative

contracting.

Learning ObjectivesHVAC Systems & Energy Performance

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Examine the pitfalls of upgrading older schools.

2. Examine helpful ideas honed for decades by the Europeans to increase

school's comfort and lower energy bills.

3. Use EUI as a powerful comparison tool by extracting useful information for

reducing energy use.

4. Address key code changes that have taken place and have significant

impacts on the EUI numbers of new facilities.

Learning ObjectivesResiliency as a Strategy for Disaster PreparednessAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Examine design theory and strategies for better facing disasters and

emergencies.

2. Understand how infrastructure being developed for emergency preparedness

is having an impact on our public systems.

3. Examine how schools can take advantage of this new trend.

4. Examine community resiliency and public health issues that make a

community better able to cope with disasters.

Learning ObjectivesTour B: Ferris High School, Technical Education Building, Northwest

Christian K-8 SchoolAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the similarities and differences in design and construction

requirements between a LEED Silver facility and a WA Sustainable School

Protocol facility.

2. Understand the increasing complexity in classrooms for science education as

students advance from elementary school through middle school to college.

3. Identify key strategies used to reduce a laboratory building's energy use in

order to achieve LEED Gold certification.

4. Explain how site planning at each of the three different sites accommodates

life safety egress and first responder access requirements.

Learning ObjectivesTour A: Westwood Middle School, Westview Elementary School,

Robinson Science HallAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Describe 3 differences between designing for a wide range of ages on a

grades k-12 campus as opposed to a grades 9-12 campus.

2. Identify planning strategies and practical approaches to building sustainable

facilities that can be implemented into future phases of construction.

3. Understand how site planning at all sites accommodates life safety egress

and first responder access requirements.

4. Recognize and articulate the unique materials handling and access

requirements of technical education facilities to ensure safety and eliminate

health hazards.

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