Planning Educational Facilities

This book covers the entire planning process educators must employ to adequately administer the planning process for a new or renovated school building. The structure of the book is to follow a sequential planning process for a new school building or renovation project from the beginning of a need for a new school to the final evaluation of the planning product and planning process. In addition to complete chapters describing each planning process, there are auxiliary chapters devoted to topics important to the planning process such as Green Schools, Critical Issues, and Safe Buildings. A unique chapter is the last one dealing with Problem-Based Learning. In this chapter problems from actual experience in the field are presented to students for consideration and discussion.

Dr. Glen I, Earthman has over forty years' experience in teaching school facility planning at Virginia Tech and in providing consultative work to local school systems. He has authored 6 books on school facility planning and has written extensively in the field. He was the first Director of the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities.

Preface
1.Organization and Policy Planning
2.Planning Considerations
3.Planning in the Public Schools
4.Long-Range Planning: Educational Program Development
5.Long-Range Planning: Student Enrollment Projections
6.Long-Range Planning: Evaluation of Existing Facilities
7.Long-Range Planning: Financial Planning
8.Development of the Capital Improvement Program
9.Developing Educational Specifications
10.Site Selection and Acquisition
11.Employing the Architect
12.Monitoring the Design Phase
13.Bidding the Construction Project
14.Alternative Contracting Plans and Commissioning of Schools
15.Managing the Construction Phase
16.Orientation and Evaluation
17.Planning for Technology
18.Critical Issues in School Facility Planning: A Look to the Future
19.Green Schools
20.Planning Schools for Safety
21.Problem-Based Learning
Appendix A: Sample School Building Appraisal Form
Appendix B: States with Credit-Enhancement Programs
Appendix C: Checklist for Development of Educational
Appendix D: States with Credit-Enhancement Programs
Appendix E: Letters to the Architect
Appendix F: Letter to Request Presentation - Architect
Appendix G: Sample Agreement Between Owner and Architect
Appendix H: Position Description for Construction
Appendix I: Form to Evaluate Planning Process
References
About the Author