1. Beyond the Furniture: Space
Creating a Learner-centered environment
Ben Wagner, Resource Teacher
Office of Digital Learning

2. Globally Competitive Graduate
Learning and Innovation Skills
Media, Information, & Technology Skills
Our Goal
What a globally competitive CURRICULUM look like
Preparation and Planning
Classroom Environment
P21
Rigorous
Relevant
Globally Competitive Graduate
What a globally competitive TEACHER looks like
Accessible
Responsive
“Where no man has gone before…”
Explain the teaching and learning framework
P21, Danielson framework, curriculum
What a globally competitive STUDENT looks like
Instruction
Professionalism
Core Knowledge
Life and Career Skills
Framework for Teaching, The Danielson Group, 2011
Framework for 21st Century Learning, Partnership for 21st Century Skills,

3. A learner-centered environment is much more than student desks grouped together.
Session Outcome: Teachers can identify elements of space that support a learner- centered environment.

4. How we are using space to support learner-centered instruction
We will discover:
How we are using space to support learner-centered instruction
How our spaces are showing evidence of learner- centered instruction
What we can do to show more evidence
Explain outcomes
Emphasize third bullet.

5. Space
Physical Space
In creating a classroom environment, teachers make specific choices about the organization of physical space.
This includes:
Furniture
Physical Resources and Visuals
Room Orientation 1 2e 3 4
Preparation and Planning
Classroom Environment
Instruction
Professionalism
Danielson Framework
Refer to article
Get examples of the three bullets from staff. Use this to get everything thinking along similar lines

6. Professional Learning Tool
How do you know if what you see in a classroom is good evidence of a learner-centered environment?

7. Teacher-Centered
Student-Centered

8. Teacher-Centered
Student-Centered

9. Teacher-Centered
Student-Centered

10. Teacher-Centered
Student-Centered

11. Post what you consider evidence from classrooms Consider: Furniture
Teacher-centered
Student-centered
Post what you consider evidence from classrooms
Consider:
Furniture
Physical Resources and Visuals
Room Orientation
Work in grade level groups?
Use post its to put evidence of LCE on the continuum.

12. Digging deeper into the Professional Learning Tool How do you know what is good evidence of a Learner-Centered Environment?
Displayed student work is current and evidences choice and pride
Furniture is strategically arranged and supports instructional outcomes
Resources and materials are organized and available based on student needs
Visual resources support students’ independent thinking and learning
The space allows students equitable access to instruction
Solicit questions and write them on a chart. Use a separate chart for each bullet.

13. Moving notes left or right
Teacher-centered
Student-centered
Revise your thinking.
Consider:
Moving notes left or right
Add additional ideas (use a different color)
Revise anchor charts based on the key concept. Use different color for new ideas.
How can the room show evidence of…?

14. How can this information be used?
Reflect on ways the anchor chart could be used to promote learner-centered environments.