Guerilla Educators

Educon 2.2

We are pleased to announce that John Sole, President and CEO of Guerilla Educators in collaboration with the architect, David Schrader will be leading a "conversation" at Educon 2.2, one of the most innovative and important educational conferences taking place in the country.  Our starting point of the conversation is Educational Commissioning.

Conversation Description: The main idea is that, in a perfect pedagogical world there is an essential non-difference between the physical facility (the school) and the teaching and learning that takes place inside the walls (the School). Our conversation will focus on how the structure of the school, the very walls, should be a 3 dimensional teaching and learning tool. We will also take a look at how students should be involved from the very beginning of the school design process both to authentically inform educational facilities design and to use the design process as a powerful "real time" method to achieve rigorous grade appropriate curricular and civic proficiencies.

Conversational Practice: Authentic Youtube style video examples of students conducting architecture projects across the grades and participating in school design charrettes will frame and contextualize the conversations. We will also use the physical facility of the SLA with the participants as a vehicle to demonstrate the permeable nature between teaching and learning and the structure where that takes place.

Educon 2.2 will be held between January 29 - 31 at Science Leadership Academy, in Philadelphia.

Schrader/Sole Presentation at CEFPI Conference

The 2009 CEFPI NorthEast Regional Conference is being held on May 3-5 in New Brunswick, NJ.  This year's conference theme is "Schools on the Edge".  On May 3, John Sole, Founder of Guerilla Educators and David Schrader, CEO, SchraderGroup Architects will present a major breakout session called, Educational Facility Design and Project Based Learning; "The Real Connection".  At the session, we will demonstrate how to use Project Based Service Learning to integrate the design and construction process directly into the classroom to achieve curricular and social outcomes which provides a methodology for ALL students to perform at rigorous academic and civic levels regardless of demographic.  The case will also be made for incorporating students in the conceptual design process, beginning with the charrette.  This student involvement in the design process gives educational facilities planners an essential perspective to design more effective teaching and learning spaces. 

Register online at CEFPI.  Don't miss this important event!

Charrette Compilation

This video demonstrates the powerful circular connections between the design process and authentic, real-world, Project Based Service Learning.   Student citizenship/leadership skills and mastery of curriculum across a variety of disciplines is evident in the video.  The positive effects of student participation on the design process are also demonstrated.  See also, the 9 Hallmarks of Project Based Service Learning.   

Contact us here at Guerilla Educators for cutting edge Educational Facilities Design Solutions that work. We'll work with you every step of the way.

Guerilla Educators Featured at the AIA School Building Expo

John Sole, Founder of Guerilla Educators, in association with David Schrader of SchraderGroup Architects will collaborate to present a key breakout session at the American Institute of Architects', School Building Expo to be held between April 1-3, 2008 in Chicagoland.  Our presentation, BUILDINGS FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING will be on the Design for Learning Track of the conference and will take place in the 4:00 breakout sessions on April 2.  According to the SBE brochure...         
"We've teamed a forward-thinking educator and advocate of project-based, team-oriented learning (Sole) with his cutting-edge architect (Schrader) to show you what the school needs to offer to promote this more interactive model of learning. They'll “dissect” several successful school buildings to show you what a teacher and a facilities expert recommend to create spaces to support the new paradigm in learning."

The Keynote Speakers for the event include Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author of six architecture books, architecture critic of The New Yorker and The New York Times; Dean of Parsons School of Design; teacher at Yale & Berkeley Schools of Architecture and Prakash Nair, an award-winning school architect, design futurist, and voice for change, Prakash Nair has created schools in 35 countries on 5 continents, and led over $10 billion in school projects from New York City to New Zealand.

If you attend one architecture based conference this year, the SBE is your choice in '08!