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Classroom Model
With ample square footage for active learning activities, the standards-based model features a group design with four classrooms built around an extended-learning area. Although the group learning areas are linked, each classroom is enclosed with walls. Primary classrooms are designed for a ratio of 18 students for each teacher, and fourth- through twelfth-grade classes are designed for a ratio of 25 students per teacher.
Wherever possible, the plan calls for elementary schools that serve 650 students in preschool through eighth grade. The size would total roughly 89,000 square feet, with seven groups of classrooms. Each classroom would cover 900 square feet. There would be separate rooms for music, science, art and special education, as well as spaces for parent, agency or community use. A similar design is planned for high schools; in most cases, several small high schools will operate within an existing building. An adapted version of the basic model will be used in elementary schools with smaller student enrollments. |
Cincinnati Public Schools'
Standards' Based Model is the design centerpiece of the Facilities Master
Plan. This architectural model has been developed specifically to support
teaching practices that are improving student achievement in our schools.
In primary classrooms, a team of five teachers will work with
students in each group. The design lends itself to flexible groupings of
students to better focus on individual learning needs. This flexibility is
important to help students reach academic standards because not all
students learn the same way or at the same rate.