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Teachers praise student-engagement summit; board asked to pilot teacher-designed classroom furniture
Summary
Teachers and administrators told the Palmdale Aerospace Academy District board they received practical strategies at a recent student-engagement summit and asked the board to approve piloting new classroom furniture and layouts for winning teacher designs to boost student engagement.
A group of teachers and administrators told the Palmdale Aerospace Academy District board they want the district to pilot new classroom furniture and layouts after a weeklong student-engagement summit that administrators said energized staff and produced immediately actionable classroom changes.
The summit — presented to the board as a recap of a multi-day professional-development series — involved consultants and 42 teachers and administrators, and produced peer-selected “ideal classroom” layouts the district plans to pilot. Superintendent and staff presenters said teachers reported strong, positive feedback: “we got a 100% that it was relevant and meaningful to them in their roles,” a presenter told the board.
The summit’s stated goal was “discovering and implementing several actionable practices that measurably improve the experience of school for students so that…
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