Facilities Evaluation

Does Your School System's Facilities and Grounds  Promote or Hinder Student Learning?

Isn't it funny how people who would never dream of hiring teachers without college degrees or certification will leave students completely unprotected against the effects of bad school designs?  While we recognize that some teachers are incompetent, few of us realize that bad school design takes as much of a toll on student learning as a school full of incompetent teachers. Chances are, your school system hires well qualified, good teachers.   Doesn't it make sense to make an investment in certifying your school buildings with good school design?  If you have good teachers, making strategic design changes in your school's physical environment can improve student learning and other outcomes by as much as 15%.  (1)

Improve Student Outcomes Through School Design Changes

The TFPG has developed instrumentation to detect school design flaws that interfere with student learning, even if you employ excellent teachers.  Allow the TFPG to evaluate your existing schools and show you how  to improve the physical learning environment and raise student achievement scores!  Shouldn't your good teachers be allowed to get more positive results by working in school buildings having  "student friendly"  designs that complement teaching and learning?

TFPG Will Evaluate Your School to Determine What Steps Can be Taken to Improve Student Outcomes.  Read About How We Can Help Below:

TFPG uses a research-based approach to assess your existing school building and grounds.  We visit the school, study the facilities and grounds according to an extensive set of variables and then recommend specific physical changes that you can make to improve student learning and other outcomes.  Over several years we have worked to refine instruments that provide a school rating or score. We measure various features that influence student learning, behavior, and attitude and  develop scores and charts to suggest what you can do to increase student learning, improve student behavior and attitude, and maximize other aspects of student outcomes.  When specified changes are implemented,  you can expect from 5 -15% improvement in student outcomes.

Here is How Our School Assessment Process Works:

Phase I - Contact TFPG and explain what you want to achieve; for example, Need for Improved Student Behavior; Improved Test Scores; Improved Student Attitude, or Other Outcomes.

Phase II -  We are invited into your school for a facilities and site audit, which usually requires two days.  We prefer to see the whole context, including students in action, if possible.

Phase III - TFPG completes the computer assisted data analysis within two weeks;  and provides you with specific prioritized scores and directions for facilities and grounds improvement, leading to better student outcomes.

Phase IV - Upon the implementation of TFPG's recommended changes, student outcomes are expected to immediately begin showing improvement.  In other words, you do not have to wait 3 -5 years to see improvement.

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