Rebuilding America’s Schools through Partnerships

Mille Munksgaard
Proposal Status
Ready for Committee Review
Username
Mille Munksgaard
Proposer First Name
Mille
Proposer Email
mimu@di.dk
Proposer Last Name
Munksgaard
Proposer Phone
(929) 290-9701
Proposer Job Title
Project Manager and Consultant
Proposed Session Description
The Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2021 invests $130 billion to help reopen public schools and provide students and educators a safe place to learn and work and creates common starting point to discuss best practice and what is needed to succeed in implementing the best possible solutions – to rebuild New York’s schools for the future. In educational settings and open spaces, a good indoor climate is essential to health and well-being, but it also plays a crucial role in student achievement. Creating the optimal conditions for learning requires product solutions designed to address all the unique needs of education spaces. Optimal acoustics, air quality, natural lighting and aesthetics work together to impact how students understand teachers, stay focused and even perform on tests.
Why is this session important?
To rebuild New York’s schools for the future we must look for new inspiration that can help provide both students and educators with a safe place to grow and work. This session is an insight into best practices, and what we need to do to succeed with implementation – which is critical to secure the future of New York’s schools and all who uses them.

Comments

Jodi Smits Anderson Mon, 04/05/2021 - 4:09 pm

Round 1 - YESTimely, focused on national agenda implementations in NY, taking in info on air quality and health along with education system improvements. "Partnerships" in the title (need to know more) and I am hoping the synergies between financing/funding and practice will be explored as well as the collaborations needed to make this work well.Oh - and it is building on workshop sessions in the summer - which is excellent. NOTE - If I had to choose between this one and the next one in my list (same submitter) I suggest this one is more applicable and powerful.

Monisha Royan Tue, 04/06/2021 - 11:42 pm

Round 1 Review - Yes

Need of the hour, focusing on rebuilding/ reopening of schools
I would recommend adding on the safety measures on reopening after the pandemic, importance of the workforce, operations & maintenance to the session's description.

Susan Farber Mon, 04/12/2021 - 4:59 pm

ROUND 1 DISCUSSION: It would be great to include mechancial engineer, facilities manager, financial aspects.

Sara Bayer Fri, 04/30/2021 - 5:29 pm

YES/Maybe  - healthy schools is good topic - dealing with ventilation post-covid.  Ideally is well represneted in the conference. If SCA can really participate (which looks like the Danish cleantech hub can do) then it woudl be very good to hear how the SCA is dealing with energy/health/covid in the future. sorry I wrote a much longer answer to this but I lost it.  trying to paraphrase here.

Susan Farber Thu, 05/20/2021 - 3:00 pm

ROUND 2 discussion - Danish Cleantech Hub – Proposal isn’t fully fleshed out. Repeat of their presentation in June. More than ventilation: Rockfon materials/acoustics/healthy materials. Good runner-up? Could fill a niche re: schools; Covid-safe ventilation. / Energy manager from DOE? / Public schools are often where efforts are trialed first. Michaela has connections to this network. / Attendees may want this content as parents.

Diversity and Inclusiveness
Main topic is schools in low-income areas and we do also aim to gather a diverse group of speakers.
Learning Objectives
Best practices usable for designing the future of New York's schools.
Why buildings' indoor climate and design plays a crucial role in student achievement.
What a healthy educational setting can look like.
How we best support the implementation of a safe and healthy place to work and learn.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Additional Comments
We will be organizing a workshop focusing on this topic with New York organizations, companies and agencies in June as a warm up.

NYC 2021 Areas of Focus

Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 1 - No prior knowledge needed.
Session Format
Interview or structured conversation among panelists
Lightning Round (several brief idea pitches followed by discussion)
Recommended Length
60-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - NYC 2021

Reviewer 1
Smits Anderson, Jodi
Reviewer 2
Bayer, Sara
Curator
Sullivan, James
Proposal #
119
Session #
214
Committee Decision
Accepted