07-15-2021
Learning Futures: Across the Globe
Recording of webinar located below.
Even as we collectively navigate the short-term impacts of COVID-19 on our schools, we can now begin to ask what longer-term impacts this moment will bear. But the architecture of learning spaces will not change from any one pandemic alone; rather, it will evolve from the intersections between this pandemic and the many other equally urgent, equally existential problems we face. How has the pandemic illuminated issues of technology and access, equity, social justice, our relationship to the natural environment, and climate change? How has the pandemic exacerbated or obviated the questions facing the future of classroom design just one year ago?
A three-part series of roundtable conversations, convened by FXCollaborative in collaboration with the AIA National Committee on Architecture for Education, will pose these questions to educators, experts, and pedagogical innovators. Through these conversations, we can exchange ideas, compare notes, and imagine together how the design of schools might respond to the possibilities, uncertainties, and gravity of this historic inflection point.
On July 15, 2021, we held the last of these conversations, "Learning Futures: Across the Globe," via Zoom webinar. A recording is below. The first session "Learning Futures: On the Ground" was held March 25, and the second session "Learning Futures: In the City" was held May 20.
Webinar recorded July 15, 2021, presented by FXCollaborative in collaboration with the AIA National Committee on Architecture for Education. Featuring moderator Austin Sakong, and panelists Kathleen Naglee, Yael Cass, and Dan Brenner.
Learning Futures: Across the Globe
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Time: 2-3 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
AIA Credit: 1.00 LU/HSW
Panelists
Kathleen Naglee, Head of School, International School of Helsinki
Yael Cass, PhD, Director of School Operations, International Schools Services
Dan Brenner, PhD, Executive Director, United Nations International School
Moderator
Austin Sakong, AIA, LEED GA, Senior Associate, FXCollaborative
More about the participants:
Kathleen Naglee is currently the Head of School at the International School of Helsinki. She is an award-winning school director of innovative leadership, pedagogy and design practices. Recent keynotes have been on topics such as the neuroscience of learning space and the power of disruption. She consults national governments, start-ups and serves as a Commissioner for the New England Schools and Colleges.
Yael Cass, PhD, is an Education Global Business Development and Operations expert with a strong entrepreneurial background. She has over 20 years of management and leadership experience and has been directly engaged in business enterprises, including startups on three continents. Her deep roots in education come from serving as a Vice Principal of a large US State Department sponsored school in Africa, school accreditation team member, a university lecturer, and her long commitment as a school board member and committee chair both in private and public education. In her role as the Director of School Operations at International Schools Services, Yael helps international school leaders and operational staff across the world to create and sustain safe and compliant learning environments for students and staff that meet quality assurance and accreditation standards. She holds a PhD in Built Environment from RMIT University, MSc in International Management from Liverpool University, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Product Management Certificate from Cornell University, and a Diploma in Architecture.
Dan Brenner, PhD, earned a Bachelor's Degree in psychology from Tufts University and a Master's Degree and Ph.D. in School/Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University. Dan's career started as a school psychologist and then Principal in the Great Neck, NY Public Schools. He later became the high school Principal in Yorktown, NY, and an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in the Roslyn, NY Public Schools. Dan spent 8 years as the Superintendent of Schools in Roslyn and moved on to become the Superintendent of Schools in Darien, Connecticut in 2015. Since 2018, he has served as the Executive Director at the United Nations International School in NYC.
Austin Sakong, AIA, LEED GA, is a Senior Associate at FXCollaborative, a New York City-based architecture, interiors, and planning design firm. His practice is informed by his belief that architecture and urban design are humanist pursuits, and that the quality of our built environment, like that of literature, hinges on its ability to articulate meaning, stories, and life. Austin has worked extensively on educational projects at FXCollaborative, including renovations, new building design, and master plans for K-12, higher education, and international institutions. Active in academia and a frequent speaker and writer, Austin holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union and a Master of Science from Columbia University and is a registered architect in New York.
Even as we collectively navigate the short-term impacts of COVID-19 on our schools, we can now begin to ask what longer-term impacts this moment will bear. But the architecture of learning spaces will not change from any one pandemic alone; rather, it will evolve from the intersections between this pandemic and the many other equally urgent, equally existential problems we face. How has the pandemic illuminated issues of technology and access, equity, social justice, our relationship to the natural environment, and climate change? How has the pandemic exacerbated or obviated the questions facing the future of classroom design just one year ago?
A three-part series of roundtable conversations, convened by FXCollaborative in collaboration with the AIA National Committee on Architecture for Education, will pose these questions to educators, experts, and pedagogical innovators. Through these conversations, we can exchange ideas, compare notes, and imagine together how the design of schools might respond to the possibilities, uncertainties, and gravity of this historic inflection point.
On July 15, 2021, we held the last of these conversations, "Learning Futures: Across the Globe," via Zoom webinar. A recording is below. The first session "Learning Futures: On the Ground" was held March 25, and the second session "Learning Futures: In the City" was held May 20.
Webinar recorded July 15, 2021, presented by FXCollaborative in collaboration with the AIA National Committee on Architecture for Education. Featuring moderator Austin Sakong, and panelists Kathleen Naglee, Yael Cass, and Dan Brenner.
Learning Futures: Across the Globe
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Time: 2-3 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
AIA Credit: 1.00 LU/HSW
Panelists
Kathleen Naglee, Head of School, International School of Helsinki
Yael Cass, PhD, Director of School Operations, International Schools Services
Dan Brenner, PhD, Executive Director, United Nations International School
Moderator
Austin Sakong, AIA, LEED GA, Senior Associate, FXCollaborative
More about the participants:
Kathleen Naglee is currently the Head of School at the International School of Helsinki. She is an award-winning school director of innovative leadership, pedagogy and design practices. Recent keynotes have been on topics such as the neuroscience of learning space and the power of disruption. She consults national governments, start-ups and serves as a Commissioner for the New England Schools and Colleges.
Yael Cass, PhD, is an Education Global Business Development and Operations expert with a strong entrepreneurial background. She has over 20 years of management and leadership experience and has been directly engaged in business enterprises, including startups on three continents. Her deep roots in education come from serving as a Vice Principal of a large US State Department sponsored school in Africa, school accreditation team member, a university lecturer, and her long commitment as a school board member and committee chair both in private and public education. In her role as the Director of School Operations at International Schools Services, Yael helps international school leaders and operational staff across the world to create and sustain safe and compliant learning environments for students and staff that meet quality assurance and accreditation standards. She holds a PhD in Built Environment from RMIT University, MSc in International Management from Liverpool University, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Product Management Certificate from Cornell University, and a Diploma in Architecture.
Dan Brenner, PhD, earned a Bachelor's Degree in psychology from Tufts University and a Master's Degree and Ph.D. in School/Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University. Dan's career started as a school psychologist and then Principal in the Great Neck, NY Public Schools. He later became the high school Principal in Yorktown, NY, and an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in the Roslyn, NY Public Schools. Dan spent 8 years as the Superintendent of Schools in Roslyn and moved on to become the Superintendent of Schools in Darien, Connecticut in 2015. Since 2018, he has served as the Executive Director at the United Nations International School in NYC.
Austin Sakong, AIA, LEED GA, is a Senior Associate at FXCollaborative, a New York City-based architecture, interiors, and planning design firm. His practice is informed by his belief that architecture and urban design are humanist pursuits, and that the quality of our built environment, like that of literature, hinges on its ability to articulate meaning, stories, and life. Austin has worked extensively on educational projects at FXCollaborative, including renovations, new building design, and master plans for K-12, higher education, and international institutions. Active in academia and a frequent speaker and writer, Austin holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union and a Master of Science from Columbia University and is a registered architect in New York.
