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KnowledgeBases > The Positive Learning Climates KnowledgeBase > Element 2 > Activity 1 > Task 4: Examine the School's Physical Environment

Guideline:

A school's physical facilities play a role in assuring a safe learning environment for students. When assessing the physical environment, attention should be given to how the building systems and security issues impact the school and students.

Checklists Environment Checklist

Partnership by Design, a resource from Education Northwest, the former Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, offers a useful checklist to assess a school's physical environment.

Guidelines Ensuring Quality School Facilities and Security Technologies _EXTERNAL_LINK

This resource is part of Education Northwest's series of safe schools guidebooks. Ensuring Quality School Facilities and Security Technologies helps educators and other members of the community understand the relationship between school safety and school facilities, including technology.

References Linking School Facility Conditions to Teacher Satisfaction and Success _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to an article summarizing a survey of Chicago and Washington, D.C., teachers showing the links among the condition of school facilities, educational outcomes, and teacher attrition. Though the study reports on Chicago and Washington, D.C., schools, all urban school systems might use the findings with their improvement efforts.

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