TO: Dr. Joe
Scarcella
FROM: Phil Fournier
DATE: 12/16/2004
RE: 502, Quiz 2, Fournier
EVOC 502 Quiz 2 Vocabulary Course Budgets and Facilities Floor Plan
Writing a course budget requires some research into information that is not generally
shared with instructors, but I suggest that it might be a really good idea to
do so. High schools and ROP programs
operate with budgeting that is
paid off
Facilities Floor Plans
I used a facilities
floor
plan when designing and building my auto repair shop back in 1993. I designed the shop with dimensions I got from
conversing with others who had built repair shops and had regrets about the way
they had designed their own buildings.
Drawing a to-scale model on graph paper is about the best way to
visualize how the final facility will function.
A classroom or a shop must be designed with the same approach I used in
building a repair shop designed to provide a safe working environment and a
smoothly operating repair shop. Students
who learn in a well-designed classroom will appreciate a more efficient
learning experience, and lab time will be spent more productively in a
well-designed school shop. A sensible floor
plan is vital for good use of limited space and for efficient work
flow. One difference in a school shop
versus a revenue-based working shop would be floor space allocated to
demonstrators and working models or mock-ups.
Designing a school shop and leaving room for mock-ups makes for much
more efficient use of floor space and consequently, more efficient use of the
student contact hours.