This episode, hosted by Katie Jubenville, takes listeners on the road to the A4LE Southeast Regional Conference, featuring conversations with architects, educators, and facility planners about creating better learning environments. Guests discuss what it means to be "radically student-centered," the messages school buildings send to students and teachers, exciting trends in school design, and how to elevate teacher practice and gauge whether a school is thriving.

Our guests, in order of appearance:

Paulette Myers:

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

Architect

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulette-myers/

Matthew Pierzchala, AIA, NCARB, ALEP, WELL AP:

Larson Design Group

Client Leader | Senior Architect | Education Planner

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-pierzchala-aia-ncarb-alep-well-ap-8976311a/

Dr. Burke Royster:

Greenville County Schools

Superintendent

https://www.linkedin.com/in/burke-royster-b9436b56/

Robert Oetting:

Beaufort County School District

Chief Operations Officer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-oetting-a9742514/

Sophia Tarkhan AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, Fitwel Ambassador & Kate Edwards, AIA, NCARB:

Cooper Carry

Project Architects

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-tarkhan-aia-noma-leed-ap-fitwel-ambassador-64792a12/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-edwards-aia-ncarb-937a167/

Joseph Campbell, MS:

Charleston County School District

Construction Procurement Supervisor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-campbell-ms-741b61b8/

Aimee Eckmann, FAIA:

Perkins&Will

Firmwide K-12 Practice Leader

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-eckmann-faia-269a584/

Episode 340 of the Better Learning Podcast

For more information on our partners:

Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) - https://www.a4le.org/

Education Leaders' Organization - https://www.ed-leaders.org/

Second Class Foundation - https://secondclassfoundation.org/

EDmarket - https://www.edmarket.org/

Catapult @ Penn GSE - https://catapult.gse.upenn.edu/

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