School Design and Learning Environments

in the City of Espoo, Finland

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December 2018

Monday 14th of May

Meeting with the Steering Group of the Finnish Education Unit

10.00 – 12.00

Current status of education in Espoo, implementation of the new curricula, issues and

challenges, policy priorities and objectives, initiatives to integrate new migrants; staffing

and financing; teachers’ professional development; monitoring and evaluation, education

statistics, social and economic data.

12.00 – 15.00

Lunch and meeting with the Technical and Environment Services

Overall presentation of the department, key responsibilities, budget and staffing; the

planning process, criteria to guide investment decisions; key features of the new school

designs; supervision and cost management, post-occupancy evaluation

Tuesday 15th of May

Meeting with the Financial Department

9.00 – 10.30

City strategy, investment plan, annual budget, investment priorities, education investments,

investment trends, monitoring impact.

11.00 – 13.30

Visit to Auroran Koulu

• Tour of the premises with school staff and city official responsible for management of the

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design and construction

School lunch

• Discussion with a small group of teachers

• Meeting with the principal

14.00 – 15.45

Visit to Päivänkehrän Koulu

• Tour of the premises with school staff and city official responsible for management of the

design and construction

• Discussion with a small group of teachers

• Meeting with the principal

Wednesday 16th of May

Visit to Tapiolan Koulu and Tapiolan Lukio

9.00 – 11.15

• Tour of the premises with school staff and city official responsible for management of the

design and construction

• Meeting with the principals

• Discussion with small groups of teachers

13.00 – 14.00

Visit to Haukilahden Lukio (general upper secondary school) and presentation of

‘School as a Service’

Thursday 17th of May

Visit to Kirkkojärvi Day Care Centre

9.00 – 10.30

• Tour of the premises with school staff and city official responsible for management of the

design and construction

• Meeting with the daycare leader

• Opportunity to discuss with kindergarten staff

10.30 – 13.00

Visit to Kirkkojärvi School

• Tour of the premises with school staff and representative responsible for management of

the design and construction

• Meeting with the principal

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School lunch

• Discussion with a small group of teachers

14.00 – 15.00

Meeting with Deputy Mayor Aulis Pitkälä

Meeting with Deputy Mayor Aulis Pitkälä and Planning Manager Juha Hovinen

Friday 18th of May

Visit to Saunalahti School

9.00 – 11.00

• Tour of the premises with school staff and city official responsible for management of the

design and construction

• Meeting with the principal

• Discussion with a small group of teachers

11.30

Lunch and wrap-up with city officials