Alaska Department of Education, 2005
The initial step in the creation of a school facility that effectively meets the needs of students, teachers, administrators, and community members is the formation of a clear, concise, written facility program statement. This written program statement is the educator’s opportunity to articulate the educational program of the school to the professional designer. The written program statement, through further development, becomes the “program for design” that articulates the scope and requirements for a completed facility. Educators have come to call this program for design an “educational specification.” The success of the educational specification in communicating the school facility’s needs to the professional designer plays a large part in the overall success of a school facility construction or improvement project.
