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Recommendations
the recommendation: S T U D E N T S S H O U L D N O T S P E N D T H E E N T I R E D AY SITTING, BUT RATHER AS FOLLOWS:
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30% standing standing at desk s
50% sitting dynamic sitting on flexible chairs
20% movement teaching methods like active learning, learning in motion and breaks that involve walking
the flexible classroom
S I R K E N R O B I N S O N , INTERNATIONAL ADVISOR ON EDUCATION
Flexibility today is about providing students with diversity and choice. It is a student-focused approach to teaching – we have a variety of heights, different seating options, different desk configurations, allowing students to find their learning and social space and giving educators the necessary tools to help students thrive.
THE SHIFT+ CONCEPT
Lightweight, mobile, furniture for simple rearranging. The Shift+ system provides a set of tools and components to facilitate the flexibility required in today’s classrooms.
The concept behind Shift+ is to reduce the quantity of furniture in the classroom, make every piece flexible and multifuctional in view of facilitating all teaching styles and providing more space.
WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ, LITERARY CRITIC
Shift+ was created out of necessity. We realized we were at a crossroads generated by the inherent need to harness a dynamic shifting of educational delivery and instructional models implemented as well as demanded within our facilities. We knew we needed to institute more freedom by the creation of a new idea in educational furniture design. We needed a holistic solution that was complex but at the same time simplistic.
Our goal is to allow the end users to begin with a blank canvas by selecting a set of tools that respond to their specific learning and teaching strategies at a precise point in time.
David A. Stubbs II D E S I G N E D S H I F T + A S D I R E C TO R O F FAC I L I T I E S AT AT H E N S CO U N T Y S C H O O L BOARD, GEORGIA.
