Creating Agile Spaces
with Covid-19 Relief Funds
ESSER: Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
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ESSER III - Texas
$11.4B
Initial Allocation
$7.3B
Minimum of
20%*
Set Aside for
Addressing Learning Loss
Recommend
15%
Be Allocated for
Healthy Facilities
How Can Your School District Use Your Funds?
Addressing Student Learning Loss
20% of ESSER III funds must go towards the implementation of evidence-based interventions
“Growing bodies have a natural need to move. Increased opportunities to move while seated improve blood flow and oxygen to the brain, thereby increasing attention and concentration levels."
– Dr. Dieter Breithecker, Health and Kinetics Scientist
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Addressing Student Learning Loss
Movement increases engagement & learning:
“Watching a child makes it obvious that development of body and mind comes through movement.”
- Maria Montessori
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Providing Mental Health Services & Support
Physical activity is a high-yield investment for all kids, especially those challenged with attention or hyperactive issues. In short, movement is ADHD medication.
(Nike, Inc. 2013, Siddarth et al. 2018, Schmid et al. 2014, Wheeler et al. 2017)
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Providing Mental Health Services & Support
Agile Classrooms lead to:
- 40% higher test scores
- 15% more likely to go to college
- Reduced risk for heart diseases, diabetes II, stroke, cancer, dementia
- 1/10th as likely to be obese
- May live 5 years longer
(Nike, Inc. 2013, Siddarth et al. 2018, Schmid et al. 2014, Wheeler et al. 2017)
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Repairing and Improving School Facilities
Future-Proof Your Spaces for Covid-19 & Beyond
Mobile furniture that fits through doorways ensures schools can quickly expand into hallways, foyers, and gyms as needed to spread out students.
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Repairing and Improving School Facilities
Furniture built with constant change in mind to support all learning environments, and that can be rearranged to meet the need at any given moment.
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Agile Classroom Examples
*https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/arp-esser-iii-grant-program