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The School Building Association
Council of Educational Facility Planners

Georgia Chapter

CEFPI International Membership Information

This organization is the advocate for excellence in student learning environments. Research has proven that there is an integral relationship between the quality of educational facilities and the level of student achievement.

CEFPI believes that:

Facilities impact the learning, development and behavior of the facility user;
The planning process is essential for quality facilities;
Sharing and networking improves the planning process; and
There is a standard by which to measure.

World-class educational facilities require the leadership of qualified and professional educators, planners, architects, and construction professionals. Since 1921, CEFPI has served this portion of the education community as the international umbrella organization linking the professional efforts of these experts in developing creative learning environments.

The Council continues to be the preeminent educational facilities planning organization, bringing these constituencies together and providing strategic leadership, and member value in several critical areas:

Serving as a growing, diverse, participative organization.
Continuing to be a cutting-edge resource communicating knowledge through effective mediums and technologies.
Striving to be the leading provider of education and training for educational facility planners.
Leading the education community in promoting, partnering, collecting and disseminating research.
Continuing to be recognized as the advocate for, and authority on, educational facility planning.
And, finally, to be a financially viable organization that is governed and managed in support of the strategic plan and vision.

The Council is committed to facilitating creative and responsible planning, design, construction and renovation of schools and colleges, which will provide the most effective learning environments for students of all ages.

Through interaction with an internationally diverse membership, you will have access to a network of experts and specialists on topics critical to effective educational facility planning. Decision-makers and public policy specialists recognize CEFPI as a credible source of information on current issues that link effective facility planning to the learning process.

CEFPI is the primary advocate and resource for planning effective educational facilities. We serve those who use, plan, design, construct, maintain, equip, and operate educational facilities.

Becoming a member of CEFPI allows you to take advantage of valuable resources, and to meet others within the facility planning/education industry.

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