Teaching · Related Services

Sit where the students sit, then fix the light.

Mark glare, flicker and task light from a few student seats at the time of day it matters. Each problem comes back with a change to try, and the building fixes go on their own list.

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The lighting check

One record per room and time of day. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A list of lighting problems, each with a change to try, a separate list for facilities, and what students said.
Who it is for
School occupational therapists, teachers of students with visual impairments, classroom teachers and facilities staff.
Format
Browser checklist. One saved record per room and time; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
where the light lands, seat by seat
Drawn for this page. Glare depends on where each seat is, so the check is done from student seats, not the front of the room.

How to use it

  1. Pick the time of day students complain about, often after lunch on the sunny side.
  2. Sit in three or four student seats, including the back corners.
  3. Mark each item; leave it not checked if you could not see it at that time.
  4. Ask two or three students what bothers them, and where they sit.
  5. Try the in-room changes first; send the facilities list on the same day.

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What the checklist covers

Why it matters

Glare on a board or screen, flicker from failing lamps and uneven light make reading slower and more tiring, and they can trigger headaches in students who are sensitive to light. Most fixes are about where students sit and what is switched on.

Students differ

Some eye conditions call for more light, others for less and less glare. For a student with low vision, the teacher of students with visual impairments and the eye report decide what suits them.

What it is not

This is a comfort check by eye, not a measured lighting survey. Light levels and fixtures are set by the facilities team against the building’s lighting standards.

Sources

  1. Illuminating Engineering Society. ANSI/IES RP-3-20, Recommended Practice: Lighting Educational Facilities (2020).
  2. Winterbottom, M., and Wilkins, A. (2009). Lighting and discomfort in the classroom. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(1), 63–75.
  3. American Foundation for the Blind. Lighting for people with low vision (guidance pages).
  4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Indoor environmental quality in schools, lighting and daylighting guidance.

The example room and comments are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.