Student Support Pod
The Student Support Pod gives schools, colleges and libraries an enclosed, sound-reducing setting for counseling, teletherapy, mentoring, advising and one-on-one conversations inside the buildings they already have. Two lounge chairs, a shared table and a glass door, on the two-person G-2 SL platform.
Starting at $5,000Two chairs and shared table included. Delivery, installation, technology and project-specific options are quoted separately.
Up to two people • Two lounge chairs and table • Power, USB-A and USB-C • G-2 SL platform • Concept rendering
The student-support conflict
A student who needs a counselor, an advisor or a tutor usually needs them during the school day, in the building they are already in. The counseling office is often in session, the private classroom has a class in it, and the conference room belongs to whoever booked it first. So the conversation happens in a hallway, at a library table or in a shared office, where it competes with everything around it and where the student is on display.
The problem is not simply a shortage of rooms. It is that personal, spoken student-support activities have to coexist with classrooms, libraries, learning commons and administrative areas that are busy with other things, and permanently assigning another room to support work is rarely possible.
A student support pod creates a consistent, enclosed setting for those conversations without taking a room out of service. It is placed where students already are, it is visible to staff through the glass, and it is available whenever the person who needs it arrives. It is the two-person member of the ClarityCastle education pods line, between the single-user Student Pod and the four-person Collab Pod.
What the Student Support Pod supports
Each use below is a real scheduling or setting problem in a school or campus building, and what the pod changes about it.
Counselors carry caseloads that far exceed the number of hours their office is free, and a check-in that has to wait for the office often does not happen. A pod near the counseling suite, the library or a grade-level wing gives a counselor a second place to meet a student the same day, with two facing chairs and a door instead of a borrowed corner.
When a student meets an off-site provider by video, the school has to supply a seat, a screen, power and a setting where the student is not being watched by classmates. The pod provides that seat with a table for a school laptop, an optional monitor mount and a calmer background, so a session can be held during the day without commandeering an office. The pod is a physical space; the institution and the provider set the technology and privacy practices for each session.
A mentor from the community or a peer-mentoring program meets a student weekly, usually without an assigned room. The pod gives the pair a fixed meeting place with the same furniture every week, so the relationship has a home and the meeting does not depend on which classroom is empty.
Course selection, credit checks and transfer planning involve two people looking at the same screen and talking through options. In a pod the advisor and the student sit across a shared table with a laptop between them, out of the traffic of the advising office and away from the open library floor.
A tutor and a student working through a problem set need to talk, write and read aloud. At an open table that disturbs the students around them; in the pod the session runs at a natural pace, and the shared table holds the worksheet and the device.
An intervention meeting about attendance, grades or behavior is a difficult conversation for a student to have in public. The pod gives the teacher, counselor or dean an enclosed, neutral setting that is not the principal's office, close to where the student's day is happening.
Application reviews, financial-aid questions and mock interviews need a table, a laptop and a place where a student can ask questions they would not ask in a group. A pod in the career center or library gives those conversations a scheduled, bookable setting.
A parent call or video conference about a student should not happen at a shared staff desk. The pod gives a teacher or counselor a place to hold the call with the student present or not, with a door closed and the rest of the office undisturbed.
Standard Student Support configuration
The Student Support Pod uses the ClarityCastle G-2 SL two-person lounge platform and accommodates up to two people. The starting configuration includes:
Footprint, clearances and the final configuration are confirmed for the selected G-2 SL build during quotation.
Designed around conversation
A support conversation is different from a meeting. The pod is furnished for it: two upholstered lounge chairs face each other across a small shared table, so a counselor or advisor sits with the student rather than across a desk from them. The table holds a laptop, a folder or nothing at all.
The pod is a physical setting, not a healthcare service. It does not replace professional counseling facilities or the institution's own practices.
Virtual student-support sessions
Many support services now arrive by video: a district teletherapy provider, a college's remote advising desk, a tutor in another city. The student still needs a physical seat in the building. The pod is planned for that use with the school's own equipment.
Technology is configured and quoted per project. The institution and its providers remain responsible for the platforms, accounts and session practices they use.
Visibility, supervision and privacy planning
Schools have to balance two things in a support space: the student needs enough privacy to speak, and staff need enough visibility to supervise. The pod is built for that balance. The glazed front and door keep the interior visible from outside; the enclosed construction and acoustic interior help reduce surrounding distractions and sound transfer. Performance varies with the pod model, placement, surrounding environment and installation conditions.
Partial privacy film is available as an option: a frosted band at seated height screens faces from passers-by while leaving the upper glass clear, so the pod reads as occupied and supervised. Fuller coverage can be discussed for placements where the institution's policy calls for it.
The pod provides the setting. Appropriate visibility, supervision, scheduling and technology practices remain the institution's responsibility. Organizations should establish appropriate privacy, supervision and technology practices for each use, including:
The pod is sound-reducing, not soundproof, and does not by itself make a conversation confidential.
Customization
Standard finishes are part of the starting configuration. Everything else below is a project-specific option, configured and quoted separately.
Standard colors and add-ons for ClarityCastle pods can be previewed in the Build Your Phone Booth configurator; Student Support Pod configurations are quoted directly.
Accessibility planning
Accessibility should be evaluated around the individual user, pod configuration and installation site. ClarityCastle can work with the institution and its project team to review circulation, entry, furniture layout, controls and other site-specific considerations. An accessibility-oriented configuration, including furniture layout and entry planning, is available as a project-specific option.
Sound performance
The enclosed construction and acoustic interior help reduce surrounding distractions and sound transfer. Performance varies with the pod model, placement, surrounding environment and installation conditions. Organizations should establish appropriate privacy, supervision and technology practices for each use.
For a plain-language explanation of acoustic terminology and how to compare pods, read the Office Phone Booth Buyer's Guide.
The pod does not guarantee confidentiality. ClarityCastle reviews placement with the institution before installation.
Specifications and planning
| Platform | ClarityCastle G-2 SL two-person lounge pod |
|---|---|
| Capacity | Up to two people |
| Included furniture | Two upholstered lounge chairs and one shared table |
| Power and charging | Power outlet with USB-A and USB-C charging |
| Lighting | Interior lighting; camera-friendly lighting configuration available as an option |
| Ventilation | Integrated ventilation |
| Enclosure | Glass door, glazed front panels, acoustic interior treatment, occupancy indicator |
| Technology planning | Monitor backing or mounting provision, cable management and data connection planned and quoted per project |
| Finish options | Standard interior and exterior finish choices included; alternative upholstery, finishes, privacy film and graphics quoted separately |
| Delivery and installation | Quoted separately for each project |
| Site preparation | Delivery route, floor area, overhead clearance, power supply and any electrical or data work are reviewed before installation; requirements vary by location, site conditions and configuration |
| Accessibility review | Evaluated around the individual user, pod configuration and installation site, with the institution's project team |
ClarityCastle confirms the delivery route into the building and to the final location, the floor area and overhead clearance, the power supply and any electrical or data work the location needs, and any approvals or site preparation the institution requires. ClarityCastle can provide product information and drawings for facilities staff and the applicable local authority to review.
The pod is modular and can be moved to another area or building as programs change. Relocation is planned and quoted as a separate service.
Final specifications for the ordered configuration are included with the project quote.
Pricing
Starting at $5,000. Delivery, installation, technology and project-specific options are quoted separately. Final specifications and pricing for the ordered configuration are included with the project quote.
Starting at $5,000
The Student Support Pod product profile (PDF) summarizes the configuration, options and pricing.
Reference
The American School Counselor Association describes the school counselor's role and the research behind it on its School Counselor Roles and Ratios page, including the link between students' access to counselors and outcomes such as attendance and graduation. Access is partly a question of staffing and partly a question of where a counselor can actually meet a student when the moment arrives.
The reference is cited for context on the importance of accessible student-support services. It does not describe ClarityCastle products or acoustic pods and does not imply an endorsement.
FAQ
The Student Support Pod is a two-person education pod built on the ClarityCastle G-2 SL lounge platform. It gives schools, colleges and libraries an enclosed, sound-reducing setting for counseling, teletherapy, mentoring, advising, tutoring and other one-on-one student-support conversations inside an existing building, without permanently assigning another room. The starting configuration includes two upholstered lounge chairs, a shared table, lighting, ventilation, power and USB charging, an occupancy indicator and a glass door with glazed front panels.
Any two people who need a dedicated place to talk: a counselor and a student, a mentor and a mentee, an advisor and a student, a tutor and a learner, or a single student on a video session with an off-site provider. Institutions decide who may schedule it and how.
No. Counseling is one use. The same pod supports academic advising, mentoring, one-on-one tutoring, academic-intervention meetings, college and career planning, and family or guardian calls. It is a physical space for personal or spoken student-support activities, not a service of any one kind.
Yes, as a physical setting. A student can meet an off-site provider by video from a school laptop on the shared table, with an optional wall-mounted monitor, a camera-friendly lighting configuration and a data connection available as project-specific options. The institution and the provider set the technology, privacy and session practices; the pod does not provide the service or make the session confidential on its own.
Yes. The pod accommodates up to two people on the two included lounge chairs, which face each other across the shared table.
Yes. Two upholstered lounge chairs and one shared table are included in the starting price. Alternative upholstery and finishes are quoted separately.
No. Power and USB-A and USB-C charging are included. Monitor backing or a mounting provision, a camera-friendly lighting configuration, cable management and a data connection are project-specific options, configured and quoted per project. Laptops, monitors, cameras and headsets are typically supplied by the institution.
No. The enclosed construction and acoustic interior help reduce surrounding distractions and sound transfer. Performance varies with the pod model, placement, surrounding environment and installation conditions. The pod is sound-reducing, not soundproof.
No. The pod provides a more controlled setting than a hallway or an open office, but it does not by itself make a conversation confidential. Organizations should establish appropriate privacy, supervision and technology practices for each use, including placement, scheduling and the use of headsets for video sessions.
The Student Support Pod is a physical space, not a healthcare service, a technology platform or a certified clinical facility, so compliance with HIPAA, FERPA or similar requirements is not something the pod can claim on its own. Whether a given use meets those requirements depends on the institution's and the provider's policies, technology and practices.
Yes. Partial privacy film, typically a frosted band at seated height, is available as a project-specific option. It screens faces from passers-by while keeping the upper glass clear so the pod remains visible to staff. Fuller coverage can be discussed for specific placements.
Yes. Standard interior and exterior finish choices are included, and school colors or mascot graphics are available as an optional graphics package, quoted separately from the starting price.
Accessibility should be evaluated around the individual user, pod configuration and installation site. ClarityCastle can work with the institution and its project team to review circulation, entry, furniture layout, controls and other site-specific considerations, and an accessibility-oriented configuration is available as a project-specific option.
Starting at $5,000, the configuration includes the G-2 SL two-person pod, two upholstered lounge chairs, one shared table, standard interior lighting, integrated ventilation, a power outlet with USB-A and USB-C charging, an occupancy indicator and standard interior and exterior finish selections.
No. Delivery, installation, technology and project-specific options are quoted separately, based on the delivery location, building access, site conditions and the selected configuration.
Yes. The pod is modular and can be moved to another area or building as programs change. Relocation is planned and quoted as a separate service.
Tell ClarityCastle where support conversations are happening today and where they should happen, and we will return a complete student support pod quote covering the pod, options, delivery and installation.
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