A New Vision for 21st Century Education

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Preparing Students for the 21st Century What Can
the Madison Public Schools Do?
A New Vision for 21st Century Education
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Ken Kay, President Partnership for 21st Century
Skills Madison Public Schools Madison,
Connecticut August 28, 2006
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Overview
Key Message
Working together, teachers, administrators and
community leaders can bring 21st Century Skills
to each and every student in America. (e.g. New
Tech High)
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Overview

• Why are 21st Century Skills so important?
• What is the framework for 21st Century
  Skills?
• What can Madison Public Schools
• do?

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21st Century Skills
Why are 21st Century Skills so Important?
6 Reasons
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21st Century Skills
1. We need our students to become effective
21st Century Citizens.
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21st Century Skills
2. The world is flat.
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21st Century Skills
3. The U.S. is falling behind.
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21st Century Skills
Ranking of G8 countries 10th grade math
problem solving
OECD Ranking
Problem Solving
Math
Science
Reading
14th
15th
15th
18th
18th
24th
24th
2000
2000
2000
2003
2003
2003
2003
Source PISA, 2000, 2003
Courtesy of Cisco
Systems
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21st Century Skills
4. The magnitude of our competition is changing.
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21st Century Skills
China India
300 Million Skilled Workers
Japan
25 Million Skilled Workers
2025
1985
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21st Century Skills
5. The nature of work is changing.
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21st Century Skills
How many of your Parents Grandparents had only
one or two jobs in their lifetimes?
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21st Century Skills
How many jobs will a young person have today
between age 18-38?
10.2 jobs
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21st Century Skills
20th Century
21st Century
1 2 Jobs
10 15 Jobs
Number of Jobs
Cross-cutting Skills
Mastery of One Field
Job Requirement
Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject
Matter Mastery
Subject Matter Mastery
Teaching Model
Subject Matter Mastery
Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject
Matter Mastery
Assessment Model
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21st Century Skills
6. The demands of the workforce are changing.
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What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
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21st Century Skills Framework
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21st Century Skills Framework
20th Century Education Model
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21st Century Skills Framework
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21st Century Skills Framework
Core Subjects

• - English
• Reading or Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Foreign Languages
• Civics

• Government
• Economics
• Arts
• History
• Geography

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Thinking and Learning Skills
• Critical Thinking Problem Solving Skills
• Creativity Innovation Skills
• Communication Information Skills
• Collaboration Skills
• Contextual Learning
• Information and Media Literacy

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21st Century Skills Framework

• ICT Literacy
• Information and communications technology (ICT)
  literacy is the ability to use technology to
  accomplish thinking and learning skills
• Critical Thinking Problem Solving Skills
• Creativity Innovation Skills
• Communication Information Skills
• Collaboration Skills
• Contextual Learning
• Information and Media Literacy

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Life Skills
• Leadership
• Ethics
• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Personal Productivity
• Personal Responsibility
• People Skills
• Self Direction
• Social Responsibility

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Is there a Framework?

• 21st Century Content
• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic, Business and
  Entrepreneurship Literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Health Wellness Awareness

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What can Madison Public schools do?
7 Things
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
1. Develop a Consensus
Develop a consensus among the key stakeholders on
the 21st century skills needed by Madison Public
School students.
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
2. Upgrade Professional Development

• Create a teacher professional development
  strategy for
• 21st century skills.
• Examples
• Lawrence Township (Indiana)
• North Carolina
• West Virginia

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What can Madison Public Schools do?
3. Imbed 21st Century Skills in core subjects

• Use the ICT Literacy Maps for
• Math
• Science
• English
• Geography
• Social Studies (late 2006)

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What can Madison Public Schools do?
3. Imbed 21st Century Skills in core subjects
(continued)
21st Century Model
Geographic Content
Analytic Thinking
Geography
Global Positioning Software
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
4. Upgrade Assessments
Use a full range of assessments, including
high-stakes and classroom assessments, to measure
21st century skills.
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
4. Upgrade Assessments (continued)
If we want innovative learners, we need to
assess metrics of innovative learning.
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
4. Upgrade Assessments (continued)
Assessment of 21st Century Skills The Current
Landscape June 2005 Partnership for 21st
Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org
(e.g. Council for Aid to Education)
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
4. Upgrade Assessments (continued)
Use senior-year projects and student portfolios
as methods of teaching and assessing 21st century
skills.
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
5. Focus on reforming high schools

• Focus on the results
• that matter in the
• 21st century.
• Redefine rigor to
• include 21st century
• skills.

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What can Madison Public Schools do?
6. Collaborate with the Business Community
Provide career awareness and internships that
offer opportunities to learn beyond the classroom.
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What can Madison Public Schools do?
7. Collaborate with Community-Based Groups
Collaborate with youth development and
after-school programs on a community strategy
to pursue 21st Century Skills.
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Conclusion

• Every student in the Madison Public Schools must
  be
• A critical thinker
• A problem solver
• An Innovator
• An effective communicator
• An effective collaborator
• A self-directed learner
• Information and media literate
• Globally aware
• Civically engaged
• Financially and economically literate

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Conclusion
These skills should become the design specs of
a 21st Century education in your district.
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Conclusion
Working together, teachers, administrators and
community leaders can make 21st century skills
happen for every student in the Madison schools.
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Conclusion
Madison, Connecticut can become a shining
national example of 21st century skills and 21st
century education.
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Contact Us
Let us know how we can help. The Partnership for
21st Century Skills 177 North Church Avenue,
Suite 305 Tucson, AZ 85701 (520)
623-2466 www.21stcenturyskills.org