Preparing Every Child for the 21st Century

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Preparing Every Child for the 21st Century
Partnership for 21st Century Skills AASA
National Conference on Education Tampa,
Florida February 16, 2008
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Overview

• Who is the Partnership?
• Why are 21st Century Skills so important?
• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• What should administrators do?
• The Greenwich experience.

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Overview

• Who is the Partnership?
• Why are 21st Century Skills so important?
• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• What should administrators do?
• The Greenwich experience.

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Who is the Partnership?
A unique partnership between business, education
and policymakers
With support from the U.S. Department of
Education
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Who is the Partnership?

• The Partnership is a catalyst to
• define and promote a powerful
• vision for
• 21st Century Citizens
• 21st Century Workers
• 21st Century Education

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P21 Members
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Overview

• Who is the Partnership?
• Why are 21st century skills so important?
• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• What should administrators do?
• The Greenwich experience.

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Why are 21st century skills so important?
New Contexts
New Job Skills
Voter Attitudes
Global Citizenship
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Why are 21st century skills so important?
Global Competition
Global Cooperation
There are new 21st Century Contexts
Information Growth
More Jobs Careers
Service Economy
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New Context
Skills Required
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Why are 21st century skills so important?
New Contexts
New Job Skills
Voter Attitudes
Global Citizenship
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Why are 21st century skills so important?
The requirements of the workforce are changing
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Why are 21st century skills so important?

• What skills are most important for job success
  when hiring a high school graduate?

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Why are 21st century skills so important?

• Of the high school students that you recently
  hired, what were their deficiencies?

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Why are 21st century skills so important?

• What applied skills and basic knowledge are
  most important for those you will hire with a
  four-year college diploma?

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Why are 21st century skills so important?

• Of the four-year graduates you recently hired,
  how do they rate?

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Why are 21st century skills so important?

• What skills and content areas will be growing in
  importance in the next five years?

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Why are 21st century skills so important?
New Contexts
New Job Skills
Voter Attitudes
Global Citizenship
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Why are 21st century skills so important?
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Voter Attitudes toward 21st Century Skills
The things students need to learn in school
today are different than what they were 20 years
ago.
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Voter Attitudes toward 21st Century Skills
21st century skills are important for schools to
teach.
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Voter Attitudes toward 21st Century Skills
Teaching and learning 21st century skills are
very important to our countrys future economy.
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Overview

• Who is the Partnership?
• Why are 21st century skills so important?
• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• What should administrators do?
• The Greenwich experience.

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20th Century Education Model
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21st Century Skills Framework
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21st Century Skills Framework

• Core Subjects
• Economics
• English
• Government
• Arts
• History
• Geography
• Reading or Language
• Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• World Languages
• Civics

• 21st Century Themes
• - Global Awareness
• - Financial, Economic, Business
• Entrepreneurship Literacy
• - Civic Literacy
• - Health Literacy

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Learning Innovation Skills
• Critical Thinking Problem Solving
• Creativity Innovation
• Communication Collaboration

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Information, Media Technology Skills
• Information Literacy
• Media Literacy
• ICT (Information, Communications
• Technology) Literacy

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21st Century Skills Framework

• Life Career Skills
• Flexibility Adaptability
• Initiative Self-Direction
• Social Cross-Cultural Skills
• Productivity Accountability
• Leadership Responsibility

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How do I learn more about 21st century skills?
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Overview

• Who is the Partnership?
• Why are 21st century skills so important?
• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• What should administrators do?
• The Greenwich experience.

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What should administrators do?
1. Develop a Partnership Focused on 21st
Century Outcomes
Develop a consensus among the key stakeholders on
the 21st century skills needed by your students.
Be sure the business community is included.
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What should administrators do?
2. Upgrade Professional Development
Create a teacher professional development
strategy for 21st century skills.
http//wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/
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What should administrators do?
3. Upgrade Assessments
Use a full range of assessments, including
high-stakes and classroom assessments, to measure
21st century skills.
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Overview

• Who is the Partnership?
• Why are 21st century skills so important?
• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• What should administrators do?
• The Greenwich experience.

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The Greenwich experience

• Keys to local district implementation

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The Greenwich experience

• Superintendent Buy-in
• Administrative Leadership Buy-in
• Teacher Buy-in
• Board Buy-in

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Superintendent Buy-in
The Greenwich experience

• Daniel Pinks A Whole New Mind
• Robert Sternbergs Assessing What Matters
• CCSSOs Summer Institute

www.MEEBO.com
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Administrative Leadership Buy-in
The Greenwich experience

• Share Partnership for 21st Century Skills Web
  site
• Ken Kays presentation to Leadership Council
• Ken Kays discussion with subject area curriculum
  coordinators
• Integration of 21st century skills into
  curriculum review cycle

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Administrative Leadership Buy-in (cont.)
The Greenwich experience

• School Improvement plan objectives
• School Improvement plan focus (2 our of 11
  elementary schools)
• Include Partnerships focus in Leadership Guide
• Include 21st century skills as one of two foci
  for Leadership Professional Learning Plans

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Teacher Buy-in
The Greenwich experience

• Ken Kays presentation to all staff on Opening
  Day
• Catapult on interest already expressed by
  teachers
• Catapult on interest of IB teachers
• Catapult on interest of SEL teachers
• Catapult on interest of teacher power users of
  technology

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Board Buy-in
The Greenwich experience

• Share Ken Kays presentation on CD
• Incorporate 21st Century Skills ideas in District
  Mission and Vision Statements
• Incorporate 21st Century Skills into 2008-2009
  Areas of Focus Infuse 21st Century knowledge
  and skills across all curricular and program
  areas
• Budget items
• - Curriculum review cycle
• - Social emotional learning
• - District technology plan

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Conclusion

• Are our students ready for the new global economy?

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Conclusion
Are our students critical thinkers and problem
solvers?
Are our students globally aware?
Are our students self-directed?
Are our students good collaborators?
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Conclusion
Are our students information and technology
literate?
Are our students flexible and adaptable?
Are our students innovative?
Are our students effective communicators?
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Conclusion
These skills should become the design specs
for 21st century education in every district.
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Contact Us
177 North Church Avenue Suite 305 Tucson, AZ
85701 [phone]
www.21stcenturyskills.org