Teacher Leaders in the 21st Century

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Welcome!!

• Teacher Leaders in the 21st Century
• Learn where to locate 21st century careers, what
  are the 21st century skills and how they can be
  integrated in lesson plans.
• Nancy Headrick, Director
• State Services for School Improvement

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Comparing a High-Performance Workplace to a
High-Performance Classroom

• Goals achieved?
• Work together?
• Relationships among employees?
• Role of the supervisor?
• Physical environment?
• Policies and procedures?

• Goals achieved?
• Work together?
• Relationships among students and teacher?
• Role of the teacher?
• Physical environment?
• Policies and procedures?

• Workplace

• Classroom

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Frameworks for 21st Century Skills
Partnership for 21st Century Skills Career Ready Practices Microsoft Education Competencies
A framework that outlines a vision for student success in the 21st century global economy Identifies skills and provides resources to teachers Provide a framework for developmental experiences necessary to become career ready Experiences that can be practiced using many different approaches All students refine these practices throughout their learning Represent attributes, behaviors, areas of knowledge, skills, and abilities required for successful job performance Includes definition, levels of proficiency, sample interview questions, activities and resources, and examples of overdoing the competency
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Teaching 21st Century Skills

• Define the skill and its importance
• Provide examples and non-examples
• Define effective performance of the skill
• Assess performance and provide regular feedback

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Your Turn!

• Define the skill and its importance
• Provide examples and non-examples
• Define effective performance of the skill
• Assess performance and provide regular feedback

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Lesson Plan for Teamwork

• Get Started/Engage
• Discover/Explain
• Practice
• Check for Understanding
• Close
• Support, Modifications, and Extensions

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Equip Students with 21st Century Skills for 21st
Century Careers

• As a result of what I have learned in this
  session, I will.
• As a result of what I have learned in this
  session, our school should.

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Thank You!!!

• If we can provide you with any assistance please
  contact
• Nancy Headrick
• 573.680.0476
• nancy.headrick_at_sreb.org