21st Century Educator

Mark Raffler – Kent ISD ConsultantEmail: markraffler@kentisd.org

10-8-12 and 10-10-12

What is a 21st Century Educator!

Take the next few minutes to brainstorm with a neighbor or a group of three about what a 21st Century Educator could be. What might your classroom or instruction look like as a 21st Century Educator?

21st Century Educator

1. Knowledge of content

2. 21st Century Skills

3. Learning for All

4. Authentic Learning – in multiple ways

5. Assessing Students

6. Access to resources

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Knowledge of Content

• Common Core State Standards

• ELA

• Informational Text

• Argumentative Writing

• Vocabulary

• Math

• Mathematical Practices

• Modeling

• Literacy in all Content Areas

• Skills students need

Goal of the Common Core Standards:

“The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.” - CCSSO

Adapted from http://www.ride.ri.gov/instruction/commoncore.aspx

CCSS ELA Content – Structure

College Career Ready Anchor StandardsKindergarten Student

Grade by Grade ProgressionWriting

Anchor Standard

2 Types of CC Standards Will Be Assessed

Content Standards No longer a list of standards to √ off. Focus is on learning expectations for

students, not on how students get there

Content is rigorous and expects students to apply higher-order skills

Includes both conceptual and procedural knowledge

Definite Learning Progressions present in the arrangement of standards

Mathematical Practices1. Make sense of problems and

persevere in solving them.2. Reason abstractly and

quantitatively.3. Construct viable arguments and

critique the reasoning of others.4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools

strategically.6. Attend to precision.7. Look for and make use of

structure.8. Look for and express regularity in

repeated reasoning.

A. Procedural or B.Conceptual

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Knowing when to usea type of knowledgeplays an important rolein conceptual understanding

A. Procedural or B.Conceptual

• If you travel to a foreign country, you exchange dollars for the currency used there. In England you could exchange $3 for 2 pounds. How many pounds could you exchange for $21?

A. Procedural or B.Conceptual

• Sue and Julie were running equally fast around a track. Sue started first. When she had run nine laps, Julie had run three laps. When Julie had completed fifteen laps, how many laps had Sue run?

Truck Boxes TaskPART 1 – Solve the task and think about different strategies

A look at the original task in Saxon 5/4

College and Career Ready Skills

English Language Arts/Literacy Claims (SBAC)

Students can read closely and critically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.Reading

Students can produce effective writing for a range of purposes and audiencesWriting

Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.Speaking/Listening

Research/Inquiry

(a/o Round 2 – released 9/20/11)

Students can engage appropriately in collaborative and independent inquiry to investigate/research topics, pose questions, and gather and present information.

Social Studies Disciplinary Processes (MDE)

• Acquiring, organizing, and presenting social studies information

• Conducting investigations on social studies questions• Analyzing public issues in our various communities• Engaging in constructive conversation around social

studies topics• Composing cohesive essays expressing a position on

public issues• Participating constructively as community members

Common Core Math Practices

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

4. Model with mathematics.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

6. Attend to precision.

7. Look for and make use of structure.

8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Scientific and Engineering Practices

1. Asking questions and defining problems

2. Developing and using models

3. Planning and carrying out investigations

4. Analyzing and interpreting data

5. Using mathematics and information and computer technology

6. Developing explanations and designing solutions

7. Engaging in argument8. Obtaining, evaluating,

and communicating information

Interdisciplinary Opportunities

• Where might be some possible areas of overlap between the practices, processes and claims?

• Share with an elbow partner

21st Century Skills• Visit the P21 Website - http://www.p21.org/

Universal Design for Learning

Consider theBarriers:

Consider theSolutions:

Solution

Solution

Solution

Consider the Barriers:

http://criticalcommons.org/Members/gdmateer/clips/FERRIS_BUELLER_FINAL.m4v/view

Solutions

Solutions

Solutions

Solutions

There is….

http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/SeeStudentWork/default.htm

PBL is one way to meet 21st Century Skills and Create the Connect to Real Life Relevancy and Purpose

http://www.bie.org/

A Balanced Assessment SystemSMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)

Source: SBAC website - http://www.smarterbalanced.org/

Access to Resources – Educational Technology is Key

• METS/Technology Requirements

• Skype

• Podcasting

• Blogging

• SmartBoard

• Technology Enhanced Assessments

• Document Cameras

• Web 2.0 Elements

• More ideas – websites to use (Link)

Educational Technology – The Future

• My path

• Trends you need to take notice of –(Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Project Based Learning (PBL), Common Core State Standards(CCSS), SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)

• Stay informed and be efficient

Which of the following do you see as the most important for a 21st Century Educator?

A. Knowledge of content

B. 21st Century Skills

C. Learning for All

D. Authentic Learning – in multiple ways

E. Assessing Students

F. Access to resources

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