21st Century Skills Teachers’ AcademyAugust 3-4 2011

21st Century Readiness for Every Student: ESC Overview

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Icebreaker Activity

Prompt for the four question exercise:

You have a child, grandchild, niece, child of friends whom you love and care about deeply, and this child is just starting kindergarten…On your own answer the 1st three Questions...

Icebreaker Activity

Question 4: (Homework Blackboard Discussion Topic)-Post your response to the below question:

What would learning be like if it were designed around your answers to the first three questions?

Global Innovation Economy

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”

--Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (1928- )

The Shift of Power...???

they will need far more

knowledge of technology

and of other people than

can be gained from a high

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to seize the opportunities

and meet the challenges,

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playing field is going to be

really level

21st Century Skills for a global economy…

• Flattening of the world

• Globalization

• Competition

• Shift in work patterns and careers

21st Century Skills for a creative economy…

• Moving from information to conceptual age• Right brain rising• Abundance, Asia and automation• The six senses

– Design– Story– Symphony– Empathy– Play– Meaning

21st Century Skills for a collaborative economy…

• Firms can harness collective capability and genius to spur innovation, growth, and success.

• Masses of people will participate in the economy like never before.

• Thriving online communities will transcend social networking to pioneer a new form of collaborative production

• Forecasts new world of enterprise, collaboration, innovation, and value creation

21st Century Skills

1. Core subjects

2. Global awareness

3. Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy

4. Civic literacy

5. Health literacy

6. Creativity and innovation

7. Critical thinking and problem solving

8. Communication and collaboration

9. Information literacy

10. Media literacy

11. Information, communications and technology literacy

12. Flexibility and adaptability

13. Initiative and self-direction

14. Social and cross-cultural skills

15. Productivity and accountability

16. Leadership and responsibility

• Our country is competing in a global innovation economy.

• Fusing the three “R”s with the four “C”s is a national imperative.

• Policy must be the catalyst for change.

• The 7 steps for education leaders.

Overview

OUR COUNTRY IS COMPETING IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY THAT DEMANDS

INNOVATION; OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM MUST KEEP UP.

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2010 Critical Skills Survey

American Management Association, in conjunction with P21, surveyed 2,115 managers and other executives about the needs of the 21st century workforce.

How are the four Cs recognizedwithin organizations?

Has your organization identified these skills as priorities for employee development, talent management, and succession planning?

Skill Agree/Strongly Agree

Critical thinking 73.3%

Communication skills 79.2%

Collaboration/team building 72.3%

Creativity and innovation 66.6%

Source: AMA/P21 2010 Critical Skills Survey, released April 2010

Somewhat/Most Important

Nature of work 77.5%

Global competition 86.5%

Pace of change 91.0%

Organizational structure 66.3%

What has changed in business today?

Rate by order of importance why you believe these additional skills and competencies are taking on relative importance in the business environment.

Source: AMA/P21 2010 Critical Skills Survey, released April 2010

What has changed in business today?

Somewhat/Most Important

Critical thinking 97.1%

Communication skills 95.3%

Collaboration/team building 92.0%

Creativity and innovation 93.1%

As the economy improves, how important are the following skills and competencies in helping grow your organization?

Source: AMA/P21 2010 Critical Skills Survey, released April 2010

Is the U.S. workforce prepared?

How would you compare the skills levels of the experienced workers versus the recent graduates within your organization?

Above Average/Highest Ability

Experienced workers 58.5%

Recent graduates 30.1%

Source: AMA/P21 2010 Critical Skills Survey, released April 2010

Preparing the next generation

Please rate the following education systems for their abilities to prepare students in the four Cs to ensure those entering the workforce are proficient in these areas:

AboveAverage/Excellent

K-12 10.9%

Trade schools 13.7%

Two-year colleges 18.7%

Four-year colleges 48.9%

Source: AMA/P21 2010 Critical Skills Survey, released April 2010

Preparing the next generation

Do you agree that fusing the three Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) with the four Cs ensures 21st century readiness for students today?

Agree/Strongly Agree 79.5%

Source: AMA/P21 2010 Critical Skills Survey, released April 2010

P21 Members

P21 members are unanimous!The three “R”s aren’t enough

in the 21st century.

The three “R”s and the four “C”s

The four “C”s

• Critical thinking and problem solving

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Creativity and innovation

As the three “R”s serve as an umbrella for other subjects, the four “C”s do for other skills.

The three “R”s and the four “C”s

•P21 Framework

•Implementation Guides

•Content Skills Maps

•Mile Guide

•Route 21

•New Book on 21st C Skills

•Video Resources (Video 21)

Resources you can use

Framework for 21st Century Learning

Resources you can use

Resources you can use

Implementation Guides

Brief, user-friendly guides for each of the P21 support systems:•Professional Development •Curriculum & Instruction•Assessment•Standards

•Learning Environments

P21’s 21st century skills Core Subject Maps:

•English•Social Studies•Geography•Science•Arts (2010)•Foreign Languages (2010)

Resources you can use

The MILE Guideand

The online MILE Guide

P21’s self-assessment tool for schools and

districts

www.21stcenturyskills.org/mileguide

Resources you can use

Resources you can use

The MILE Guide (continued)

The ability to assess readiness and progress in terms of:• Student Knowledge and Skills• Education Support Systems• Education Leadership

• Policymaking• Partnering• Continuous Improvement and

Strategic Planning

Route 21

An online sharing andcommunity

resource

www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21

Resources you can use

New Book byBernie Trilling

And Charles Fadel

www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com

Resources you can use

View P21’s online collection of videos showing what 21st century education

looks like in the classroom.

www.21stcenturyskills.org/video21

Resources you can use

• Arizona• Illinois• Iowa• Kansas• Louisiana• Maine• Massachusetts• Nevada • New Jersey • North Carolina• Ohio• South Dakota• West Virginia• Wisconsin

Current State Partners

P21 State Leadership Initiative

P21 Framework http://www.p21.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf

Implementation Guides

http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=504&Itemid=185#guides

Content Skills Maps

http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=

Mile Guide P21 http://www.p21.org/documents/MILE_Guide_091101.pdf

Route 21 www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21

7 Steps for Education Leaders...

1. Focus on Student Outcomes: Fuse the 3 R's and the 4 C's

7 Steps For Education Leaders

2. Create a Consensus:

7 Steps For Education Leaders

• Form an advisory board;• Get community consensus;• Have your board make the new framework official policy.

Leading Districts:

• Catalina Foothills School District

• Chesterfield County (VA) Public Schools

• Tahoma (WA) School District

Leading Examples

www.cfsd16.org

Catalina Foothills School District

(Tucson, AZ)

Leading Examples

Leading Examples

TahomaSchool District

(Maple Valley, WA)

Leading Examples

www.tahomasd.us

3. Get Buy-In:

7 Steps For Education Leaders

• Have your teachers identify best practices in your district that already support the new framework;• Have teachers create the rubrics for the skills.

The leading examples define the skills.

http://tinyurl.com/route21rubrics

Leading Examples

4. Focus on 21st Century Professional Development:

7 Steps For Education Leaders

• Prioritize the skills;• Identify your P.D. resources;• Create Professional Learning Communities.

Embedding into professional development:

• West Virginia/Teach 21

• North Carolina Teaching Standards

• P21 paper on 21st Century Skills and Professional Development (Route 21)

Leading Examples

5. Embrace Innovation and Partnerships:

7 Steps For Education Leaders

• East Syracuse-Minoa School District

6. Align your educational support systems with the educational outcomes:

7 Steps For Education Leaders

• Curriculum and instruction• Assessment• Professional development• Learning environments

7. Assess and Improve:

7 Steps For Education Leaders

• Must be held accountable for 21st century outcomes;• Need balanced assessment strategy;• Need Federal, state and local strategies;• Focus on both college and career readiness.

Examples: • CWRA• PISA• New Tech model• N.C. Genetics Assessment• e-portfolios• Senior capstone projects

Leading Examples

The leading examples focus on assessment.

HAS YOUR DISTRICT EMBRACED THE GOAL OF

“21st CENTURY READINESS FOR EVERY STUDENT”?

Conclusion

Focus on fusingThe three “R”s and

The four “C”s!

Conclusion

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