21st Century Lessons

An Introduction to 21st Century Lessons, Available for free on ShareMyLesson.com

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21st CENTURY LESSONS

“No teacher should have to plan alone.”

Does Danica Build Her Own Racecar?* Races 150-160 times a year

* Drives a new car – every time.

* Goes home every night and builds the car

* By herself

* With limited resources and experience

A 19th Century Work Model

19th Century Work Model

● Working in isolation

● Limited tools and resources

● Sometimes varying levels of background knowledge or experience w/particular topic

Advocates for Choice of Planning Models

● “No Teacher Should Have To Plan Alone.”

● Culture, tradition and policy for us to maintain the old model - without asking why?

A 21st Century Model of Teacher Collaboration

● Full units - not lesson plans

● Designed by expert colleagues

● Designers work in teams

● Aligned to Common Core

● Embedded with best practices

● Rigorous peer review

● Modifiable

● Free, free , free!!

What We Should Expect of “Free Stuff?”

● Super high quality

● Engage students

● Improve student achievement

● Support professional growth

● Support teachers with the new evaluation process

COMMON CORE ALIGNMENT

● Hired Directors and Lesson Designers

● Teams of designers studying and analyzing CCSS

● On-going discussion around most challenging concepts to teach

● Consensus on what content would be covered in full units

● On-going feedback loop

● Tech support

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PRODUCT...

21stCenturyLessons.org

http://www.21stcenturylessons.org

Download Numbers

● Our lessons have been downloaded over 86,000 times since February 2013

● Daily average last week was 600 DLs/per day

● Our view-to-download ratio is 1:1 on SML. Under 3 to 1 on BL.

● Strong ratio is about 7 to 1.

Directors:

Kathy Aldred - Co-Chair of the Boston Teachers Union Professional Issues Committee

Ted Chambers - Co-director of 21st Century Lessons

Tracy Young - Staffing Director of 21st Century Lessons

Leslie Ryan Miller - Director of the Boston Public Schools Office of

Teacher Development and Advancement

Wendy Welch - Curriculum Director (Social Studies and English)

Carla Zils – Curriculum Director (Math)

Shane Ulrich– Technology Director

Marcy Ostberg – Technology Evaluator

21st Century Lessons

The people…

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND US...

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