A Report and MILE Guide for 21st Century Skills

LEARNING FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Introduction

Introduction to the Partnership

Why are 21st century skills important?

What are 21st century skills?

What is the MILE Guide for 21st century skills?

What Nine Steps can you take to build momentum?

Today

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the partnership for the partnership for 2121stst century skills century skills

AOL

Apple

Cable in the Classroom

Cisco Systems

Dell

Microsoft

NEA

SAP

founding members

introduction to the partnership

US. Department of Education

Appalachian Technology in Education Consortium (ATEC)

strategic partners

introduction to the partnership

key partners

ISTE

COSN

SETDA

Tech Corps

mission

introduction to the partnership

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a public-private partnership organized to create an overall

vision of how 21st century skills can be incorporated into K-12 education.

objectives

introduction to the partnership

Define a framework and create a common language for understanding and promoting 21st Century Skills

Demonstrate how 21st Century Skills integrate with and reinforce basic skills

Provide education leaders with tools, examples and strategies for action

Build consensus in the public and private sectors with public education campaign to promote 21st Century Skills

methodology

introduction to the partnership

Request for Information (RFI)

Research

Focus Groups

Outreach to Organizations

Outreach to Individuals with Expertise in 21st Century Skills

National Forum on 21st Century Skills

why are why are 2121stst century skills century skills

important?important?

students

why are 21st century skills important?

Today’s education faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students

live and how students learn.

workforce

why are 21st century skills important?

“The average person will change jobs nine times by the time he or she is 32.”Elaine Chao,

U.S. Secretary of Labor

Relationship to no child left behind

•Emphasizes student achievement and requires assessments in core subjects.

•Skills are to be integrated in core subjects

•Requires that every student be technologically literate by 8th grade

•States, schools and districts can incorporate a broad vision of 21st century skills into their NCLB framework

why are 21st century skills important?

what are what are 2121stst century skills? century skills?

Current national debate

what are 21st century skills?

six elements of 21st century learning

what are 21st century skills?

• Emphasize core subjects

• Emphasize learning skills

• Use 21st century tools to develop learning skills

• Teach and learn in a 21st century context

• Teach and learn 21st century content

• Use 21st century assessment that measure 21st century skills

partnership model

what are 21st century skills?

Core subject

21st century tools

Learningskils

21st century context

21st century content

assessment

Element 1: core subjects

Core academic subjects remain the foundation of a good

education

learning skills

Information andCommunication Skills

•Communication Skills

•Information and Media Literacy Skills

Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills

• Problem Identification, Formulation and Solution

•Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity

•Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking

Interpersonal and Self-Direction Skills

•Self-Direction

•Accountability and Adaptability

•Social Responsibility

•Interpersonal and Collaboration

21st century tools

core subjects

21st century context

21st century content

assessment

Element 2: learning skills

21st century tools

Information and Communication

Technologies, such as Computers,

Networking and other Technologies

Audio, Video, and Other Media and Multimedia Tools

learning skills

core subjects

21st century context

21st century content

assessment

Element 3: 21ST century tools

Emphasize ICT LITERACYEmphasize ICT LITERACY

using 21st century tools to perform learning skills

Learning skills

21st century tools

core subjects

21st century context

21st century content

assessment

Element 2+3 = ICT LITERACY ICT LITERACY

The Partnership will focus on ICT Literacy for its Year 2 Report

Emphasize 21Emphasize 21stst Century Content Century Content

Global Awareness

•Use 21st century skills to understand and address global issues

•Collaboration with other cultures and languages

Financial, Economic and Business Literacy

•Understanding the role of the economy all the way down to personal financial choices.

•Ability to adapt with the nation’s economic environment using 21st century skills

Civic Literacy

•Knowing how to be an informed and participatory citizen.

•Using 21st century skills to responsibly exercise rights and responsibilities at local, state, national and global levels.

21st century tools

learning skills

core subjects

21st century context

assessment

Element 4: 21st century content

Emphasize 21Emphasize 21stst Century Context Century Context

Make content relevant to students lives

Take the students out to the world

Bring the world into the classroom

Creating opportunities for students to interact with each other, with teachers and with other knowledgeable adults in authentic learning experiences

21st century tools

learning skills

core subjects

21st century content

assessment

Element 5: 21st century context

21st Century Assessment

We must measure both core subjects and 21st century skills

Standardized tests must be balanced appropriately with classroom assessments to measure the full range of students skills

Classroom assessment must be strengthened and integrated with instructional process to reinforce learning

21st century tools

learning skills

core subjects

21st century context

21st century content

Element 6: assessmentassessment

what is what is the MILE GUIDE the MILE GUIDE

forfor 2121stst century skills? century skills?

Who contributed?

How did we collect the information?

What did we do with the information?

Results? The MILE Guide

The MILE Guide

how to use the mile guide :

Convene all stakeholders

Focus on each column/category

Find the corresponding level that represents your schools efforts

Compare your level to the 21st century vision

Use findings to develop plans for improvement

what is the MILE guide?what is the MILE guide?

The MILE guide can help you:

what is the MILE guide?what is the MILE guide?

Set benchmarks and goals

Apply for grants

Determine funding priorities

Create assessment tools

Mile Guide online

MILE GUIDE: onlineMilestones for Improving Learning and Education in the 21st Century

Mile Guide Online

MILE GUIDE: onlineMilestones for Improving Learning and Education in the 21st Century

Learning and teaching

what is the MILE guide?what is the MILE guide?

LEARNING AND TEACHING

Core Subjects

21st Century Context

21st Century Content

Learning Skills

Learning Tools

Assessment Pedagogy Professional Development

Early

Stage

Transitional Stage

21st Century

Leading and Managing

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LEADING AND MANAGING

Vision Equitable Educational Opportunity

Planning and

Allocating Resources

Infrastructure and System Integration

Knowledge and Skills

Policy making

Accountability

Early

Stage

Transitional Stage

21st Century

Partnering

what is the MILE guide?what is the MILE guide?

PARTNERING

Parents Community Higher Education and Teacher Preparation

Content Providers

Business

EarlyStage

Transitional Stage

21st Century

key stakeholders in the public sector

Federal Policymakers

State Policymakers

Local Policymakers

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key stakeholders in the private sector

Businesses

Families and Parents

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Key stakeholders in Education

K-12 Education Leaders

Higher Education

Schools of Education

Researchers

Youth-Serving Organizations

Content Providers

Professional Development Organizations

what is the MILE guide?what is the MILE guide?

what nine steps what nine steps can you take can you take

to build momentum?to build momentum?

nine steps to build momentum

Embrace a powerful vision of public education that includes 21st century skills

Align leadership, management, and resources with educational goals

Assess where schools are now

Identify the 21st century skills to focus on

Develop a professional development plan for 21st century skills

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Make sure students have equitable access to a 21st century education

Begin developing assessments to measure student progress in 21st century skills

Collaborate with outside partners

Plan collectively and strategically for the future

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

www.21stcenturyskills.org