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1. 21s21stentury Skills Connections to CTE- Kathy Boyer & Melinda 221st Century Skills Connections to CTE- Kathy Boyer & Melinda Stanley KASCD and Curriculum Coordinator Meeting
January 23, 2009
Capital Plaza Hotel
Topeka, KS
facilitated by:
Kathy Boyer & Melinda Stanley, KSDE
2. Partnership for 21st Century Skills
3. State Partners Commit to: Align Standards and Curriculum with 21st Century Skills
Provide Professional Development in 21st Century Skills
21st Century Assessments
Outreach, Communications, & Collaboration
4. Kansas Policy Initiatives Create 21st Century School Standards to help guide reform and/or redesign of public schools
Implement Integration of Academics and CTE Standards
Revise Teaching and Leadership Programs
Promote Multi-Tier System of Supports
5. Integration Process Phase I –Standards Development and/or Review
Phase II – Crosswalk with the Profile of the 21st Century Learner and Environment
Phase III – Standards Approval
Phase IV – Integration and New Product
Integration Committee (CATI)
6.
Define:
1. Foundation Knowledge & Skills: Essential skills/21st century skills
3. Cluster – A Course that could fit more than one pathway with a cluster. The skills taught in such a course could be applicable in more than one cluster.
4. Pathway – A course particular to a specific pathway within a cluster
5. Sequence of career and technical education courses – a series of 3 or more courses in which technical and academic education are integrated, and which directly relates to, and leads to, both academic and occupational competencies. Must be 3 credits at the secondary-level.
Describe model:
Education System- secondary & postsecondary/academic & technical
6. Fields- way to organize the 16 clusters
7. Clusters- secondary
8. Pathway- secondary & postsecondary
9. Occupational Specializations- postsecondary
Personal Plan of Study – Individualized plan of study for a sequence of courses and identified career objective. American Careers and Kansas Career Pipeline trainings. KSDE website.
Programs of Study – Incorporate secondary education and postsecondary education elements; include academic, career & technical content in a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses. May lead to a industry recognized credentialing or certification at the postsecondary level, or associate or bachelor’s degree.
Each cluster is divided into career pathway, which are more specific slices of the job market
Requires flexibility for students
Requires a number of units related to that pathway as well as complementary electives
Define:
1. Foundation Knowledge & Skills: Essential skills/21st century skills
3. Cluster – A Course that could fit more than one pathway with a cluster. The skills taught in such a course could be applicable in more than one cluster.
4. Pathway – A course particular to a specific pathway within a cluster
5. Sequence of career and technical education courses – a series of 3 or more courses in which technical and academic education are integrated, and which directly relates to, and leads to, both academic and occupational competencies. Must be 3 credits at the secondary-level.
Describe model:
Education System- secondary & postsecondary/academic & technical
6. Fields- way to organize the 16 clusters
7. Clusters- secondary
8. Pathway- secondary & postsecondary
9. Occupational Specializations- postsecondary
7. Why 21st Century Skills? Why 21st Century Skills?Why 21st Century Skills?
8. 21st Century CONTINUUM OF PRACTICES Moving from……………………Moving Towards
Teacher-centered instruction…………………….Student-centered learning
Single sense stimulation…………………………..Multi-sensory stimulation
Single path progression…………………………...Multi-path progression
Single media……………………………………….Multimedia
Isolated work………………………………………Collaborative work
Information delivery………………………………Information exchange
Passive, receptive learning………………………..Active, inquiry-based learning
Factual, knowledge-based…………......................Critical thinking, informed
decision making
Reactive response…………………………………Proactive, planned
Isolated, artificial context……………………… Authentic, real-world
context
Passive learner…………………………………….Self-directed learner
One size fits all…………………………………….Differentiation
9. KSDE 21st Century Learning
10. KSDE 21st Century Learning
11. 21st Century Learner Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communicating and Collaborating
Information, Communication, Technology (ICT), and Media Literacy
Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility
Employability and Career Development
12. 21st Century Learning Environment Relationships
Relevance
Rigor
Results
Responsive Culture
14. Questions and Assistance
15. Questions & Assistance